Honorable Jim McDermott
United States Representative, Washington, Democrat
Representative McDermott, of the Seventh District of Washington, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1988. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1971 to 1972 and in the Washington Senate from 1975 to 1987. He serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. The following is from the July 13, 2005, House floor debate on H.R. 8, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005.We are here today because the Republican majority would like to repeal the estate tax, but they have forgotten history. It was a Republican, President Teddy Roosevelt, who strongly supported…
