[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H803-H804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HOW REPUBLICANS HAVE DELIVERED FOR AMERICANS

  (Under the Speaker's announced policy of January 3, 2025, Mr. Moore 
of Utah was recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority 
leader.)


                             General Leave

  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks 
and include extraneous material on the subject of my Special Order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I am glad to be joined by my 
colleagues for this Conference Special Order to talk about ways we have 
delivered for all Americans through our legislative action, committee 
work, and much more.
  Mr. Speaker, to start off, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. 
Buddy Carter.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding and for hosting this Special Order Hour.
  Mr. Speaker, America is back and, like the President says, hotter 
than ever.
  Throughout 2025, Republicans worked to undo the damage of the Biden-
Harris administration, resulting in less red tape, bigger paychecks, a 
blue-collar boom, and a stronger, more resilient workplace.
  The United States will always be the land of opportunity, but the 
previous administration shuttered small businesses, choked economic 
growth, and enacted countless regulatory measures that hurt families 
and businesses alike.
  I believe in America First. That means a Federal Government that gets

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out of the way and allows hardworking people to succeed.
  Republicans put America first when we passed the largest tax cut in 
American history. We delivered no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and 
tax relief for seniors by lowering taxes on Social Security benefits, 
because the key to affordability is bigger paychecks, not bigger 
government.
  People are going to be feeling the effects of these tax savings in 
their pocketbooks this tax season, where Georgia families can expect up 
to $5,000 in savings. By unleashing American energy, we are bringing 
relief to families right now.
  The national average of gasoline is now under $3 a gallon. That 
matters to everyone, from the large-scale shipping to the blue-collar 
worker driving their daily commute.
  Mr. Speaker, what we have done in 2025 is just the beginning. As we 
move to 2026, Republicans are focused on expanding opportunity even 
further, bringing jobs back home, growing domestic manufacturing, and 
ensuring the American Dream is within reach for every person willing to 
work hard, especially our young people.
  The key to Republicans' success is that we govern by a simple 
concept, common sense. It is common sense to use our vast natural 
resources and unleash American energy dominance because affordable 
energy means affordable living, just like it is common sense that 
trillions spent on so-called Green New Deal projects caused runaway 
inflation at over 9 percent.
  President Trump and Republicans are reviving the American Dream by 
advancing progrowth, proworker, America First policies that help young 
people build a future, provide relief for our elderly, and strengthen 
the middle class and everyone in between.
  I thank the President for his work on our economy.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Georgia 
for his comments. I appreciate his thoughts and for articulating much 
of that.
  Mr. Speaker, last year House Republicans passed the working families 
tax cuts. This was a reconciliation bill that included monumental 
progrowth and profamily legislation that lowers costs for American 
families.
  A lot has been said about this. I want to share just a few aspects of 
this as we are within 6 months in the rear view of when we accomplished 
this. Again, the largest tax increases on American history would have 
happened on January 1 of this year had we not completed that, and we 
got it done 6 months prior to that crisis. I don't know the last time I 
looked at Congress and found something done that far ahead of schedule. 
It is usually the last minute.
  That matters because that was a reality. That is what we knew was 
coming, and we worked hard to accomplish a lot of really key important 
progrowth elements: no tax on tips or overtime, an increased child tax 
credit, tax relief for seniors, an increased standard deduction 
targeted entirely at the middle- and lower-income Americans, investment 
in rural America. These are just a few of the reasons Americans will 
see significant increases in their upcoming tax returns.
  Mr. Speaker, that doesn't even include the provisions that strengthen 
small business and encourage investment in American industry.

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  This year, House Republicans are keeping more hard-earned dollars in 
working families' pockets, not with the Washington bureaucracy. The tax 
filing season begins next week, and Americans can expect to see some of 
the biggest tax refunds in history.
  After 4 years of painful inflation, we are cleaning up the economic 
mess. Real wages and benefits fell 3.9 percent during the Biden-Harris 
administration, and through the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, real 
wages are growing faster than prices.
  We saw 4.3 percent real GDP growth in the third quarter of 2025. That 
is substantial. The average since World War II is 3.1 percent. After 
3.8 percent in Q2, we continued to exceed expectations there. Economic 
growth is an important economic indicator with a substantial impact on 
our annual deficits, and I am confident it will only continue to grow.
  Mr. Speaker, 2026 will be about bigger paychecks and lower costs on 
everything from healthcare to housing to household goods. We are moving 
forward with housing affordability legislation to lower costs and 
update financing options. We are streamlining and simplifying 
permitting processes to create more jobs, reduce costs, and increase 
wages. We are also lowering healthcare costs. In December, the House 
passed legislation to cut premiums, expand Choice accounts, provide 
more affordable rates to small businesses, and expand PBM transparency 
to lower costs of prescription drugs.
  Mr. Speaker, 2025 was a big year for my team and for House 
Republicans. We passed landmark legislation, and people are going to 
see the difference because of it.
  I am looking forward to 2026 and continuing to work hard for Utah's 
First District.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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