    [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]
    [House]
    [Page H93]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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                                FIX OUR TAX CODE

      (Mr. CARDENAS asked and was given permission to address the House for
    1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
      Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about the tax scam
    that was voted for by 100 percent of Republicans and signed by
    President Trump.
      We all know that this bill puts middle class families out in the
    cold. This tax scam raised taxes on 86 million American families. It
    robs our ability to help American veterans, children, and seniors.
    Republicans have slashed taxes on the wealthiest among us, and now they
    want us to slash, cut, decimate Medicare, Medicaid, and Social
    Security.
      Some of my colleagues would have us believe that this bill is about
    prosperity for all.
      Prosperity for whom?
      It is a tax giveaway to billionaires and millionaires.
      Does slashing tax revenue create prosperity for communities like
    Flint, Michigan, where American families continue to suffer through a
    water crisis, a crisis that my Republican colleagues claim they can't
    find the funding to help our American brothers and sisters who are
    suffering?
      Republicans want us to believe this bill is fiscally responsible, but
    we all know there is nothing fiscally responsible about taking
    healthcare away from millions of Americans while ballooning our
    country's deficit by as much as $2 trillion.
      Mr. Speaker, we need to fix our Tax Code, not leave American families
    out in the cold.

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