[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 21, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2208-H2209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL

  (Mr. Mann of Kansas was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, this past November, the country voted 
overwhelmingly to send Republican majorities to the U.S. House of 
Representatives and the U.S. Senate and put President Donald Trump back 
in the White House. That mandate made it clear that the American people 
were ready to get the country back on track. We wanted less government 
spending, more secure borders, and we wanted to see the 2017 tax cuts 
made permanent to prevent tax hikes on every American. The majority 
cannot take that mandate for granted, and this week we have the 
opportunity to give the country what they voted for.
  Our one big, beautiful bill is exactly what voters want. It delivers 
the largest tax cut for middle- and working-class families in decades. 
It cuts taxes on tips and overtime, allowing American workers to keep 
more of their hard-earned money. It increases the child tax credit, 
which helps offset some of the costs of raising a family. It extends 
and expands the 199A business tax deduction, which will help 
incentivize investment across the country and spur economic growth. Our 
bill is the most proworker, profamily legislation Congress has seen in 
a generation.
  The one big, beautiful bill will secure the border once and for all 
and make America safe again. The border was the number one issue on the 
campaign trail, and President Trump and his administration have made 
historic efforts to remove bad actors here illegally and make our 
country safe again. Illegal

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border crossings have plummeted, but Congress needs to act to ensure 
the proven policies of President Trump are codified and continued for 
generations to come. Our bill makes historic investments in our border 
security by ensuring we can finish the border wall, stop the 
trafficking of fentanyl, and give our Border Patrol agents the 
resources that they need.
  Our bill invests in our national security by ensuring our defense 
systems are prepared to handle 21st century threats. It invests in 
cutting-edge technology that our warfighters and our military needs for 
its readiness. This package invests in modernizing our Nation's air 
traffic control systems and cuts wasteful spending in the Green New 
Deal pet projects that only benefit far-left activists, all while 
strengthening the safety net for those who are the most vulnerable 
Americans and our Nation's agriculture community at the same time. It 
cuts wasteful, fraudulent, and abusive spending and gets able-bodied 
adults back on the ladder of opportunity while giving them a fair shot 
at the American Dream.
  I am pleased with all we have been able to accomplish in this one 
big, beautiful bill, and now it is time to get it over the finish line. 
It is frustrating that some of my Democratic colleagues hate President 
Trump so much that they refuse to work with him even when it means 
securing a more prosperous future for America. Instead, they have 
chosen to lie again.
  The lie that they tell us is that by making tax cuts permanent, 
Congress is taking money from working-class and low-income families to 
give tax cuts to the rich. The facts show that this is the farthest 
thing from the truth. President Biden's own Treasury Department 
reported that the average person would see a 2.2 percent tax cut if the 
Trump tax cuts were extended. According to the Tax Foundation, the 
bottom 50 percent of earners in the country saw their average Federal 
tax rate fall by 15 percent when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act took effect. 
On the other hand, the top 1 percent of earners only saw a decrease of 
about 5 percent during that same period. Some of my colleagues across 
the aisle may want to force a tax hike on the vast majority of American 
families next January, but, please, let's just be honest about it.
  Some of my Democrat colleagues have been clear that they are anti-
Trump. I would like to ask, then what are they for? The truth is they 
are here to fight for future tax hikes, foreign energy reliance, 
wasteful spending, government dependence, and a future of America last.
  On the other hand, Kansans from the Big First sent me here to fight 
for working families, tax cuts, energy dominance, the military, 
American agriculture, and the American Dream, a future of America 
first. That is what I am focused on doing, along with President Trump, 
and that is what the one big, beautiful bill is all about.
  I am looking forward to supporting our bill when it comes to the 
floor for a full vote and delivering on the mandate the country gave us 
on November 5, 2024. We can't afford to miss out on this once in a 
lifetime opportunity, Mr. Speaker.

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