[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                                TAX DAY

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge everyone's least 
favorite day of the year, tax day.
  In 1935, the 1040 Form was accompanied by a two-page instruction 
booklet. Today, taxpayers must wade through over 200 pages of 
instructions and a code that extends 4 million words in length and 
grows daily like an ever expanding blob entangling itself and attaching 
its burdens to the hopes and dreams of every American.
  Yet as millions of Americans pay their taxes today, some in this town 
believe that Washington should actually tax and spend even more of the 
hard-earned dollars of the American people.
  Instead, I believe we should first reform the Tax Code and work to 
control reckless and wasteful spending in the Federal budget. As it's 
been said: It's not that Washington taxes too little; it's that 
Washington spends too much.
  Mr. Speaker, we must focus on reducing the tax burden on the American 
people, cutting spending here in Washington and working towards a 
bipartisan plan to reform the Tax Code and simplify it for the millions 
of taxpaying Americans that are counting on us.

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