[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 71 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H4123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         ELIMINATE THE DEATH TAX AND RESTORE THE AMERICAN DREAM

  (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, I rise today to discuss a problem that 
affects too many Americans, the death tax. It seems absurd that our 
government would tax someone just for dying; yet that is exactly what 
has been happening in this country for years.
  Too many Nevadans are forced to sell acres of their family farms and 
ranch lands after the death of their parents or grandparents in order 
to pay their huge estate tax bills, all courtesy of the death tax.
  Many of these farms and ranches have been in families for years, but 
now these families must sell part of their family heritage in order to 
pay the IRS. For many Americans, the American dream is to start a small 
business and pass it on to their children; yet our government is 
preventing millions of Americans from realizing this dream. This is 
wrong; it must end.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope all of my colleagues will support the Death Tax 
Elimination Act and restore the American dream and do it today.

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