Jack Kingston: “If the gentleman will yield. Here we have a President who in 1992 did run on a middle-class tax cut. In fact, one of his…”

“If the gentleman will yield. Here we have a President who in 1992 did run on a middle-class tax cut. In fact, one of his ads said, ``Hi, I am Bill Clinton, I believe you deserve a change, that is why I have a plan to get the economy moving again, starting with a middle-class tax cut.'' And that ad ran from New Jersey to Iowa. Then, of course, when the middle-class tax cut package that Dole supported and worked to get out of the Senate, when it got to the White House Oval Office it was vetoed. Medicare. The President says let us save Medicare. Well, on a bipartisan basis we worked very hard to try to save, protect, and preserve Medicare. Bob Dole worked for it. When it got to Bill Clinton's desk, it was vetoed. On welfare reform the President promised to end welfare as we know it. Now, he may have promised to extend welfare as we know it. We were not sure. As we look back, that is exactly what has happened. But let us say he did say end welfare as we know it. We had a bipartisan welfare bill that just passed the Senate 87 to 12. I mean the Senate has been his biggest ally. Frankly, Republicans and Democrats alike in many respects. President Clinton has worked with the liberals over there to twist the system and throw a monkey wrench in the process and so forth, but Senator Dole worked very hard to get this major reform out, and got it out and it was vetoed again, even in bipartisan fashion.”