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Orrin Hatch: I have just withdrawn the request. I will insert it later when it is more expeditious to do it. The announcements I have…

On the recordDecember 19, 2017
I have just withdrawn the request. I will insert it later when it is more expeditious to do it. The announcements I have been talking about is dated today, and it was produced by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. I would like to put it in the Record. We will do that, if we can. I hope my colleague will allow me to do that, and I will ask consent that it be put in the Record. That analysis shows that middle-income taxpayers are winners. That nonpartisan data shows--sorry, my writing is not too good here--well, it shows that they are winners, and that is the clear impact of this bill. That data cuts through the rhetorical fog generated by my friends on the other side. My friends on the other side focus on the year 2027--10 years from now--when, guess what, that is the year past the sunset of tax cuts on the individual side. Focus on the years the cuts are in effect, and you will see the middle class are really winners. There is no question about it if you focus on it. I ask unanimous consent that this report, ``A Distribution of Returns by the Size of the Tax Change for the Conference Agreement for H.R. 1, the `Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,' '' by the Joint Committee on Taxation be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: A DISTRIBUTION OF RETURNS BY THE SIZE OF THE TAX CHANGE FOR THE CONFERENCE AGREEMENT FOR H.R.…
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah
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Dec 19, 2017

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