[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 73 (Thursday, June 6, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H3277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HOUSE PASSES BILL PERMANENTLY ELIMINATING DEATH TAX

  (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 proud that we did the work of the 
American people today. Americans believe that it is time to permanently 
eliminate the death tax, and this body took that confident step, they 
took that confident step today for the great benefit of the American 
people.
  I can say this with great confidence since I spoke with many small 
businesses back in the great State of Nevada during the past week. Each 
business owner I talked to, such as those of Click Bond in Carson City, 
Nevada, stated they would have had to close or sell their business 
should anything have happened to them individually and the death tax 
had been reinstated. They praised Congress for passing last year's tax 
relief bill and pleaded we make the death tax elimination permanent so 
they can pass on to future generations their businesses and their 
farms.
  Mr. Speaker, our permanently eliminating the death tax was the fair 
and right thing to do. No Nevadan, no American should have to mourn the 
loss of a family business and a loved one at the same time. I applaud 
my colleagues for doing what was right for the American people.

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