Rich Neal

The American dream is more likely to be found on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean right now.

We were promised that the massive unpaid-for tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy would trickle down to the middle class and working families.

We didn't debate that in this Committee. We didn't get evidence on that, and now they are being dropped on us out of the sky.

I have got some of the largest corporations in my State who still don't know what the Republican bill did to them.

We never talked about what the costs are going to be for the benefits for people who don't need it.

Explain why you gave most of the help to people in America who need it the least.

A massive tax overhaul should have created a Tax Code that rewards effort, not simply the good fortune of those who are already at the top.

We have two economies, and let's not pretend that stock market gains and corporate profits tell the whole story.

The Republican tax bill increased Federal borrowing, not to expand programs aimed at the struggling low and middle class, but to provide handouts to the richest 1 percent.

The progressivity of the tax cuts as measured by increases in after-tax income are heavily tilted towards the rich.

The tax bill amounted to backdoor effort to drive up health insurance costs.

The 2017 tax law missed every significant opportunity to make a difference in the lives of working people.

The law's proponents made choices about what and whom to prioritize and what and whom, unfortunately, to leave out.

The 2017 tax law that passed in a mere 51 days without any hearings or expert witness testimony.

Seniors do not understand how people in Washington have determined that their cost of living did not go up in all those years.

Chairman Larson's bill would fix that by adding some money to the minimum benefit, I think it is about $70 a month.

The COLA is so important. I am sure when you have your town hall meetings, everybody in the fall is waiting to hear what is the COLA going to be.

It establishes a minimum benefit for Social Security that is 125 percent above the poverty level.

Social Security is the working person's retirement guarantee.

You can outlive an annuity but you cannot outlive Social Security.

I thank the gentleman. With that, let me recognize the gentleman from Connecticut, Mr. Larson, to inquire.

I agree with my Texas Senator, John Cornyn, and the others who express concern about Huawei and its national security threat.

I think you indicated that, since he is the boss, you agree with him and that your goal is to negotiate and complete a reasonable trade agreement.

I think our country is fortunate that you are on the front lines of this very important negotiation.

If we don't pass USMCA, just don't bother.