[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 209 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1, TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT

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                               speech of

                            HON. KEVIN BRADY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 19, 2017

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to 
express my appreciation for the hard work of those who made the 
Conference Report possible.
  Thank you to the expert drafters at the House and Senate offices of 
legislative counsel who worked together on the Conference report after 
having worked for so many months with the House Ways and Means 
Committee and Senate Finance Committee on the underlying bills: Henry 
Christrup, Scott Probst, Fiona Heckscher, and House Legislative Counsel 
Wade Ballou; and Mark McGunagle, Allison Otto, Vince Gaiani and former 
Senate Legislative Counsel Jim Fransen.
  Thank you also to the hardworking team of JCT economists, lawyers, 
and accountants, who support all aspects of our work on tax 
legislation:
  Nick Bull, Jim Cilke, Tim Dowd, Chris Giosa, Lucas Goodman, Rob 
Harvey, Tom Holtmann, Paul Landefeld, Joe LeCates, Kathleen Mackie, 
Jamie McGuire, Pam Moomau, Rachel Moore, Jake Mortenson, Chris Overend, 
Brandon Pecoraro, Zach Richards, Heidi Schramm, David Splinter, Lori 
Stuntz, Brent Trigg, Jeff Arbeit, Nita Asher, Lillian Aston, Paul Chen, 
Gordon Clay, Adam Gropper, Andrew Grossman, Nick Gutmann, Viva Hammer, 
Heather Harman, Harold Hirsch, Deirdre James, Sally Kwak, David Lenter, 
Bert Lue, Tricia McDermott, Paul McLaughlin, Veena Murthy, Cecily Rock, 
Kristine Roth, Karl Russo, Natalie Tucker, and Kashi Way.
  And a special thank you to JCT chief of staff Tom Barthold for his 
excellent leadership of this outstanding team.

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