Neal Dunn: “I think Members have a good idea of what we are going through here today. We have been through this issue before. Each…”

“I think Members have a good idea of what we are going through here today. We have been through this issue before. Each time I am very happy to say that the House of Representatives has stood up to get rid of the death tax repeal permanently. Three times in the last Congress the House voted to repeal the death tax. We are here today only for one reason and that is that the rules of the other body have stymied this tax relief for small business people and for family farms. Some of my colleagues would say we should throw in the towel. They say the Senate will never pass this legislation, so why not compromise? Why even take up the permanent repeal piece of legislation? ... I am very optimistic that we will ultimately prevail on permanently repealing the death tax. I hope Members will not be swayed by the rhetoric and the hyperbole on the other side because we have heard lots of it today.”