Sculptured Eagle from Main Committee Hearing Room Ceiling


COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
 HEARING ON
FUNDAMENTAL TAX REFORM
April 11, 2000

Testimony of Congressmen Collin C. Peterson and John Linder

Congressmen Collin C. Peterson (D-MN), and John Linder (R-GA), testify on their bill H.R. 2525, the "Fair Tax Act of 1999."

 

Testimony of Leo Linbeck, Jr., Todd McCracken, Scott Rooth, Steve Kouplen, and James Martin


The second panel testifying on fundamental tax reform are (from left to right): Leo E. Linbeck, Jr., Chairman, Linbeck Corporation, Houston, Texas, and Voluntary Chairman, American for Fair Taxation; Todd McCracken, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Small Business United; Scott Rooth, a Realtor from  Cashiers, NC, and Chairman, Public Policy Coordinating Committee, and Member, Tax Reform Working Group, National Association of Realtors; Steve Kouplen, President, Oklahoma Farm Bureau Association, on behalf of American Farm Bureau Federation; and James Martin, Former General Vice President, Ironworkers International Union, and Deputy Chairman, Dallas Federal Reserve Board

 


Testimony of Lawrence Kotlikoff, John Wilkins, Gilbert Metcalf, and Wayne Angell


Economists are represented in the third panel.  They are:  Wayne Angell, Ph.D.,  Chief Economist, Bear Stearns & Company, New York, New York (far right); Laurence J. Kotlikoff,  Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Boston University, and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (far left); Gilbert Metcalf, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, and Economist, National Bureau of Economic Research (center right); John G. Wilkins, Managing Director,  Barcroft Consulting Group, on behalf of National Retail Federation (center left).

 

Testimony of John Chapotin, Janet Skarbek, Billy Hamilton, and Del Threadgill


The last panel consisted of tax experts.  They are Billy Hamilton, Deputy Comptroller, Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of the Honorable Carole Keeton Cylinders, Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts (center right); Janet L. Skarbek, Sales Tax Manager, Willamette Industries, Inc., Portland, Oregon (center left); The Honorable John E. Chapoton, Partner, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (former Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury) (far left); and Del Threadgill, Vice President of Taxes, J.C. Penney Company, Dallas, TX, and Chairman, Taxation Committee, National Retail Federation (far right).


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