When we do direct investment and encourage good, quality jobs, unionized jobs, we create an incentive out there in the economy that is so much more powerful than corporate tax cuts...
I proposed an amendment that night recognizing that the corporate tax cuts in the proposal were permanent, but the individual tax cuts were ...
There was a big debate about whether it would pay for itself, which it didn't.
In 2017 the Republican theory was to cut taxes on large corporations, and cut taxes on the profits they make overseas.
There was a lot of evidence that it increased the shareholder value, and in the runup to the legislation the stock market soared.
I remember the evening we voted on the bill in 2017. We got handed the bill, you know, and were told we had to vote on it right away.
We invested in the nation's infrastructure. We invested in manufacturing, in industries that are poised to promote good jobs.
I think those types of investments are very useful in making our businesses work well if they have the infrastructure, and the human capital...
Infrastructure, as you know, is an incredible multiplier, and will help regrow that community over time.