[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H2472-H2473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           GET RID OF THE IRS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today the Committee on Ways 
and Means is in hearings to begin the process of replacing our current 
tax system.
  I applaud the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer], the chairman, for 
addressing this issue head on. He said that we have got to pull the IRS 
out by the roots. We can no longer support a tax system that places 
enormous burdens on our families, businesses, and the future of this 
country.
  Mr. Speaker, America deserves better. We deserve a new tax system 
that will reduce the role of the Federal Government and get the IRS out 
of our lives. It must be a system that promotes economic growth, 
savings, and investment. It must be simple and, most importantly, it 
has to be fair.
  I believe that, guided by these principles, we can develop an 
entirely new

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tax system that will unleash the tremendous pent-up potential of this 
country's greatest resource, its people, and get rid of the IRS.

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