NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I yield myself 1 minute. In response to my colleague from Texas, the reason we engage in this debate, and it is good…”

“I yield myself 1 minute. In response to my colleague from Texas, the reason we engage in this debate, and it is good that there are honest, philosophical differences; but I think all Members of the House, Mr. Speaker, need to be reminded that the money we are talking about does not belong to the Federal Government; it serves no higher purpose when we leave it in the lands of Washington bureaucrats, and the best way to empower all Americans is to make sure that all Americans hold on to more of their hard-earned money. I would be happy to point out again that if we examine the alternative offered by the minority, it offers tax relief in one hand, it takes it away with estate tax increases on the other hand. The net tax relief of the minority package is a total of $8 million as opposed to $48 billion of comprehensive relief offered by a bipartisan majority. Again, I would point out that many Members of the minority, just a few short weeks ago, embraced a $300 billion tax relief package.”