[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 130 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICANS LIKE TAX REFORM

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, throughout the 104th Congress no issue has 
struck a chord with the American people like tax reform: Fundamental 
radical tax reform to make paying taxes simpler and fair, tax reform 
that will get rid of the IRS.
  This does not come from tax cheaters. It comes from hard-working 
Americans who are tired of being intimidated by their own Government in 
the form of the IRS.
  During one of my meetings in August, I was given this very beautiful 
piece of modern art that I am wearing today, this T-shirt, to show how 
strongly people feel about the IRS. They said, take this back to 
Washington and tell them that we want the IRS gone, and to do that, we 
want a different tax system; and this particular group preferred the 
sales tax system. This should be a top priority of the 105th Congress.
  They also gave me an additional shirt, a little lady come up to me 
and said, would you please take this shirt to the gentleman from Ohio 
[Mr. Traficant] for his hard work to get rid of the IRS? So I have to 
put up with the gentleman's popularity even in my own district.

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