WASHINGTON - April 12 -

WHERE: National Press Club 529 14TH Street, NW, Washington, DC

DATE: Thursday, April 15

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

On tax filing day, the senior Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee will argue that the rural poor and inner-city minorities fighting and dying in Iraq are carrying the heaviest burden of war. They are paying the real death tax while the wealthiest Americans enjoy massive tax cuts.

The National Press Club luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 pm. Remarks by Congressman Rangel will begin at 1:00 p.m.

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