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On the recordDecember 19, 2017
Yes. Exactly. The bill will come back. So, hopefully, the American people will have another opportunity to make certain their voices are heard. But this is not the way to do a complicated piece of legislation. The last time the Congress did tax reform, there were 400 witnesses, experts who came in, hearings month after month, because it is complicated. You want to make sure it works right. You are talking about the American economy. None of that happened here. It was written in the dark of the night. Some of our Republican colleagues didn't see the text. This is not a way to do legislation, and it is one of the reasons that excluding the Democrats from contributing to this process was a terrible, terrible mistake. What is the result? We end up with a bill that does exactly the opposite of what it says it will do. This is a job-killing bill. There is no more urgent priority that all of us have to create good-paying jobs, family supporting jobs. We Democrats have launched a very bold economic agenda that focuses on better jobs, better wages for a better future. Millions of Americans will go to bed tonight and lie awake worried about whether or not they have enough money to pay their bills, whether they can put aside some savings for their retirement, whether they can send their kids to school. All of those anxieties come from the fact they are not making enough money to make ends meet. They haven't seen an increase in their income in a very long time.…
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Dec 19, 2017

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