    [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]
    [House]
    [Page H128]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                   TAX REFORM

      (Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the
    House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
      Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, it has only been a few weeks
    since Congress passed the historic tax reform bill, but I am afraid it
    has got to be very tough for the opponents and our friends across the
    aisle because, well, you have to wonder: At some point, don't they tire
    of being wrong so often?
      You might recall some claim before we passed the bill that it would
    raise taxes on the middle class, yet a majority of Americans will now
    see a tax decrease. In fact, the average family of four in Minnesota's
    Second District, which I am proud to represent, will see a tax cut of
    $3,154.
      Then they claim that reducing taxes on businesses would never benefit
    Americans, but employers have already responded by giving a combined
    total of $1 billion in bonuses and wage increases to their employees.
    That equates to over 1 million Americans and counting getting a bonus.
      Finally, they said the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would never jump-start
    economic growth. Well, now, after two quarters of well over 3 percent
    growth, approaching 4 percent, it is as if the opponents of the tax
    reform bill are left telling the American people: Are you going to
    believe me or your own eyes?
      The fact of the matter is our opponents rely on hyperbole, but the
    facts speak for themselves.

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