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On the recordDecember 19, 2017
I thank Chairman Brady for yielding time and for his leadership in the entire group of conferees on bringing this tax cuts and jobs bill to the floor. I thank President Trump for working with us every step of the way to bring us to a historic moment where we are actually going to provide tax relief to hardworking families. There are those on the other side who would say: Keep all the money in Washington, stunt economic growth, continue to let America be noncompetitive where we see jobs go overseas over and over again--large companies, thousands of jobs at a time moving to foreign countries-- because we have the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. Well, Mr. Speaker, it is time for that to end, and we do end that in this bill. We finally make our country competitive again so we can bring those jobs back. Why deny opportunity for so many people who want a chance at the American Dream? In our bill, Mr. Speaker, we cut every single tax rate and make it lower. That is more money in the pockets of hardworking families. On average, families are going to see over $2,000 more back in their paychecks every year. That is real money, when you look at, right now, the average savings for families is $400 in their checking account. This is real money to help people have better opportunities to go put more money in their kids' college tuition accounts.…
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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