[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 30 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1083]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         MARRIAGE TAX ELIMINATION ACT SHOULD BE SIGNED INTO LAW

  (Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ask a very fundamental and basic 
question and that question is, is it right, is it fair that under our 
Tax Code 25 million married working couples on average pay $1,400 more 
in higher taxes just because they are married. Is it right that under 
our Tax Code, married working couples, a husband and wife who are both 
in the workforce, pay higher taxes than an identical couple in 
identical circumstances who choose not to marry.
  Mr. Speaker, it is wrong that under our Tax Code we have a marriage 
tax penalty suffered by 25 million married working couples; and I am 
proud that this House of Representatives has passed H.R. 6, the 
Marriage Tax Elimination Act, wiping out the marriage tax penalty for 
25 million married working couples. My hope is that the Senate will 
join with the House and vote in a bipartisan way to wipe out the 
marriage tax penalty and put that legislation on the President's desk. 
My hope is that the President will once again keep his word and sign 
into law the legislation wiping out the marriage tax penalty.
  Let us not forget that Bill Clinton and Al Gore vetoed that 
legislation last year. We hope they will sign it this year.

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