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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 4676, as amended, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 4676, the Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016, was introduced by Congressman Tom Rooney of Florida, a former member of the Judiciary Committee, and Congressman Ted…
Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rooney), the chief sponsor of this legislation.
Is it not enough that we collect the taxes we do from our neighbors, that we must also spend more of their resources complying with the Tax Code itself?
The Tax Code Termination Act simply puts a date certain on the expiration of our current Tax Code.
There is no time like the present to find real solutions to this complex problem.
The problem is everybody here agrees that our current Tax Code really stinks, but nobody has anywhere close to the consensus on how to do substantial tax reform.
The American people have entrusted us with a great responsibility.
I mentioned in the previous panel that there was an article in the Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia, my area, at least the beginning of my area, and in the article that was talking about the Virginia Tech water study team, it said that…
Thank you again to each of our witnesses for taking time from your busy schedules to be with us today, and we look forward to hearing about your bold proposals.
which would terminate the Internal Revenue Code by the end of 2019, with any new Federal tax system adhering to a set of principles that promotes simplicity and fairness.
the trust of the public in the tax system to be fair is of paramount importance.
Mr. Speaker, the Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act is a necessary reform to ensure that taxpayers will not be called on to rescue the next failing financial firm. The legislation relies on longstanding bankruptcy principles that will be…
I think it will focus the mind. That is the goal.
I believe that we can have more people paying in the system if we get more people to work.
We have witnessed a maddeningly decade-long descent into mediocrity, where it's imbued the entire workforce.
I don't want a burden on mine. And in Virginia we pay the subsidy, my local taxpayers.