On the recordApril 10, 2014
The gentleman is right that we do close some special interest tax breaks, but we also have about $400 billion in revenue from pro-growth immigration reform which is in this budget, which at least some of our colleagues on the Republican side recognize as a good thing. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office has told us that one thing we could do right now to get the economy moving faster would be to pass comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform. In fact, they say it will help reduce the deficit by close to $1 trillion over the next 20 years and generate some economic activity. So $400 billion in that revenue is from more economic activity, the kind of pro-growth activity we thought our Republican colleagues liked. I am now very pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Lee), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee, who has been focused on trying to make sure everybody in America gets a fair shake. {time} 1030
