[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21629]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            TAX INCREASE ON MIDDLE-INCOME WORKING AMERICANS

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, as we debate the issue of health care, the 
administration late last Friday night did something that was 180 
degrees from what was promised in last year's campaign. I am referring 
to a tax increase on middle-income working Americans.
  Yes, last Friday night, the administration announced that there will 
be a 35 percent tariff on inexpensive tires coming in from China. The 
interesting thing is this was done in response to a petition from the 
steelworkers union without a single U.S. tire manufacturer signing on 
in support of this. In fact, they have even gone on so far as to say 
that if this 35 percent tax is imposed, they will not go into the 
business of actually manufacturing inexpensive tires.
  So what does that mean, Mr. Speaker? It means that we will see not 
only a 35 percent tax increase on working Americans, but we will not 
see a single job created here in the United States of America.
  We need to realize we also create the potential for great retaliation 
in a wide range of other areas. This decision is bad for the American 
worker and bad for the U.S. economy.

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