Joe Cunningham: “the gentleman form Georgia, [Mr. Lewis] said that the tax did not have any effect on the price of gas. It does, $550…”

“the gentleman form Georgia, [Mr. Lewis] said that the tax did not have any effect on the price of gas. It does, $550 million in California, it affects our taxpayers. Yes, the 1993 Clinton tax package, we took away the increase on Social Security for seniors of the tax. So I assume that that does not affect anything either. We decreased the luxury tax that we had that cost many, many thousands of jobs. I suppose that does not have any effect. And the gas price, a 1-cent change in gas cost airlines millions of dollars. Mr. Speaker, I would have us take a look at what the President has said that his deficit reduction package is so good. If it is so good, why did the President have to offer us four different budgets that increased the deficit by $200 billion every year for the next 7 years? When he was forced to present a budget that was scored, 90 percent of those cuts took place in the years 6 and 7, because he does not want it.”