Mr. Chairman, if it is just a little bit of paperwork, if it is not much hassle, if it is easy to comply with precertification, then I would suggest that the gentleman from Oklahoma in the next Congress apply the same rulings and regulations to all of the other taxpayers in this country. I think the gentleman will find that these paperwork requirements are indeed burdensome, unfair, and are indeed insensitive to the working poor, the folks we should be trying to help in this Congress, as they lift themselves out of poverty, using a Republican-borne program which has helped millions of Americans and their families escape the poverty trap, and it does so by allowing them to avoid the punitive marginal tax rates that the working poor face.
Roy Cooper: “Mr. Chairman, if it is just a little bit of paperwork, if it is not much hassle, if it is easy to comply with…”
On the recordSeptember 4, 2003
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Discussing the impact of paperwork requirements on the working poor during a congressional debate.
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