I will be very brief because the gentleman from Texas is being very kind. I am glad I got to answer these statements. No. 1, the cost for bringing the statue up. There has been a private group that the Senate has put together that is willing to do this, it is my understanding, so that is not an issue. No. 2, I find that countering spousal impoverishment by saying that estate taxes are too high; for heaven's sakes, if they are both in the poorhouse, estate taxes are not going to matter. So we are beginning to see what the gentleman from Arizona and his party----
Patricia Schroeder: “I will be very brief because the gentleman from Texas is being very kind. I am glad I got to answer these statements.…”
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Addressing concerns about the cost of bringing a statue and discussing estate taxes.
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