Blake Moore: “as I mentioned, I want to share a brief message about what we have accomplished this last year. Mr. Speaker, House…”

“as I mentioned, I want to share a brief message about what we have accomplished this last year. Mr. Speaker, House Republicans have turned a season of dread as tax season approaches into a season of historic relief. Tax season is officially underway, and this year, 91 percent of all taxpayers will experience an easier and more simplified filing process. We locked in the doubled standard deduction, and not only at the rate that Republicans established in 2017. We actually boosted it for this new approach. It is now considered permanent policy, meaning that families will pay no taxes on the first $31,500 of what they make. It will also save Americans an estimated 210 million hours per year in paperwork and $13 billion in compliance costs annually. We talk all the time about simplifying the tax code. Everybody talks about it, and we have done it. Since 2017, we decided to double the standard deduction. That immediately targets middle- and lower-income Americans who choose not to itemize. Itemizing is still an option you can do, Mr. Speaker, if you have multiple different types of elements that you can deduct from your taxes. You can still choose to do that, but the vast majority of Americans, working Americans and everyday Americans, use the doubled standard deduction. That is real tax relief. It goes unsaid a lot. It is such a standard piece. Nobody truly disagrees with it--``nobody'' meaning both parties.”