[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 53 (Thursday, April 18, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               TAX REFORM

  (Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, today is a very important day 
to us.
  Monday, April 15, was tax day.
  Our Tax Code is way too big, way too complicated, way too confusing, 
and way too costly. Americans spend a combined 6.7 billion hours on 
their taxes every year, and they pay a combined total of $168 billion 
just to comply with tax rules. Now, I've run a business all my life. I 
know full well the burdens of tax regulation: it slows hiring; it slows 
productivity; and it slows growth. Our Tax Code is a 70,000-page 
spiderweb that is unfairly trapping American workers, American 
families, and American businesses as well as the American economy; and 
it's time to set them free.
  Today, April 18, is tax freedom day.
  Look, it's time for us to simplify the rules, to lower the rates, to 
close the loopholes. A fairer, freer, simpler Tax Code will allow all 
taxpayers to save money, will let our economy thrive, and will allow 
new jobs to flourish; and, in the end, all America wins.

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