Roger Marshall: “today I will sign a discharge petition that I bring to right a wrong that has been done to disabled American veterans…”

“today I will sign a discharge petition that I bring to right a wrong that has been done to disabled American veterans for more than a century. In 1891, the United States of America imposed a tax on disabled veterans. We did not call it a tax. We called it a prohibition on concurrent receipts, something average Americans would not understand. Mr. Speaker, it is time to call the concurrent receipt prohibition what it is, the disabled veterans tax. It was wrong then; it is wrong now. It is time to end the disabled veterans tax. Mr. Speaker, for years the majority and the Members of this House have cosponsored House Resolution 303, which would end the disabled veterans tax; and for years, House Resolution 303 has been bottled up in committee just like campaign reform was bottled up in committee. The discharge petition process forced a vote on campaign finance reform. I am using that same process to force a vote on ending the disabled veterans tax. Mr. Speaker, at last count, 322 Members of this Congress have cosponsored House Resolution 303. Only 218 of these cosponsors must sign the discharge petition for it to be successful.”