[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         IMPROVING THE TAX CODE

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, there are three things we need to do to 
our Tax Code these days: We need to reduce it, we need to simplify it, 
and we need to change the attitude of the IRS.
  Last year Congress reduced taxes for the first time in 16 years. This 
time we are trying again by eliminating the marriage tax penalty. We 
also hope to reduce capital gains tax and end the death tax, or at 
least alleviate it.
  We have, last week, passed a bill to end the Tax Code by the year 
2002, with the hopes that that will open up the debate and set a 
deadline for moving towards a flat tax or a sales tax.
  Finally, this week we will vote to change the attitude of the IRS in 
a very important major bill saying that you are innocent until proven 
guilty in matters before the IRS, and that is something that has never 
been the case in this country.
  Three things that this party is going to do and this Congress is 
going to do: Reduce the Tax Code, simplify the Tax Code, and change the 
IRS's attitude.

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