[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 185 (Monday, November 13, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H9159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
DEFEAT THE TAX REFORM PLAN
(Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speaker, the tax plan that has been proposed
by the House Republican leadership fails to support working families
while making them foot a $1.5 trillion bill.
Nonpartisan research projects that this legislation would raise taxes
on 38 million hardworking Americans. The impact would be far and wide
as the tax plan would end deductions for seniors facing growing medical
expenses, young adults working to shrink their student debt, and
families paying State income and sales taxes.
This legislation would also have enormously damaging economic
consequences as it would leave our children to pay off its $1.5
trillion price tag. We need tax reform that puts working families
first, but this clearly isn't it.
For the sake of our economy, seniors, students, and working families,
as well as the middle class, we must defeat this bill.
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