Passed the tax cuts jobs act, which is i believe, in the interest of the American People. This is a bold plan that will overhaul our tax code and unleash the Free Enterprise system. It lowers tax rates on businesses of all sizes, so the job creators can focus more on brady not only more work to their workers, but also hiring more workers, increasing paychecks and growing a competitive marketplace, all ar ound the world. We are trying to expand our economy and mr. Speaker, theres nothing more important for any member of this body than to know that the things happening within their own local communities are about the ability for people, people whether they have just graduated from high school, from whether theychool, graduated from college, or whether they are looking for their second job or a longer career. To be successful in the marketplace in their own area, in their own home. Not having to move somewhere to find a job, but within their own community. Thats what were trying to do. We are trying to increase wages for every Single Community across this country. Country. My home of dallas, texas has been home to so many people who have moved there as a result of the really unlimited opportunities that we see right now in texas, and that comes because texas has found itself to be the home because so many other places, so many other companies have literally been run out of their states because of high taxes, high taxes that are placed on those companies and the employees to where it makes living and being competitive more difficult. During consideration of this legislation, the senate, a few relatively few small provisions were removed through points of order in the senate under whats called the byrd rule, a parliamentary rule used during reconciliation. The first change was made by the senate under the byrd rule strikes the language that allowed 529 accounts to be used for homeschool expenses. The second change modifies a provision that imposes an excise tax on the Investment Income of certain educational institutions. The change strikes a reference to, and i quote, tuition paying, end of quote, students making the exception to the excise tax available only if the institution has less than 500 students or if 50 or less of the students are located in the United States. A third small change simply strikes the short title. Mr. Speaker, all of these provisions were included in the bill, the underlying bill as it first passed the senate and came to the house and passed. However, at the time that this was done, there were no parliamentary points of order which were raised which were later done. These minor changes, mr. Speaker, will allow us to advance exactly the same discussion that we had on this body, exactly the same discussion we had with the American People, exactly the things that we talked about up in the rules committee and across this country as republicans have talked about the importance of the status o tax bill that we presently have move so Many Companies overseas, move jobs overseas, and is not encouraging American Companies to be competitive because america, when combined with state and local taxes and federal taxes, are among the highest in the world, which means that American Business finds itself in a competitive marketplace, may be a graduate product but on price we are not may be a great product but on price we are not competitive. This bill will achieve the greatness that we need for a people that want and needs. This will make sure that the rising worker, whether theyre brand new in the marketplace, or whether theyre an entrepreneur or a mother or a father out in the marketplace looking for a job will find the ability to be successful. The United States is already the best place in the world to live. Were an incubator for new ideas and Small Business but now were going to be able to celebrate that to make it easier. Were taking the tax code, instead of being the highest tax nation in the world, to be one of the lowest. It is going to mean great things for the American People, the American Worker and most of all for people who believe that we want america to be great again. Mr. Speaker, i reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time is reserved. The gentlelady from new york. Ms. Slaughter good morning, mr. Speaker. It seems like only yesterday we were here, does it not . Mr. Speaker, i thank my colleague for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Slaughter we are five days away from christmas, but it feels like groundhog day. Less than 24 hours ago, the majority stood in the chamber and passed its partisan bill to provide tax cuts for millionaires, billionaires, and one president. Speaker ryan called it a onceinalifetime opportunity, but apparently by a twist of fate hes getting that great opportunity again today, much sooner than i am assume he anticipated, because we are taking the bill up this morning. Maybe because providing tax cuts to the 1 the majority failed to do Due Diligence to properly vet the bill. We found out after it passed that several of the provisions violated the byrd rule in the senate. Now, Everybody Knows about the byrd rule in the senate and i dont understand why. This is not found in the conference. This is the rule that prohibits the senate for considering extraneous matters as part of a reconciliation bill. After passing the house, governing 529 accounts, and exempting certain universities from an excise tax were ruled out of order by