The affordable housing crisis is not just an urban community concern but also greatly affects rural communities across the country.
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The current recovery period of 27.5 years can create a significant lock-in effect for residential housing investment.
Affordable housing is an important issue for each of us in our States across the country.
We have an opportunity to look at a lot of these tax provisions to make sure that they are working effectively and efficiently.
I just think that base acres ought to reflect more recent planting history and that we should not be--we should not have base acres that have not been farmed for years that still have bases and receiving payments.
According to CBO, the mandatory base update saves $466 million, and the elimination of generic base acres saves $2.454 billion over 10 years.
I also, as part of a recently introduced bill, I included a provision that would require mandatory base updates using the planted and considered or prevented planted acres during the years 2014 to 2017.
I like the idea of block grants, and I like the idea of having access to guaranteed loans, revenue bonds, and so forth.
I could not agree more. I think it is a very important tool for us to make sure it is maintained into the future.
I want to enter into the record on behalf of Senator Nelson four letters of support for Jessica Rosenworcel's nomination to the FCC.
The current Tax Code robs people of their most precious commodity, and that is their time.
I believe the two most powerful things that we can do in the tax code to achieve that goal are to lower business tax rates for both corporations and pass-throughs and to allow businesses to recover the cost of their investments as quickly…
The position to which you have been nominated is one of the most important roles in the executive branch as we press forward with tax reform.
Requiring businesses that have operated using the cash method since their inception to suddenly pay tax on money they have not yet collected, and may never collect, is an effective tax increase.
The high U.S. corporate tax rate places American companies at a disadvantage in the global economy.
Today's tax code is overly complicated and excessively burdensome.
I think it makes our banks within the United States less competitive with some other competitors elsewhere.