[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 72 (Wednesday, June 5, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H3166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ELIMINATING THE UNFAIR DEATH TAX

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Madam Speaker, 2 decades ago Ronald Reagan reminded 
America that government does not tax to get money it needs, but will 
always find a need for the money it gets.
  The death tax is an unfair burden designed to punish families that 
work to leave a better future for the next generation, and it is a tax 
the government can do without. Despite the class warfare being waged by 
some in this Chamber, eliminating the estate tax is not a tax cut for 
the rich; it is a desperately needed reform to save thousands of family 
businesses, farms and homes.
  Madam Speaker, death should not be a taxable event. I urge my 
colleagues to abandon the gains of class warfare and send the Grim 
Reaper home empty handed this year by eliminating the death tax.

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