Kevin Brady: “You know Washington. You know Washington. If you don't have an argument, just scare people; just frighten them to death.…”

“You know Washington. You know Washington. If you don't have an argument, just scare people; just frighten them to death. That will work. But people are smart. When you calm down all the rhetoric and all the anger and all the outrage, what we know is this: The Congressional Budget Office--it isn't Republican or Democrat--it found the Medicare Trust Fund solvency got better after tax reform. In fact, tax reform strengthened the major funding source for the Medicare Trust Fund and now, because we have more people, especially those disabled, going back to work, getting a job that they had hoped for, it is actually improving Medicare solvency. So that great big scare tactic just got fact-checked. In fact, already this year, the Federal Government is receiving $105 billion more, Mr. Speaker, in payroll taxes and individual taxes, and those payroll taxes are what are the foundation of Social Security and Medicare. The truth of the matter is, as we look at this bill, both parties claim to be champions of hardworking taxpayers. Well, let's check. So, under this bill, a single mom, working her way out of poverty, permanently will see $1,700 more in her paycheck each year. Democrats who vote ``no'' will steal that money back from that single mom. Middle-class family of two, two teachers in my district, with two kids, under this bill, permanently will see a tax cut of $2636. A ``no'' vote steals that money back from that family.…”