[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 89 (Wednesday, July 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H5848]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THE MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY, AN INJUSTICE IN OUR TAX CODE

  (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 am here today to talk about an injustice 
that exists in our current Tax Code. Mr. Speaker, I am referring to the 
marriage penalty tax. This insensitive provision actually increases 
taxes by up to $1,400 on working Americans like Ron and Judy Kingman 
out in rural Nevada, taxes on them simply because they chose to get 
married. How unfair can it be?
  Mr. Speaker, over 25 million American couples are currently subjected 
to this tax. We can do better and we will do better. These couples 
should be able to use that tax overpayment toward a downpayment on a 
home, child care expenses, or investment for their own retirement. This 
money does not belong to the IRS, it belongs to our families and they 
deserve to get it back.
  This week we have the opportunity to ease the marriage tax burden for 
married couples in this country. I urge my colleagues across the aisle 
to join in our Republican efforts to end the marriage tax penalty.
  Let us do the right thing. Let us reform this tax. Let us eliminate 
the marriage tax penalty.

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