[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 31 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TAX CODE TERMINATION ACT

  (Mr. LARGENT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LARGENT. Mr. Speaker, it is that time of year. The trees are 
budding, flowers are blooming, and tax accountants and attorneys are 
sharpening their pencils. That is right. It is the tax preparation 
season. April 15 is just around the corner. Taxpayers everywhere are 
pulling their hair out trying to decipher this year's Tax Code. They 
are not alone. Even the paid professional tax preparers do not 
understand the Tax Code, and neither do the 110,000 employees at the 
Internal Revenue Service who are paid $9.8 billion to implement the Tax 
Code.
  What is Washington's response? At best they talk a good game. They 
say we should scrap the Code, use it as an applause line at political 
functions, and get a standing ovation when they say it.
  It is springtime. It is time for new beginnings. Let us begin by 
implementing a new Tax Code. Let us say adios to the Tax Code in 2001 
and join 190 Members of Congress who have signed on to pass H.R. 3097, 
the Tax Code Termination Act.

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