[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E937]
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              CONGRESSMAN ROB WOODALL STANDS UP FOR WIDOWS

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 17, 2019

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I am grateful our 
talented colleague, Congressman Rob Woodall of Georgia, stood up for 
what is right. Yesterday on the House Floor, Congressman Woodall 
promoted the Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act, the Widows Tax 
elimination.
  ``We had an opportunity under the new consensus calendar . . . to 
bring bipartisan legislation to the floor. What they [Democrats] said 
was if you bring enough Democrats and Republicans to support your bill, 
we will give you a special pathway to get that bill to the floor for 
those ideas that we want to celebrate together.''
  ``Congressman Joe Wilson has such a bill . . . to support the widows 
of our fallen servicemen and women. Widows and widowers.''
  Because Democrats subverted this by removing it from the calendar, 
they did not follow their own rule. It is now legislative day four for 
a stand-alone vote, with now 371 co-sponsors, bringing over 86 percent 
of Members of Congress as supporters.
  In conclusion, God Bless our Troops, and we will never forget 
September 11th in the Global War on Terrorism.

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