Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Tax Relief for American Families Act. This is actually paid for. It will extend the Trump-era tax cuts that brought us record employment, economic growth, and wages that grew at a rate nearly 5 percent higher than inflation. If we do not make these important reforms to our tax code, my home State of Texas will lose more than 8,000 jobs and nearly $700 million in wages. Importantly, this bill will maintain Trump-era safeguards in work requirements to the child tax credit to ensure that it only goes to American citizens, making it one of the few tax credits to actually have the strong requirement for block claims from illegal immigrants and noncitizens. Mr. Speaker, I stand with north Texas families.”