[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16754]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        WHERE IS THE TAX POLICY?

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, as you know, we're back in town for a 1- or 
2-day workweek. But where is the tax policy that this country so 
desperately needs to know? People are waiting. We heard it all the 
month of August while we were home in our districts. End-of-the-year 
tax planning; businesses making hiring decisions; employee pay raises; 
and yes, people doing estate planning--no one can move because this 
Congress has yet to act on extension of tax policy. We're all on hold 
until next year. Now the Internal Revenue Service cannot even begin to 
print the forms that it will send out for people who want to be in 
compliance with our tax laws--forms that Americans will need to be and 
be expected to fill out in January are not yet being printed.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, Madam Speaker, we worked late when it suited your 
purpose. Cap-and-trade, may I remind you, was passed in this House late 
on a Friday night. The first version of health care passed this House 
in November, late on a Saturday night. And the second version of health 
care, the Senate version, which is now the law, passed late on a Sunday 
night. This House is capable of working late, but it seems only when it 
suits the purpose of the Speaker of the House.
  Madam Speaker, I urge us to complete this important task before we go 
home. The House should not adjourn until our work is done.

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