Trent Lott: “One of them is the question of our national energy policy. That will be brought to the Senate during the day on Tuesday…”

“One of them is the question of our national energy policy. That will be brought to the Senate during the day on Tuesday with a vote on the gas tax issue. Following that, we will be discussing the marriage penalty tax. This past Saturday, I had occasion to be in a store and one of the other customers asked me: Are we finally going to get rid of the unfair marriage penalty tax? I said we would try to and hoped to do it this week. I went on about my business and the customer went on about his. The customer came back later and said: Do you think you actually will begin to eliminate the very unfair tax? I said: That is what we are trying to do. Then he came back a third time and said: You are going to have a vote next week? I said: Yes, we are. He asked if he could get the names of those voting against getting rid of the unfair tax. I said: Yes, it will be in the Record. Call my office; we will be glad to get it to you. That is what we hear in the real world, off of Capitol Hill. People say this is a real problem. We have been talking about eliminating the marriage penalty tax for years. It is time we get it done.”