[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6380]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  END THE TYRANNY OF APRIL 15 ANXIETY

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, my late father used to say, you only have to 
do two things in life: die and pay taxes. Just about 40 minutes ago, I 
did one of those things, and I will let my colleagues guess which one 
it was.
  Like millions of Americans, before midnight tomorrow night, I managed 
to fill out all of the forms which, for me, as a man of no significant 
means, a public servant married to a schoolteacher, there were only 
forms that I had to file in three States and with one national 
government. The full total of the pages that I had to fill out and file 
neared to 100.
  Mr. Speaker, the People's House is supposed to resonate with the 
hearts of the American people. As we approach this tax day and go 
through our usual spring ritual of arguments in Washington, D.C., I 
hope the Congress will resonate with the heart of the American people 
and seize upon the opportunity to simplify this tax system and end the 
tyranny of anxiety that reigns throughout the land every April 15.

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