Charles Rangel: “Mr. Speaker, let me associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Shaw] that we have in a…”

“Mr. Speaker, let me associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Shaw] that we have in a bipartisan way moved forward in trying to correct the abuses and better the collection of taxes. I do not see anything in this bill that deals with the simplification, even though there is hope that this bipartisan spirit will continue. I have been invited to join this Scrap the Code trip, and I accept. Let us scrap it. But I think they ought to, anyone that is going to join with them in this effort, to at least talk about what they are going to replace it with. There are just as many different views on their side as there is on our side. But I do not think it is fair to the American people, as political as it may sound, to promise them that they are getting rid of this complex Tax Code, which none of us are proud of, and not tell them what they are replacing it with.”