[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16139]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      EXTEND MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUTS

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, the message from the American people is 
loud and clear: extend the middle class tax cuts now. Republicans are 
holding hostage tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of 
small businesses to give more tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. 
Once again Republicans are playing politics with something that will 
help Americans get back as we work to repair the damage that 8 years of 
Republican leadership created.
  Democrats have a commonsense solution, and we can't wait around any 
longer to let real proposals languish until the House GOP gets its act 
together. Spearheaded by Congressman Tim Walz, Democrats filed the Walz 
discharge petition to automatically bring to the House floor the 
Senate-passed middle class tax cuts which the President has said he 
will sign immediately. We have no time to waste, Mr. Speaker. Pass the 
extension of the middle class tax cuts now as we find a bold, balanced, 
and fair agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff.

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