[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               DEATH TAX

  (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. Mr. Speaker, today we are faced with the 
largest tax burden since World War II and what many people do not 
realize is that the Federal Government is really taxing American 
values. A good example is the death tax.
  The death tax is one of the most onerous taxes imposed by the Federal 
Government. It is double and triple taxation on American families' 
hard-earned savings. Even worse, the death tax forces grieving sons and 
daughters to sell family businesses or farms just to pay the tax. It is 
absolutely outrageous that we allow the Federal Government to do this 
to families.
  Enough is enough. It is time to repeal the death tax and end the 
assault on American values of family, hard work, savings, and 
entrepreneurship.
  Let us bury the death tax now. By doing this, we will be giving 
freedom and a new birth to the next generation of families, farmers, 
and small business owners.

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