[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 882]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    TIME TO END MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, tomorrow the House is going 
to vote to end the marriage penalty. Right now married couples pay more 
in taxes than two single taxpayers living together. That is not right. 
It is just not right.
  Washington must stop penalizing the cornerstone of our society, the 
American family. We should encourage marriage, not penalize it. We are 
restoring family, children, and the American dream.
  Last year President Clinton and his Democrat allies labeled marriage 
penalty relief as risky, and the President vetoed it. This year the 
Democrats are encouraging him to veto it again.
  In my district alone, this bill will help end the marriage penalty 
for over 150,000 Americans. The President and his Democrat friends 
should stop playing election-year politics.
  Mr. President, it is time for you to help us help American families.

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