the senate parliamentarian. The bill was so rushed that even the title of h. R. 1, tax cuts and jobs act, was found to be a violation. Let me repeat that. The very first words of the bill didnt pass muster with a nonpartisan rule keeper in the senate. Imagine what other errors we have yet to discover. This is a consequence of a process that was nothing short of an abomination. There were zero hearings on this bill. Not a single expert was called in to give his or her experience. It passed only after a series of closed or back room dealings and the republicans i think there were some democrats there , the ne of them signed it conference. The senate was such a sham that the First Agreement happened before the first meeting took place. I know this wont the last time that we will meet to fix this bill. Mark my words, we will make socalled technical fixes because of hasty consideration. Majorities rushing to pass a bill is historically unpopular, clearly deeply flawed and will be forced to clean up its impacts and unintended consequences for many years to come. And i really wish i think we all got a Second Opportunity here, and i would rich that my friends to whom i would grab up all their papers and run for the door and forget about this tax bill altogether, but i know that wish will not come true. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves her time. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Sessions mr. Speaker, thank you very much. I thank the gentlewoman from new york. She has, as the rules committee has, taken a lot of time on this bill. Weve spent hours not only discussing and debating the effects of the bill, what the bills about, why we would do it but most of all her abiding ability to stand up and represent her party in their context and i respect that. Mr. Speaker, at this time id like to yield five minutes to the distinguished gentleman from the rules committee, mr. Byrnes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from alabama is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Byrnes thank you, mr. Speaker. Thank you, chairman, for yielding me some time. Ive been listening to my colleagues from the other side of the aisle talk about the 1 , the people at the top of america. Let me tell you who benefits from the status quo of our tax code. Its the 1 . They can afford the lawyers, the accountants, the lobbyists to get them all these special tax treatments that the rest of us dont get. So if you want to do something about the 1 , fix the current tax code. Instead, what our friends on the other side of the aisle keep doing is defending the present tax code because if you dont pass this bill, we have the present tax code, we have the status quo. And the rest of us dont see the benefits from the present tax code. The rest of us need a break. Now, i asked the chair of the house ways and Means Committee when he was before the rules committee the other night three questions that i think is relevant to everybody in america. The first thing i asked him was, will the average individual taxpayers in my district get a tax cut . He said absolutely. And he pulled out a sheet of paper. He says, in fact, in your district, congressman, the average family of four is going to get a tax break of over 2,100 a year. I know in some places in america, 2,100 a year extra in peoples pockets doesnt sound like a lot of money, but in South Alabama, an extra 2,100 in the pockets of hardworking parents that are trying to raise two kids, thats a lot of money. So thats a good thing thats coming out of this bill. I asked him, will it be easier for those individuals to fill out their tax returns . He said absolutely. By making the changes we made in here and taking out some of these special tax breaks we made it easier for everybody to fill out their tax return. Then i asked the third question. I just heard the gentlelady from new york talk about how this benefits big corporations. I dont have big corporations in my district in South Alabama. Ive got mainly Small Businesses. Let me tell you about one. Its called fast time convenient store. Now, we call those in alabama filling stations because you go there and you get gas in your car, in the morning you go get a cup of coffee, get biscuits, you go in there at lunchtime. Also got something there called freds kicking chicken. You get a good thing of Fried Chicken and a soft drink and hes got some barbecue in a trailer across the way. Thats the sort of businesses i got in my district. And i think those businesses are darn important, and so the owner of that business asked me the other day when i was in there. He says, i dont care about the big boys. Are you going to do something that helps me, that helps the businesses like me . And so i asked the chairman of the ways and Means Committee. Are we going to be helping those Small Businesses . Absolutely. They are going to see historic tax cuts, particularly if theyre one of these passthroughs. Historic tax cuts. And, yes, their tax returns will be simpler to fill out. So when i think about it from the standpoint of South Alabama and i dare say my district is not much different from most every other district thats being represented here, i see a threefer. Individuals get a substantial tax cut. More money in their pocket, individuals will have an easier time filling out their returns and these Small Businesses that are the backbone of america, they are getting a real break. Now, i know that our friends on