Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to bring this body's attention to the urgent need to provide tax relief for families in districts like mine. Folks in the Hudson Valley are facing an affordability crisis due to record inflation, skyrocketing energy costs, and the arbitrary cap on State and local taxes, otherwise known as SALT, placed on residents of States like New York in 2017. It effectively leads to double taxation in a part of our country which already pays among the highest taxes in the Nation. In Rockland and Westchester Counties, for instance, we pay the highest property taxes in the country, averaging well over $10,000. That is why I have introduced legislation, with bipartisan support of my colleagues Representatives D'Esposito and Sherrill, to begin to address this. The SALT Marriage Penalty Elimination Act would correct the flaw created by the original SALT cap that penalizes married couples filing jointly by lifting their deduction to $20,000 rather than $10,000. This small change would significantly help families in my district and across the country. Ultimately, we need to repeal this arbitrary cap in full, but in the meantime, we can take concrete steps to provide hardworking taxpayers in New York and across the country real tax relief. ____________________”