[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 10 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Pages 416-417]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Remarks on Departure for Fargo, North Dakota

March 8, 2001

House Vote on Tax Cut Legislation

    In a couple hours, the House of Representatives will be voting on 
tax relief. I'm confident they'll do the right thing. The message is 
loud and clear that we've got ample revenues to fund our priorities, to 
pay down debt, to set aside money for a contingency, and ample revenues 
to send money back to the people who pay the bills, the taxpayers. I 
strongly believe, and I hope the House of Representatives sends the 
message, that the people of America are overtaxed and deserve a refund. 
I'm looking forward to hearing the verdict of the vote.
    I'm also looking forward to continuing my trip around the country. 
We're off to North Dakota and South Dakota and Louisiana, and the 
message is the same: When you have a President and a Congress that works 
together to set priorities, to set the focus of the country on important 
matters when it comes to spending, when we stop the growth, the rapid 
escalation of the growth of the Federal

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budget, we can meet priorities and have meaningful, real tax relief. And 
it's needed.
    It's needed not only to provide a kick-start to our economy; it is 
needed because many Americans today are struggling to make ends meet. 
And so I'm confident the Congress will do the right thing.
    Thank you all very much.

Note: The President spoke at 2:35 p.m. on the South Grounds at the White 
House.