NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I offer congratulations to you and congratulations to every hard-working American taxpayer. Or should I say offer…”

“I offer congratulations to you and congratulations to every hard-working American taxpayer. Or should I say offer condolences? Because at long last, today, May 7, is tax freedom day. We have heard a lot of talk, a lot of playground taunts about the gas tax and repealing the Clinton gas tax. That would be but a modest first step, a reasonable first step. Let me put it in perspective, Mr. Speaker. One of my constituents stopped by my Washington office this morning and told me in the wake of Bill Clinton's tax increase, the largest in American history, including retroactive taxes, her tax bill increased 213 percent. That is compassion? That is common sense? Mr. Speaker, in the words of my colleague from Ohio, beam me up.”