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July 12, 2001                                                                           Mike Bodine  518-656-3578

NEWS CONFERENCE ALERT
Tuesday, July 17, 3:00 p.m.
U.S. Capitol

Congressmen Say, "Federal Government Should Answer Questions about the Income Tax."

Washington D.C. -- We The People Foundation For Constitutional Education, Inc. announce that Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) will hold a news conference on Tuesday, July 17^th at 3 p.m. at the U.S. Capitol's House Triangle to request an official response from the federal government to the legitimate questions about the income tax raised in a petition by Robert Schulz, Chairman of the We The People Foundation.  Congressman Ron Paul and other House members will attend in support.  Schulz and Roland Croteau are currently fasting until the government formally responds.

Schulz' tax petition requests a formal and public response from the Government to specific legal research questioning the legal jurisdiction of the IRS and the validity of the 16^th (income tax) Amendment.                

"We view this as evidence that pressure is building on the Government to respond to these Constitutionally protected Rights", said Schulz. 

Schulz has been engaged in raising public awareness of this issue for a number of years and believes the Government must respond to these questions as explicitly required by the Constitution.

"Defense of the Constitution is the first and primary legal duty of each and every official of the United States Government." Schulz remarked, "The time is quickly approaching where we will determine if we are a Nation of Law or not."        

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