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Todd Tiahrt: “I think we should let middle-income families keep a little more of what is already theirs, their hard-earned money, and…”

On the recordJuly 8, 1997
I think we should let middle-income families keep a little more of what is already theirs, their hard-earned money, and that tax relief package that was passed by Congress was designed exactly for the middle class. My mind keeps going back to the single mother working at an aircraft company in Wichita, KS. She has three children. She is working hard trying to keep the three kids in school, properly clothed, never going hungry, living in a good home. Should she be able to keep more of her hard-earned money? I think so. Yes, Mr. Speaker, she should.
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Todd Tiahrt
Kansas

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Discussing tax relief for middle-class households during a speech on the House floor.

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