Rod Grams: “I want to take the remaining part of my time this morning to talk about a subject I have worked on for the 6 years I…”

“I want to take the remaining part of my time this morning to talk about a subject I have worked on for the 6 years I have been in Congress, and that is trying to raise the awareness of the issue of taxes in this country, that we are now taxed at an all-time high, and that Americans need and deserve some form of tax relief. So, Mr. President, I wanted to take time to rise today to express my disappointment over the Senate's failure to fulfill its obligations to the taxpayers to consider and to pass any kind of tax relief bill this year. Fiscally, socially, morally, this is a tremendous mistake, and I believe my colleagues are wrong. I am equally disappointed at President Clinton's threats to veto this important legislation had it passed. It is the same case as last year when, in the State of Virginia, when then-candidate for Governor Gilmore was pledging a tax cut of his own. The President said at that time that Virginians would be 'selfish' to vote for tax relief. This year he says 'to squander money on a tax cut'--again, that is how President Clinton is describing our attempt this year to let working Americans keep more of their money--'to squander money on a tax cut.' Unfortunately, there is a pattern here, and apparently neither President Clinton nor the rest of Washington has changed their mind. Both want as much money as they can get from the taxpayers, so they can spend it the way they think is best.”