Consumer confidence is at an 18-year high.

Despite these successes, some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are looking for ways to reverse this progress and increase taxes on hardworking Americans.

By the way, in case you didn't pick up on it, Chairman Yarmuth is not a big fan of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

What we have is a spending problem, a fact many Democrats are choosing to ignore.

To truly address the fiscal challenges facing our nation today and future generations, we must tackle the core driver of our ballooning debt, and that is out-of-control spending.

I struggle with the claims that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has led to a bigger gap in income inequality.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is working. It is delivering meaningful relief to workers, families, job creators, and communities across the country.

Our economy is strong again, with more than double the GDP growth seen during the Obama administration.

Americans are seeing bigger paychecks, getting to keep more of their hard-earned money to save, spend and invest the way they see fit.

I just believe the States can do a better job of tailoring voter access to their people than big government bureaucracy can.

Now we are going to ask the taxpayers to fund the campaigns of people who probably disagree with--that they are going to fund elections of people they possibly disagree with.