On the recordMay 25, 2000
Mr. Speaker, again, the focus here is 102 years, 102 years of a temporary tax. I do not know about other Members here, but I can say that people back home, when they get that phone bill and they have difficulty understanding all those charges that appear and they ask why, and we are forced to tell them, well, believe it or not 102 years ago Congress passed a temporary tax. Now this Congress, I sense in a bipartisan way, will do the right thing and repeal that unnecessary tax that impacts every American family, and there may be people who have and will come to the floor to defend it and that is their right; but one has to ask themselves, I think, if we are not willing to repeal a 102-year-old temporary tax today, when we are enjoying the surplus generated by the American people, then when will we do it? So I applaud those who have introduced this legislation.
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