the other side of the aisle think that the government needs to be more involved in the lives of ordinary americans. But you know in order for the government to do that, the government has to have money, and the government doesnt produce anything and it doesnt provide a Single Service so they dont sell anything. So how does the government get money . It takes money. A tax is taking. It takes money from people in the private sector. We on this side of the aisle dont think the government should be so involved in peoples lives in america, and we dont think we should be taking so much money from them through taxes. We believe that that benefits the america we believe that gives control over their open money. Number two, were absolutely convinced and dozens and dozens of economists have told us that this is a major shot in the arm for the american economy. This is also a jobs bill. Because this is going to pump up the american economy, get our economy growing at a faster rate. When we do that, we not only create more jobs, but we create the sort of lift in our economy where we start seeing real wage growth. What we have been missing out there is real wage growth. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from new york. Ms. Slaughter thank you, mr. Speaker. Im pleased to yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from washington state, ms. Delbene. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from washington is recognized for three minutes. Ms. Delbene thank you, mr. Speaker. It should come as no surprise today were voting again on a bill that couldnt pass muster because it was cobbled together in a hurry, hidden from the public, and denied any meaningful vetting or debate. Tax reform is hard. Its even harder when you go it alone, cooking up things in back rooms out of the light of day. But the real travesty here is that this bill wont help Everyday Americans in the long term. To call it once in a generation tax reform is an insult to those who came before us. Republicans and democrats who linked arms and through years of partnership and compromise crafted the 1986 bill that House Democrats passed with president reagan. Thats the model we should have followed because the fact is we can all agree that our tax code is out of date and leaves countless families behind. This year the u. S. Department of labor released data showing that there were around six million open jobs unfulfilled across the country. At a time when around 6. 8 million americans are looking for work. I believe congress has a responsibility to the American People to tackle this problem from every possible angle, including tax policy. But the ryanmcconnell plan doesnt just fail to acknoming or address the problems that American Workers are facing today, it cuts peoples legs off from underneath them just when they are trying to get traction. Chairman brady likes to talk about this bill leapfrogging us to the front of the pack, but the truth is this bill doesnt leapfrog us anywhere but backward. This bill does nothing to put educational students in the reach of more americans trying to get ahead in the 21st crepetry economy. And does nothing to moderpize research consecutives that could support new breakthroughs that create the jobs of tomorrow. It explodes the deficit, making it that much hardtory finance desperately needed invest harder finance desperately needed investments in infrastructure. Why are republicans giving away the house to republicans whose c. E. O. s are talking about stock prices not jobs . As a former c. E. O. Myself i know Economic Growth is created by great ideas and great talent, not indiscriminate Corporate Tax cuts at the expense of investments in the people who have always owpord our economy powered our economy. I think it should be about modernizing our code to make us competitive in the 21st century. That means being fiscally responsible, forwardlooking, and envesting families. This bill is a letdown for the American People and we will no doubt be cleaning up this mess years to come. Years to come. Not just today. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas. Mr. Sessions thank you very much. We do recognize we have a difference. We recognize we had a difference at the time we announced we were going to do this bill. We were going to chaping the direction we were going. This change the direction we were going. This was part of the debate that happened during the president ial election where we had an argument, the Democratic Party very clearly said we need to raise taxes every year we see where they are on the floor during budget time to raise spending 1 trillion. Raise taxes 1 trillion. That is more than what they had done under president obama, Speaker Pelosi, and mr. Reed. Reid. Except what happens when do you that is you kill the economy. You kill the investment in families and in jobs and in Small Business. And the year after we had the massive tax increase, we had g. D. P. Rate of zero. Thats because there was this free justice from uncle sam. Prize to so the economy failed to grow. And then as the economy began to normalize, it uncle sam. Normalized over the next seven years at 1. 