[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H5472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REPEAL OF DEATH TAX TO LIVING AMERICANS

  (Mr. SNYDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, today this House will continue its 
discussion of the repeal of the estate tax, the so-called ``death 
tax.'' But, in fact, this bill is a continuation of policies that will 
hurt living Americans.
  Let me give one example. From this month's magazine back home, 
``Aging Arkansas,'' referring to the last tax cut passed by this House: 
``Tax cut bleeds seniors. Yet Republican leaders come forward once 
again to shrink, wither and dry up government.''
  And what is government? It is what this article talks about, programs 
that older Americans have taken for granted.
  Today in Arkansas, a few of the wealthiest Americans will benefit 
from this repeal of the estate tax, but tens of thousands of other 
Arkansan seniors will be hurt.

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