[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 36 (Thursday, March 6, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H1656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     ARMED FORCES TAX FAIRNESS ACT

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, what began as the ``Armed Forces Tax 
Fairness Act'' for those bravely serving around the world, a bill to 
ensure that their families would not be taxed on the small, $6,000 
death benefit payable to those families when someone is killed in 
conflict, that bill has now been totally perverted. The Republican 
leadership has desecrated the noble purpose of this bipartisan 
legislation.
  In addition to the tax-free winnings for foreigners on horse races 
that was already in the bill, last night, in a truly shameful act, the 
House Republican leadership insisted on including in this military tax 
fairness bill an amnesty provision for corporate tax dodgers for the 
``ex-patriots'' who have renounced America and planted their mailbox in 
the sands of Bermuda, even following the horrible attacks of September 
11, in order to avoid paying their fair share of our military and other 
needs, the Republicans want to grant them amnesty.
  While Americans are concerned with protecting their families, they 
need to know that the leadership of this House has launched a sneak 
attack to protect the corporate expatriates who have renounced America, 
and they do so in a misnamed bill, the ``Armed Forces Tax Fairness 
Act.''

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