[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3405]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                TAX DAY

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, when Americans pay their taxes, as millions 
did yesterday, they expect, rightfully, that their tax dollars will be 
used to benefit the many, not just the few; however, that has not been 
this Republican Congress' approach.
  The tax law Republicans enacted does little to help the middle class 
working families and gives 83 percent to approximately 10 million 
people, of the benefits, and to 300 million people 17 percent.
  According to the independent, nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, the 
Republican tax law will give the richest Americans an average tax cut 
of $33,000, while those who are struggling the most will get maybe $40.
  Their tax law is also a breathtaking exercise in its fiscal 
irresponsibility, handing our children and our grandchildren a $1.8 
trillion bill they will have to pay.
  Thanks to the Republican tax law, the CBO now projects a $1 trillion 
debt every year for the next 10 years. Somebody is going to have to pay 
that bill, and it is our children and our grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, the American taxpayers deserve a system that is fair and 
promotes fiscal sustainability. The new Republican tax law does the 
opposite.

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