[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ELIMINATE IRS CODE

  (Mr. BLUNT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUNT. Madam Speaker, as I was walking out of the revolving door 
here yesterday after what I think was our fourth vote to adjourn, I was 
reminded of that Bill Murray movie ``Groundhog Day.'' Here we are 
again, right back in the same day, voting to adjourn, voting on the 
Journal, voting on the Suspension Calendar, and not doing the business 
of the American people.
  Yesterday, we also announced an effort to abolish the IRS Code, I say 
to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant], by December 31, 2000, 
abolish the Code, end the IRS as we know it, end those abuses, end the 
constant harassment of Americans by an agency that is out of control.
  The Declaration of Independence has 1,300 words. The Bible has 73,000 
words. The IRS code has 2.8 million words. It needs to be eliminated.

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