Alan Lowenthal: “The tax bill passed by the House GOP today embodies everything that Americans dislike about Congress: It was drafted…”

“The tax bill passed by the House GOP today embodies everything that Americans dislike about Congress: It was drafted behind closed doors where the drafters cast aside expert analysis and relied instead on special interests and faulty disproven assumptions. The plan slashes tax rates for multinational corporations and the superwealthy, but leaves hardworking Americans in the 47th Congressional District to pay the bill. It penalizes taxpayers in California and other blue States for investing in our schools, in our roads, and in our public services. It cruelly hits children, seniors, and low-income Americans by putting at risk Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and Social Security. Mr. Speaker, I could not, and proudly did not, vote for this disastrous piece of legislation. ____________________”