Martin Sabo: “To my colleagues on the Republican side, one segment of it simply endorses something you did and the Republicans in the…”

“To my colleagues on the Republican side, one segment of it simply endorses something you did and the Republicans in the Senate did not do, and that is not make cuts in the earned income tax credit. We commend you for it and urge you to retain that decision in conference. It is rather difficult to find a motion to instruct when you have two very bad resolutions before us. But, as we begin this process of evolving a budget for 1995 and the next 7 years, we should not start that process of trying to achieve a balanced budget by simply digging the hole deeper with a tax cut aimed primarily at the most affluent in this country. Over 50 percent of the benefits of this tax cut flow to people with incomes over $100,000 a year. What is the impact of that decision? I might add that while the Senate does not do that, they do the opposite. They increase taxes for millions of hard-working Americans with the lowest incomes in our country. The impact of what the House has done and what the Senate is doing is to force deep cuts in a whole host of programs that substantially impact the American public. Where are the biggest impacts felt? Clearly, in the health area.”