[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4799-4800]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TIME TO SIMPLIFY THE TAX CODE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, we are only 2 days away from April 15, also 
known as tax day. It is a day that we all dread every year.
  Between mountains of paperwork, complicated codes, and the fear of 
fines, paying taxes every year is a huge burden for hard-working 
Americans. In fact, U.S. taxpayers and businesses spend about 7.6 
billion hours a year complying with the filing requirements of the IRS.
  But if you listen to the political discussion in our country very 
long, you will inevitably hear some lawmakers repeat one of their 
favorite lines, that all of our country's budget problems would be 
solved if only we increased taxes, except increasing taxes increases 
government spending and crowds our

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private sector investment, diminishing our prosperity.
  Instead, it is past time to simplify the Tax Code and decrease the 
tax burden that Americans currently spend close to a third of the year 
bearing.
  It is vital that we enact policies that strengthen and stabilize our 
economy, as well as give individuals and businesses long-term 
certainty.

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