John Doolittle: “let me thank the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant] and concur with him in his remarks and urge people to sign that…”

“let me thank the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant] and concur with him in his remarks and urge people to sign that discharge petition. That is a very important bill. Mr. Speaker, as the American people open their checkbooks and pay their first round of Clinton taxes tomorrow, I urge them to keep in mind this one simple fact: The worst is yet to come. If you feel you are not making as much money as you once did, it is not your imagination. It is the President's new taxes. Indeed, instead of taxing the rich as he claims, the President's energy and Social Security taxes have hit the middle class the hardest, ironically the very group that he promised would get a substantial tax cut. And the worst is yet to come. If the Clinton health reform plan goes into effect, the American people can expect to pay an additional 8 percent payroll tax that will kill jobs and spur inflation. Mr. Speaker, we have had enough of broken promises. It is time to turn away from high taxes and big Government and to bring some much needed relief to middle America.”