[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              TAX DAY 2018

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes put it: 
``Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.''
  I rise today because, with the enactment of the Republican tax bill, 
the American people have been getting the short end of that deal.
  When the majority jammed through their tax bill, we all knew it was a 
massive giveaway to the super-wealthy and the well-connected.
  Now we see the evidence, tax day. The vast majority of tax cuts have 
gone to stock buybacks, dividends, and corporate mergers, while only a 
sliver of the benefits have found their way to American workers.
  On top of that, it will be ordinary Americans and our children and 
grandchildren who will shoulder the trillions of dollars of debt and 
threats to cut the very Federal programs that help them and their 
families make ends meet.
  Americans deserve better than the Republican tax bill, massive debt, 
and never-ending dysfunction. They deserve better jobs, better wages, 
and a better future.

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