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TJ Cox: “If I might just interject, one of the reasons you see some Californians out here on the floor is that California…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1997
If I might just interject, one of the reasons you see some Californians out here on the floor is that California repealed our death tax by the initiative of the people, and every time you hear somebody say class warfare, you know only some small segment of the population will go for repealing death taxes, do not believe it. The most populous State in the Union repealed our death taxes by an initiative of the people, and we can do it in the people's House.
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TJ Cox
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Discussing California's repeal of the death tax and its implications for national policy.

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