On the recordDecember 19, 2017
I yield myself an additional 1 minute, Mr. Speaker. Not one public hearing was held on this bill. And when they say today, ``Oh, we had 5 years of public hearings,'' we did not have one hearing on this bill--not one. No witness testimony was sought. No committee was convened for the purpose of a hearing. And then when we went to conference, we were all granted an opening statement, and we got to question the nonpartisan Director of the Joint Committee on Taxation. Mr. Speaker, more than anything else today, this is a missed opportunity where both sides could have accomplished something great for the American people. I reserve the balance of my time.
