[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17291-17292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXTEND THE MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUTS

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. On behalf of the citizens of the Fourth 
Congressional District of Georgia, I wish to extend our condolences to 
the people of

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the great State of Connecticut. Please know that you are in our 
thoughts and prayers.
  Mr. Speaker, unless this Congress acts, taxes will go up on the 
middle class by $2,200 starting in January 2013. As time is wasted, tax 
cuts for 98 percent of Americans are being held hostage in order to 
give more tax breaks to the wealthy. It is ridiculous to hold the whole 
Nation hostage to protect the top 2 percent of Americans, and it is 
more egregious to continue offering plans that would balance the budget 
on the backs of the middle class.
  I ask my friends on the other side of the aisle to extend the middle 
class tax cuts, sending the American people a hopeful message of 
compromise during this holiday season.

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