2 . Thats what the election was about, mr. Speaker. And since the election what has happened is we have added over one million net new jobs, despite a huge storm summer thar impacted a lot of employment. And our stock market has risen dramatically. Meaning that america wants to be great again, too. And were going to make it together. We do recognize differences. They want a 1 trillion increase in spending. They want a 1 trillion tax increase. And we want to move it the other direction. I reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady from new york. Ms. Slaughter im pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, ms. Chu. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. Ms. Chu less than 24 hours after it passed, and already we have to come back to vote on fixes to the republican tax scam. This bill was so needlessly rushed it wasnt even time to proofread. I can only wonder what other mistakes well discover in the coming days, weeks, and months. This was sloppy lawmaking and bad policymaking. In order to give massive tax cuts to corporate interests and the top 1 , republicans have created trillions in new debt that will have to be paid for by you guessed it, the rest of us. Republicans claim that everybodys getting a tax cut. But if you read it, something they clearly didnt do, youll see that 83 of the benefits go to the top 1 . The average savings for the lowest earner is just 60. My own constituents in california can actually expect to pay more in taxes thanks to the capping of the state and local tax deduction. Im opposed to this tax scam and i urge my colleagues to vote no. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas. Mr. Sessions mr. Speaker, thank you very much. At this time id like to yield three minutes to a distinguished member of the rules more commit the gentleman from georgia, the gentleman, mr. Woodall. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Woodall mr. Speaker, i very much appreciate that. Mr. Chairman, i appreciate you yielding me the time. I have a great pleasure of serving on the rules committee. Also have the great pleasure of serving on the budget committee. I felt it incumbent to come down and talk about the byrd rule process that goes on in the senate. Its part of the 1974 budget act. It became a custom in the senate during 1985 and 1986, and it was codified and put in the act permanently. To describe what went on in the senate as some sort of proofreading error is just nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Process called reconciliation that allows the congress, the house and senate, to get tough things done. As a part of that process the byrd rule says, what we dont want to do is get involved in extraneous process called issue. We want to stay focused on these issues that are most important to the American People. And so if you try to get outside the lanes of fundamental tax reform, those provisions become veritable. Ll you are were probably as uplifted i am about the conversation you hear about the importance of bipartisanship and collaboration. I wish that that were more true. What we saw yesterday in the United States senate i would ell you is a little bit of the is it true that the senate had the right to prevent parents who homeschool their children from being able to finance that homeschool education through taxes and 529 savings accounts . The senate had that right under the byrd rule. And they exercised it. The democrats did. They went after homeschooling parents and said no tax breaks for you. Ll, they had the right to do it, but to describe that as some sort of proofreading error over here is a mistake. It was intentional to give homeschooling parents that opportunity, and it was intentional when the Senate Democrats stripped it out. Secondarily. It was intentional to put a title on the bill. Jobs and tax cuts. It was intentional. Thats why we came together to focus on this bill. Was because we care about jobs and we care about a 21st century tax system. Was the senate completely within their right to strip the title of the bill . Mr. Speaker, they were. If you believe when the senate cant fund the government, when the senate cant reauthorize chip, when the senate cant reauthorize 702, you go right down the list, if you believe its an important use of the democratic minoritys time on the senate side to strike the title of the bill because it doesnt actually impact deficit reduction, it is within their right. Does it represent the highest and best use of their time . It does not. Does it represent the highest and best of those of us who are here in Public Service together . It does not. I recognize that we have fundamental disagreements about the impact of tax reform and its merits. Mr. Session two additional minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for an additional two minutes. Mr. Woodall i thank my chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity to go great things together. And occasionally i come double put my this floor and heart put my heart into heart into it on the floor, i put my heart into it for hour and hour, day after day in the rules committee. I put my heart into it on the transportation committee. I put my heart into it on the budget committee. Mr. Speaker, you know what . Sometimes i lose. Sometimes i lose. But what makes this process great is we both come down here and do the very best that we can. Lets not describe whats going on here for the American People as some sort of proofreading error, some sort of rush job where folks didnt have time to do it right. That does a disservice, not just to the members of congress, but to the staff that work through these issues with us, side by side, day after day, week after week, month after month. And yes in the case of