Joel Hefley: “we have seen this year that the American people have a hard time saying good-bye, good-bye to anything. The final…”

“we have seen this year that the American people have a hard time saying good-bye, good-bye to anything. The final episode of Seinfeld was a national event earlier this spring. We made it clear that we did not want to say good-bye to our favorite cast of characters. And after the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl this year, the big question was whether John Elway would return and come back to defend the crown. Fans of the Broncos begged John to return for just one more year. We did not want to say good-bye to one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game. The NBA Finals this year received huge ratings, partly because America knew we might be saying good-bye to a sports dynasty. Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity this year in this place, this day, to begin saying one more good-bye. If we pass this bill, we will say good-bye to 800,000 words of Tax Code. We will make the statement, our Tax Code is not worthy or capable of reform, but of replacement. Mr. Speaker, the American people have spoken. Some of them want a national sales tax. Some of them want a flat tax. But all of them seem to agree on one thing: They want to scrap our current Tax Code and start over. Most importantly, it is time to say good-bye to the IRS. America held Seinfeld parties, we held Superbowl parties, we held NBA parties. Mr. Speaker, let me assure my colleagues that if Congress votes to sunset the Tax Code, we will see parties across this country like we cannot believe.…”