Honorable James McGovern
United States Representative, Massachusetts
I>Representative McGovern, of the Third District of Massachusetts, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He was a senior aide and press secretary to then-Representative Joseph Moakley (MA-D) from 1982 to 1996. He sits on the Rules Committee. The following is from the July 13, 2005, House floor debate on H.R. 8, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005.For years the Republican leadership has misled the American public about the estate tax. Today, because of that deceptive campaign, millions of Americans seem to believe they will be subject to the so-called death tax. They have…
