Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I guarantee Kervin and Marsha Johnson believe it is an emergency, as they are filling out their tax forms this week.…”

“I guarantee Kervin and Marsha Johnson believe it is an emergency, as they are filling out their tax forms this week. Kervin is a D.C. police officer. His wife is a Federal employee. They were married last July. This year they will pay $1,000 more in taxes because they got married 7 months ago. I guarantee that Eric and Ayla Hemeon believe this is an emergency. Eric is a volunteer firefighter and works for a printing company. Ayla works for a small business. They have been married for 2 years and are expecting their first child in about a month. Last year they paid almost $1,100 in a marriage tax penalty just because they got married and that they would not have paid if they were single. They are filling out their tax forms right now, and they would like to see the Congress give them relief from paying that $1,100 next year so they can buy something for their new baby. Lawrence and Brendalyn Garrison believe this is an emergency.”