[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1148-1149]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 TAXES

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Madam Speaker, it has been 400 days since the Republicans 
took control of the House of Representatives, and we still have no 
bills designed to create jobs in America. Now

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the Republican political games are bringing us to the brink of yet 
another crisis.
  If Congress does not act by the end of the month, 160 million 
Americans will see tax increases, millions more will lose their 
unemployment benefits, and seniors across the Nation will have access 
to their doctors put at risk by cuts to Medicare payments. The American 
people deserve better. Families need unemployment benefits and a 
payroll tax cut to put food on their tables and to keep roofs over 
their heads.
  Let's do the right thing. Let's end tax breaks for millionaires and 
billionaires, and let's work to strengthen the middle class. We can't 
wait for another last-minute fix. Let's extend the payroll tax cut, 
unemployment benefits, and the Medicare doc fix today.

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