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Mark Neumann: “The ``rush out and spend it'' part? Over my dead body. That really is the attitude of an awful lot of us out here in…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1997
The ``rush out and spend it'' part? Over my dead body. That really is the attitude of an awful lot of us out here in Washington right now. We have had it with those past practices of breaking the promises to the American people, and we have had it with the 1993 concept of raising taxes. I do not know if the gentleman has had the opportunity to hear some of our colleagues here on the floor tonight before us. During the 5- minute portions this evening, they were talking about this big conference that will go on in Japan where they are going to tax our energy here in America but leave countries like China out from under this tax. And they are going to tax energy as much as 60 cents a gallon for gas. Has everyone forgotten what 1993 was like?
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Mark Neumann
Wisconsin
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Discussing concerns over proposed energy taxes and past tax policies during a floor speech.

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