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On the recordDecember 22, 2022
We are 12 days, 12 days until the Democrat majority does not exist. In 13 days, the Republican majority will be in charge. Americans are facing the highest spike in prices in 40 years because of the one-party Democrat rule in Washington, because of their reckless spending. The Ways and Means Committee is the committee that affects the economy more than any committee in all of Congress. What do the House Democrats feel like their last 12 days, their biggest priority is not solving issues affecting working-class Americans, but issues targeting their main political opponents. This legislation is only cover for what they have been campaigning on for years, and that is, to get Trump's tax returns. Let me tell you, if you don't believe me now, this is called the mandatory audit program. It is about auditing all current and former Presidents to make sure their tax returns are audited. But the chairman of this committee only requested how the mandatory audit program has worked for one President, one, and it was a Republican President. His name was Donald Trump. I asked, on Tuesday, did you request a mandatory audit review process on Joe Biden? No. Did you request one on Obama? No. Clinton? No. Bush? No. Carter? No. But yes, only Trump. This is a cover for their political objective, and that is to target their political opponents. We have heard over and over that no one is above the law; that includes everyone in this Chamber.…
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

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