[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27770]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TAX RELIEF FOR AMERICANS TODAY

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, you know, you can choose to be negative. 
You can choose to be positive. And with this economy and this great 
Nation there is a lot to be positive about. Everybody is writing about 
it. Even the good old Washington Post talking about we are going to 
move to cut taxes another $94.5 billion. That is one of the things that 
makes this economy work. It is why we are seeing record economic 
growth. Over 4 million jobs created. And today this body is going to 
take action on H.R. 4297, which already extends tax relief for millions 
of American families.
  There is a provision, sales tax deductibility for States. Sales tax 
deductibility for individuals who, when they go to file their Federal 
income tax every April, they can deduct the sales tax they pay every 
year from that Federal income tax filing. This affects over 60 million 
individuals, hardworking Americans. We are going to give them tax 
relief today.
  I encourage all Members of this body to support H.R. 4297.

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