I believe that we can have more people paying in the system if we get more people to work.

This deadline is quite a ways into the future, and it is really designed to move tax reform to the front burner.

The problem is everybody here agrees that our current Tax Code really stinks, but nobody has anywhere close to the consensus on how to do substantial tax reform.

Is it not enough that we collect the taxes we do from our neighbors, that we must also spend more of their resources complying with the Tax Code itself?

There is no time like the present to find real solutions to this complex problem.

The Tax Code Termination Act simply puts a date certain on the expiration of our current Tax Code.

In 2008, our economy suffered one of the most significant financial crises in history. In the midst of the crisis and in response to a fear that some financial firms' failures could cause severe harm to the overall economy, the Federal…

It is my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Trott), the chief sponsor of the legislation.

I only have one speaker remaining, myself, to close. So I am prepared to do that once the gentleman from Georgia yields back. I reserve the balance of my time.

which would terminate the Internal Revenue Code by the end of 2019, with any new Federal tax system adhering to a set of principles that promotes simplicity and fairness.

The Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act is a necessary reform to ensure that taxpayers will not be called on to rescue the next failing financial firm. The legislation relies on longstanding bankruptcy principles that will be applied in a…

the trust of the public in the tax system to be fair is of paramount importance.

The American people have entrusted us with a great responsibility.

There is no question that, because of ObamaCare and government regulation, the cost of prescription drugs is going up--and going up too fast. We definitely need to reform our healthcare system, starting with repealing ObamaCare and putting…

Since I have one speaker remaining, I reserve the balance of my time.

I thank the chairman for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, without enforcement of the law, there cannot be accountability under law, and political accountability is essential to a functioning democracy. We in the…

On rollcall No. 118, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Pallone The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the…

If you're not sure what that limit is, you shouldn't come to us, the United States Supreme Court, you should go to the United States Congress.

What limiting principle could stop the President from granting, for example, capital gains tax amnesty?

the one way that I think Congress can and perhaps should compel that is with the power of the purse.

Yet the current Administration has unilaterally sought to rewrite the law, not by working with the people's duly elected representatives.

are not partisan issues but rather American issues that touch the very core of our system of government.

These are not just academic questions. They are fundamental questions that go to the heart of how our government works.

The topic today includes recent case studies of the abuse of executive power, and I'll focus my remarks on the President's recent actions regarding the implementation of his own ObamaCare law.

The modern federal administrative state is an institution unforeseen by the Framers of our Constitution and rapidly mushrooming out of control.