Sam Graves actually said...

"Small Businesses simply cannot thrive under these conditions."

"Death should not be a taxable event. The notion that the federal government is owed anything upon the death of a family member is outrageous to me."

"I support a full repeal of the estate tax, and I have introduced legislation, H.R. 664, to make the 2001 and 2003 tax relief, including the estate tax phase-out, permanent."

"I don't think there is anything that could be said or any question that I could ask that would get me to be more against the estate tax."