Marriage Penalty Tax Reform Rep. Moran has introduced legislation to help restore fairness to the tax code for married couples. Under the current tax law, most married working couples will pay more in taxes than if they filed separately at individual rates. These working adults should not be penalized for being married. The Economy Northern Virginia may lose 50,000 federal jobs over the next four years. We must stimulate the economy in order to absorb the best and brightest of these early federal retirees.
High technology holds that potential.
One of Rep. Moran's goals has been to attract new high technology private investment and federal technology contracts. This will create thousands of new high technology jobs in Northern Virginia as well as attract new businesses to the area. The eventual elimination of trade barriers with Canada and Mexico will enable the U.S. to increase productivity and employment by opening new markets for American products. It would require Congress and the White House to know in advance the cost of proposed legislation and regulations to states, localities and business community, and its impact on productivity, employment and international competitiveness before it can be considered on the House floor. Rep. Moran voted to apply the same laws to the Congress as apply to private business.