Date: 2004-06-14
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

lowing the hardworking people to keep ida. Let me first thank the gentleman more of their money. But then they from Texas for providing this insight say. when it is working. when jobs are here tonight. I was just listening to our being created. but those are tax cuts on friend from Indiana. He was men- the wealthy. That is how they try to tioning the naysayers[ the ones that excuse it. constantly say that it is not going to Let me read some of the issues. some work. that cutting taxes on the hard- of the tax cuts that they say are for .working American people was not the wealthy. Maybe I just represent gofng to work. And then when it start- kind of a different district. but one of ed working. they started saying. as he those that they say is the marriage said. all right. it is working but it is penalty repeal. Marriage penalty renot creating jobs. Then when it started peal. I do not know about in other creating jobs. as our friend from Indi- parts of the country. but in Florida not ana reminded us. they were saying. only the wealthy get married. How well. but they are not high paying jobs. about the death tax repeal? Oh. that is He mentioned how that is just a fal- a tax cut on the rich. I do not know lacy. That is just not true. about other parts of the country. but in Let me give my colleagues some sta- the State that I represent not only do tistics from Florida. In Florida we are rich people die. How about the reduccreating an incredible amount of jobs. tion of taxes on education savings? Every single month the private sector That is on the wealthy? Not in my in Florida is creating jobs. They are State. not in the State that I live. How good paying jobs. Floridas economy is about the small business expensing? adding really good paying jobs. More Those are small businesses. not than twothirds of Floridas payroll job wealthy. How about the adoption tax growth in April. by the way. was in in- credit? These are the things that they dustries that pay more than the na- objected to because they are tax cuts tional average. Those are the facts. on the wealthy. How about the dependSome people do not like the facts and ent care credit? That is not tax cuts for. do not let the facts confuse what they. the wealthy. Those are people that want to believe in the issue. But those have dependents at home. How about a are the facts. tax credit for employerprovided child Let me just read some of the quotes care facilities for hardworking moms that were said by our friends in the mi- and dads so that they can go to work? nority party before they started seeing That is not for the wealthy. And how about the emergency tax relief? Even this. emergency tax relief to areas affected by the attacks of 9/11. Those are for the wealthy? No. those are responsible tax cuts for hardworking men and women in this country who create jobs. who create wealth. who do not want to create more bureaucrats. They want to create more jobs. more wealth. It is working. I thank the President for his leadership. I also want to particularly thank the leadership in this House and also my dear friend from Texas who has led the fight to look for waste. fraud and abuse in the Federal Government. He is doing a great job. I want to thank him for allowing me this time today.