NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I would appeal to all who come here, when you talk about tax fairness, there is nothing fair about penalizing people for…”

“I would appeal to all who come here, when you talk about tax fairness, there is nothing fair about penalizing people for getting married. I think back almost a decade and a half ago now to the news that I took my mom, when Miss Mary and I decided to get married, she said, 'Oh, honey, I'm so excited for you. After all, two can live as cheaply as one.' My mom is a wise woman, but she is not a certified public accountant and she was not dealing with the Tax Code, because we have seen in so many cases for so long when couples would stand at the altar and say 'I do,' they were unwittingly saying 'I do' to higher taxes. And now with a commonsense reform that we have embraced on a bipartisan basis in this body, others on this Hill with a clever rule differentiation seek to take it away, we simply go on record tomorrow reaffirming that the Tax Code should have real fairness, that there should not be a penalty for marriage.”