Andrea Seastrand: “in 1993 President Clinton imposed the largest tax increase in American history on the citizens of this country. As part…”

“in 1993 President Clinton imposed the largest tax increase in American history on the citizens of this country. As part of that increase, he raised the Federal gas tax 30 percent to pay for social programs and Washington bureaucracy. This is the first time the gas tax had been raised to pay for these kinds of programs. It was to help improve our Nation's highways and mass transit systems, instead, President Clinton used it to finance his massive, ineffective, status quo social bureaucracy. This is not only bad policy, it is wrong! While Republicans are fighting to lift the oppressive tax burden from America's shoulders, President Clinton and his congressional Democrats are adding to the weight. Yesterday, Republicans in the Senate tried to repeal the gas tax, but Democrats blocked their attempt. This is just another example of the Democrat attempt to protect their wasteful status quo social programs by bleeding the American people dry. Mr. Speaker, this must stop and we must start by repealing the gas tax.”