[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 10 (Tuesday, February 8, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        END THE MARRIAGE PENALTY

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, nearly a half century ago, Albert Einstein 
said that the hardest thing to understand in the world is the income 
tax. Since then, our income tax system has not gotten better; it has 
gotten worse.
  Today, American taxpayers, including myself, just cannot understand 
why married couples must pay more in taxes simply because they are 
married.
  Mr. Speaker, in my home State the marriage tax penalty robs over 
290,000 Nevadans every April 15. While I welcome the President's 
support for marriage penalty relief, his proposal simply does not go to 
the heart of the problem. His proposal fails to help all of America's 
hard-working couples.
  The Republican plan will provide over the next decade $180 billion in 
marriage penalty relief to 25 million couples, including millions of 
middle-class Americans hit hardest by this unfair tax burden.
  Mr. Speaker, one thing is clear to me: it is time that we right this 
wrong and provide real marriage penalty relief for America.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back this corrupt burden of our Internal Revenue 
Code.

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