[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H10232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            WHAT A DISASTER

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, what a disaster. The American people wanted a 
Tax Code that works for them. Instead, my esteemed colleagues just 
passed a tax plan that only works for crony capitalists and oligarchs.
  The GOP tax plan is scamming hardworking American families in order 
to line the pockets of millionaire real estate developers and people 
who paint their toilet fixtures in their private jets gold.
  Mr. Speaker, hardworking American taxpayers want jobs, investments in 
our highways and railroads, fully funded children's healthcare, state-
of-the-art schools, and well-paid teachers.
  Oligarchs who own gilded skyscrapers, gold-leafed golf courses, and 
real estate passthroughs want to drown in the excesses of wealth.
  The American people wrote their Representatives. They called us. They 
marched in the Halls of the Capitol for a democratic Tax Code. Instead, 
they got a scam that takes away money from schools, police officers, 
fire departments, and families. But I guess money talks.

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