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Cliff Stearns: I really think the people of America, our constituents, would like to have the same health care I have, the same…

On the recordJune 11, 2002
I really think the people of America, our constituents, would like to have the same health care I have, the same prescription drug program I have, and not a new government program. Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman mentioned, I am here to talk about the Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act this body passed. Actually, Mr. Speaker, we have passed 22 tax cuts bills for the 107th Congress. Now some of these tax cuts were not passed by the Senate, were not signed by the President, but we passed all of these in the House, for example, foster care. We had a tax credit for foster care. We had an adoption tax credit. We had a tax credit in the energy bill. We had a tax credit for victims of terrorism. We had a tax cut for pension plans. The Marriage Penalty Relief Tax Acceleration Act was passed on May 21 of this year.
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Cliff Stearns
Florida

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Discussing health care and tax cuts during a House floor debate.

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