[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3404]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                                TAX DAY

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday was tax day; and this year, 
millions of working men and women filed their taxes knowing that 
Republicans want them to bear the costs so corporate special interests 
and the wealthiest Americans can get a gigantic tax cut.
  Even worse, the new Republican tax law will raise the deficit by more 
than $2 trillion, meaning Medicare and Social Security are now on the 
chopping block according to Republican leaders.
  This is not what we were elected to do. Working Americans deserve a 
better deal. Working families deserve a real and permanent tax cut, not 
the scam that they got.
  It has been decades since we have asked the wealthiest Americans to 
pay their fair share. No secretary, no janitor, and no mid-level 
employee should have to pay a higher tax rate than the CEO of their 
company. It is long past time to fix this broken system and pass the 
Buffett rule.
  Mr. Speaker, we should be promoting policies that give families the 
tools not just to get by, but to get ahead, instead of further rigging 
the system to benefit the billionaires, millionaires, and America's 
biggest corporations.
  It is time for real tax reform and to undo the tax scam that is going 
to hurt so many in our country.

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