Jerry Moran: “I can certainly join in the remarks of the gentleman from New Jersey, because estate taxes are clearly a problem in our…”

“I can certainly join in the remarks of the gentleman from New Jersey, because estate taxes are clearly a problem in our economy. As I have listened over the last 6 months as a new Member of Congress, as I listened in 6 months of campaigning for this office to the people who live in the 66 counties of the western three-fourths of the State of Kansas, taxes are at the top of the list. They are at the top of the list because we have sapped the possibility of growing this economy, of creating new jobs, of creating a family lifestyle that is conducive to mom and dad both being at home. So much of our effort as parents now goes into making ends meet, and so tomorrow when we debate and vote and hopefully pass a significant tax reduction, this may be the vote on the House floor that in the 6 months that I have served in this Congress may actually cause me to feel the best about my voting, because it is so important to us. It is so important to America, to its families, to its individuals, to our workers, to our business, to send a message that we hear loud and clear what the tax and regulatory environment created by Washington, D.C. does to America. The death tax that the gentleman from New Jersey mentions is a perfect example.”