On the recordJuly 7, 2004
middle-class families are feeling the pinch. They feel it as they try to afford health care, try to keep their jobs, and try to provide a rewarding education for their children. When I am in southeast Texas, I talk to folks every day who tell me they cannot afford tuition for their children, health care for their parents, or even to provide for themselves. These folks are getting the middle-class squeeze at literally every level. They work harder and harder every day, work more and more hours every day, and make less and less. The middle class is paying more in taxes, and the tax breaks that the rich get are not there for the folks who really need it. I hope that my colleagues will use the remainder of our time in session to support these families so that our hardest-working Americans do not get left behind.
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