[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE NATIONAL ``BIG UGLY''

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
New York (Ms. Tenney) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. TENNEY. Madam Speaker, for the past several months, my colleagues 
across the aisle have struggled to advance their budget reconciliation 
bill. The reason is simple: It is a disastrous piece of legislation 
that the American people simply don't want now that they are starting 
to find out what is actually in it.
  When I served in Albany, we called these bloated budget bills, and 
ones just like this the ``Big Ugly,'' and ugly this is.
  I rise today to urge my colleagues to oppose our national ``Big 
Ugly,'' which will raise corporation taxes, and that includes small 
businesses and family farms, to 26.5 percent, one of the highest rates 
in the world, and higher than the Communist Party of China charges 
their corporations.
  Despite assurances from the administration, low- and middle-income 
taxpayers--and that includes, again, our small businesses and family 
farms, which are the heart of our communities which drive our economy--
they will bear the brunt of this bill's $2 trillion-plus increase in 
taxes.
  Meanwhile, elite universities, left-leaning media outlets, and 
families earning more than $800,000 per year will receive major tax 
benefits or breaks. This bill also allocates billions of dollars to 
Green New Deal policies while raising taxes on America's domestic 
energy producers.
  As we approach winter in upstate New York--and it is cold, trust me--
my constituents are facing some of the highest heating costs in recent 
memory. This bill's tax hikes on American energy producers are an 
insult to New York families who will be left struggling to pay their 
energy bills, especially those who are seniors on fixed incomes.
  The point is simple: The Build Back Better plan is an endless list of 
progressive priorities that will add trillions of dollars to our 
national debt and worsen skyrocketing inflation, which is nothing more 
than a tax on the people who can least afford it: people on fixed 
incomes, people struggling to make a living.
  Dictators from Russia to China, Putin to Xi, are counting on us to 
support our national ``Big Ugly,'' the Democrats' Build Back Better 
plan, the budget reconciliation plan, that will secure Putin and Xi's 
economic and energy dominance for decades to come. This will 
irreparably hurt Americans across the board.
  I urge my colleagues to vote against this. Come up with a better plan 
that actually empowers American businesses, and especially the small 
businesses who create most of the jobs and drive our economy, and 
again, our family farms which are the tradition and heart of our 
communities, especially in upstate New York.

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