[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13247]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   RAISING TAXES ON MILITARY FAMILIES

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the House 
unfortunately passed a tax bill that will raise taxes on 25 million 
families, including many military families. And that is, in a word, 
outrageous. We see strenuous objections from the majority to fairly tax 
the superwealthy; but we don't hear a peep about placing an extra tax 
burden on our middle class families, including members of our military 
whose families are actually struggling in this economy.
  Under the majority's tax bill, an E-1 sailor in the Navy with 2 
years' service with a spouse and three young children at home would see 
a tax increase of $1,096. A private in the U.S. Army in her first year 
of service who is married with an infant child would see a $273 tax 
increase.
  As the ranking member of the House Military Personnel Subcommittee, I 
want to know why we are asking those who have given so much for our 
country to give even more while we ask the wealthiest Americans to 
sacrifice nothing. Our military families deserve much better than that, 
and so do the American people.

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