[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 19 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   PRESIDENT SHOULD SUPPORT COALITION SUPPORTING FAIRER, SIMPLER TAX 
                                 SYSTEM

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to encourage the President to 
join the coalition supporting a fairer, simpler tax system. The 
President seems to think that the status quo is okay. He obviously has 
not been speaking to people in eastern North Carolina because they 
remind me daily that the status quo is out of control.
  When the American taxpayer spends 5 billion hours and $225 billion 
annually just to prepare their tax returns, something is clearly wrong. 
Mr. Speaker, the American people need relief, not only from their ever-
increasing tax burden of 38 percent but from the lengthy and 
complicated tax code itself.
  I ask the President to join those of us who are fighting to provide 
the taxpayers with the relief they so rightly deserve. Reject the 
status quo and support a fairer, simpler tax system for the American 
people.

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