On the recordDecember 4, 2017
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I want to point out to my colleague and friend from Texas that the specifics he is talking about are temporary as they are applied to personal income tax, but they are permanent for corporations. All of your tax cuts are permanent for the corporate world, but not for individuals. He talks about a family of four. Take it for $1,100 a year, divide it by four, it is $250. {time} 1945 They are going to borrow $1.5 trillion. Divide it by 300 million, and that is $5,000 per American. Do the math. They are spending the future of our country to give the biggest tax cut to corporations and the wealthiest--$4 billion alone to the Trump family. You do this on the backs by double taxation in places like Pennsylvania, New York, California, and New Jersey, where you are double taxing through the SALT provision, State and local taxes. This is going to have an incredible impact on the lives of your constituents. How anyone with a conscience on the Republican side of the aisle could support this bill in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and all the other tax States in this country is unconscionable. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded that they should direct their remarks to the Chair.
