[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7670]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CONTINUED TAX RELIEF NECESSARY

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the evidence is crystal clear: 32 
straight months of job growth, 5.3 million new jobs created since 
August of 2003, the stock market within sight of a record high and 
homeownership at an all-time high. These are all good things.
  So how should we keep the good things going? Continue the policies 
that brought them about. The House should ensure that we build on this 
success by supporting the tax conference report. Positive action today 
will prevent, prevent, a tax hike on millions of hardworking American 
families and small businesses that would greatly harm our economy.
  By extending the reduced rates on capital gains and dividends, all 
Americans, all Americans, will be able to plan for the future with a 
greater sense of stability.
  Furthermore, we will extend alternative minimum tax relief for 
Americans. The AMT was created in the 1970s, and times were much 
different. Today, an unacceptable number of families are exposed to 
this unfair tax, and this needs to stop.
  Mr. Speaker, the facts are crystal clear: The Republican progrowth 
economic policies adopted by this House and this Congress are leading 
the way, and I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to put 
politics aside, vote for the American people, vote today to prevent a 
tax increase on millions of hardworking American families.

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