[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14799]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

  (Mr. RICE of South Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, my friends across the aisle 
like to say they're for the middle class, but I can't hear what they 
say because their actions speak far more loudly.
  The working man just got a $100-per-month pay cut with the expiration 
of the payroll tax cut. The President's war on coal will deny our power 
companies the cheapest fuel and will increase American families' 
monthly utility bills by another $50 a month.
  The administration's energy policy is designed to drive up cost at 
the pump, up over $1 a gallon in the last 4 years, costing the average 
American family $150 per month. Every day folks will pay more for 
medical equipment which they desperately need with the medical device 
tax.
  Now comes ObamaCare. Forbes magazine estimates that medical insurance 
will cost 90 percent more for the average man, 60 percent more for the 
average woman, which will cost families in South Carolina hundreds of 
additional dollars per month. And if they don't want to buy health 
insurance, they will be fined.
  It appears that my colleagues across the aisle have a plan, Mr. 
Speaker: break the middle class with taxes and higher costs on 
necessities, and then they will take care of us as we will all be 
dependent on the government. But, hey, then at least we will get 
subsidized health insurance.

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