Doug Bereuter: “as stated on the record many times, this Member continues his strong opposition to the total elimination of the estate…”

“as stated on the record many times, this Member continues his strong opposition to the total elimination of the estate tax on the super-rich. The reasons for this Member's opposition to this terrible idea have been publicly explained on numerous occasions, including past statements in the Congressional Record, and today this Member gain will reiterate the reasons for his opposition to the permanent repeal of the Federal estate tax. This Member has every expectation that legislation to permanently repeal the Federal estate tax is going nowhere in the other body. Furthermore, on March 18, 2002, this Member noted, in his House Floor statement on H.R. 536, that he will most assuredly vote ``no'' on the total repeal of the inheritance tax, and this Member would further note that he in fact did vote ``no'' on the total repeal of the inheritance tax. This Member again would say that while he is a long-term advocate of inheritance tax reduction, especially in regard to protecting family farms and ranches, and small businesses, this Member strongly opposes the permanent repeal of the Federal estate tax provisions.”