Mark Souder: “Well, I wanted to put into the Record a number of the things the Speaker said last night, because many of these overlap…”

“Well, I wanted to put into the Record a number of the things the Speaker said last night, because many of these overlap with what we are talking about here on taxes and providing economic opportunity. He raised some questions that go beyond this: making sure civil rights are enforced, an importance on welfare reform, in reducing crime, as we work on the drug issue. But listen to a number of these categories, and then I will relate it to our package and why this is not a tax break for the rich and the type of tired rhetoric we will hear but, in actuality, an opportunity for all Americans. He talked about learning, creating better opportunities for all children to learn by breaking the stranglehold of the teachers' unions and giving urban parents a financial opportunity to choose public, private or parochial schools, as millions of black Americans are reaching out to the private Christian schools and building their communities and wanting the choices that other Americans have. That is part of the point of the $500 personal credit, so people can choose the school that is best for their children. He says on small business that we should have the goal of tripling the number of minority-owned small businesses by eliminating the barriers and providing the tax opportunities. He talks about 100 renewal communities, and low income scholarships, savings accounts, brownfields cleanup. He talks about economic growth and expanding economic opportunities.”