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GOP renews call for tax reliefJanuary 8, 2000 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Oklahoma, renewed the Republican call for tax relief on Saturday, saying "We are ready to take the next steps" to provide it. "Between now and April, Congress will pass marriage penalty relief," Watts said in the weekly Republican radio address. "We will make the tax code equally fair to one-income and two-income families."
"We will give parents the chance to put $2,000 per child annually into tax-free education savings accounts for their children's education," he said. During the address, Watts praised the proposed American Community Renewal Act. "This bill, which I have been working on since I came to Congress five years ago, offers tax incentives to struggling rural and urban communities," he said. "It will create jobs, encourage savings and help poor neighborhoods become prosperous."
Five years of a Republican-led CongressWatts said that it was five years ago this week that the GOP took control of Congress for the first time in 40 years. "We came with a vision for a better America, an America where every child gets a good education, where retirement security is guaranteed, where everyone has a chance for success and prosperity," he said. "To the American people, this vision was a ray of hope." Watts gave the GOP majority credit for changes in welfare; tax relief, the balanced federal budget, more local and state control of education and a renewed emphasis on national defense. He said congressional Republicans are "committed to making this new century our finest one yet." |
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