[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 12748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      A GREAT DAY FOR TENNESSEANS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, this is a great day for the people of 
Tennessee. It is also a great day for the people of Texas and 
Washington State and Florida, Wyoming, Nevada, and South Dakota because 
today we are going to pass the American Jobs Creation Act in this 
House. In that bill, there is a provision that restores the 
deductibility of sales tax to our Federal income tax filing. For those 
of us in States that do not have a State income tax, deducting that 
sales tax is important. For our 5 million Tennesseans, this is a great 
day.
  Mr. Speaker, I started my fight for tax fairness when I was a member 
of the Tennessee State Senate, and I have continued that upon coming 
here to Congress. I want to thank Congressman Kevin Brady, Majority 
Leader Tom DeLay, and Chairman Bill Thomas for their leadership and 
their outstanding work on this issue of tax fairness.

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  This is an enormous step forward. It is one that we have waited for 
since 1986. It is a great day for Tennesseans. I thank them for their 
leadership.

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