Pete Sessions: “The gentleman has hit upon the key to the entire debate and that is, our Tax Code is too complex. We cannot expect the…”

“The gentleman has hit upon the key to the entire debate and that is, our Tax Code is too complex. We cannot expect the IRS to make something pretty of it when it is simply ugly. We must have the determination, people who got elected to Congress and who gave our word to the American people that we were going to go to Washington and do something that would be good for the taxpayer. The Tax Code of the United States is the problem. Let us tell the truth about it, let us tell the American people. They know they are dealing with it here. Let us not be afraid to tell the truth. It is a problem and we can do better. A flat tax or a consumption tax is far better, and that is the direction that we are headed. I hope the American people hear us tonight.”