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On the recordFebruary 6, 2002
we made a commitment to the American people to give them tax relief. Let us honor that commitment. The American people should get the tax cuts that they have been promised. We should not postpone them, we should not delay them. We are all going to have an opportunity in a few minutes to affirm those tax cuts. The gentleman from Texas says no one in this body has proposed delaying them, no one has proposed postponing them. We will get an opportunity to vote, yes or no. I say the American people should get the tax relief they need. Now, the gentleman from New York who is rising said, tax matters are before the Committee on Ways and Means. They ought to have jurisdiction in that. They ought to have an interest in that. They ought to decide that.
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Spencer Bachus
Alabama

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Discussing the importance of delivering promised tax relief to the American people.

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