Roy Blunt: “we are quickly approaching the end of this year, and I think it is a good time to reflect on what has been done this…”

“we are quickly approaching the end of this year, and I think it is a good time to reflect on what has been done this year. Certainly, the Senate and the Trump administration have been able to do a number of things that are really going to have a significant impact on hard-working families. Yesterday, we sent the most significant tax reform legislation in more than three decades to the President's desk, and we had a chance to hear the President and others respond to that. The President, at the end of that ceremony at the White House, turned to the Congress and said: ``This is the work that you have done.'' I think the Members of Congress appreciated that. That showed a President who is constantly learning and constantly understanding how important relationships are here. I thought it was interesting that we heard Chairman Brady, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, say that there are three important dates about to occur for America's economy and America's families. One is January 1, when the new tax bill goes into effect, and as to the wages people are earning, people are going to be allowed more of those wages to stay in their billfold rather than go to the government's billfold. It doesn't stay very long in the government's billfold; that is for sure. January 1 is important.…”