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Congressional Testimony

01-28-1998

How Congress Can Repeal Federal Death Taxes

Testimony Before
The Ways and Means Committee
of the United States House of Representatives
By
William W. Beach
John M. Olin Senior Fellow in Economics
and
Director of the Center for Data Analysis
The Heritage Foundation

January 28, 1998

My name is William W. Beach, and I am ...

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