Richard K. Armey: “Mr. Chairman, let me first pay my regards to the committee for the fine work that they have done on writing this bill.…”

“Mr. Chairman, let me first pay my regards to the committee for the fine work that they have done on writing this bill. It is such a privilege for me to be here today and to stand here in support of this legislation and to stand here, quite frankly, in appreciation for this legislation. This legislation is tax reduction for American families. It is legislation that realizes that American families come in all shapes and sizes and all configurations of income-earners, and with all configurations of problems, but all American families are tied together today by some common understandings and some common hopes and dreams, and that it is our job in Congress to reflect our understanding of these things faced by the American family and to represent the best of their hopes and dreams. I think of mom and dad sitting around the kitchen table looking at the little ones and thinking about all of the things they want to do for them. We have all done that while we are doing our bills at the first of the month, scared half to death we will run out of paycheck before we run out of bills. And every time we do that we start with the realization that at the beginning of that month, our taxes are too high and if they were lower, we could do more for the kids.”