Steve Chabot: “it is important that we not let any distraction going on here in Washington get in the way of our responsibility to…”

“it is important that we not let any distraction going on here in Washington get in the way of our responsibility to provide tax reduction and tax reform to the American people. With Federal taxes now approaching 20 percent of the Gross National Product, the highest peacetime figure in American history, and a runaway tax collecting bureaucracy that strikes fear in the hearts of every hard-working taxpayer, this Congress, notwithstanding the usual White House roadblocks, must move forward with tax cuts, tax simplification and tax fairness now. If the President chooses to oppose our efforts, let him explain his opposition to the American people. Mr. Speaker, a lot of things have changed for the better since fiscal conservatives replaced tax-and-spend liberals in the House majority here in Washington: welfare finally reformed, a balanced budget actually in sight, family tax relief on the way. But more relief is due the American people. We need to move with dispatch. The American taxpayers deserve no less.”