this bill, year after year. We have a choice with how we spend our days. Spending our days spending our days doing fundamental tax reform. It has been far too loping. We dont call it once in a gep racial because its a rhetorical a , we call it once in generation because there are men and women in this chamber who were not alive the last time we did. Its important and im glad were doing it. The senate has every right to do what the senate did yesterday. By a generation because the senate, minority members who iciesed on their point of order. Insisted on their point of order. We could have september this bill to the president s desk with protections for homeschooling parents who are doing their very best to provide for their kids. My democrat colleagues said no, so this bill will still go to the president s desk, its not going to have those protection. I believe thats a mistake. I hope well come back together and write that wrong. Right that wrong. Mr. Speaker, thank you for your leadership on this issue. Regular order takes some time. Im glad were getting it done. With that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from new york. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, let me just give myself 30 sonds to say to my friend from georgia that it wasnt democrats who found that. The parliamentarian in the senate found those errors. They had to be corrected. Lets put the history in the right perspective. Im pleased now to yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, the distinguished Ranking Member of the ways and means subcommittee on tax policy. Mr. Doggett. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Doggett thank you very much. Lets make no mistake about it. Were here this morning solely because of a mistake. This is the blunder rule. And this is not the first big blunder in this bill. And indeed it certainly wont be the last. We will be cleaning up this mess and blunders in this bill all of next year. And the only question is how many people get hurt in the process and how much money is lost to the United States treasury because of the many loopholes in this swiss cheese kind of a bill that they have created. How many loopholes will deny revenue that eventually will come out of the pockets of the middle class. Will come out of the Small Businesses of this country to make up for all these special interest provisions that the lobbyists got added. This is what happens when you run roughshod over the process. When every member of the Trump Administration lacks the intestinal fortitude, courage, to come and answer any questions about this bill. Thats what happened here. Americans need to understand that. Trumps over there tweeting away, hes bragging about all the wonderful things, but is he willing to send one official, even one, to come before any committee of this congress and respond to questions about the many wrongs that are contained in this bill . Of course the answer is absolutely no. What about the businesses that are impacted about this bill . What about the academic experts from all political points of view that can come and respond and help to perfect and avoid errors just like this . They were all left out. Not one minute of examination from any objective source coming in and talking in a hearing process to the committee about this bill. Now, im one of the conferees to adjust the differences between the house and the senate. My, was that a great honor in the new democracy that these republicans are providing for america. In that Conference Committee, the chairman of the Conference Committee refused to entertain a single motion or a single amendment. He told us not to worry. After we adopt this conference report behind closed doors and agree to it, you can look at it. You can read it over the weekend before you vote on it at the beginning of the next week. You just cant change it in any way. You cannot study it in any way. You cannot share it with anybody in any way because were only interested in sharing it with those lobbyists with whom we have special connections and operating in secrecy behind closed doors. And, of course, one of the many sad things about this particular bill is that it lost its name in the senate and in this what were considering this morning. In fact, if you turn to the bill, which is a big old thick stack that i left lying around over here do you have another couple minutes . Ms. Slaughter how about two . Mr. Doggett you see short title, etc. , and it stops. Its nameless at this point. Its a bill that has no name and of course it has no heart. But whats the solution to that . Well, every time donald trump touches a tower, he puts his name in bold letters across it, trump tower. This is the only accomplishment that President Trump can point to this year. Why dont we put his name on this bill . We could call it the donald j. Trump inequality act, because it will do more than any legislation we considered here in recent years to widen the gap between those at the very top and the rest of us. Or we could call it the donald j. Trump windfall bill, because he and his family are going to pocket an immense amount of money. No surprise that they are over there at the white house celebrating all afternoon, because he will walk away and his family with a huge amount of resources personally out of this. Or we could just call it the fat cats get fatter, because one of our colleagues on the republican side whos closest to President Trump perhaps admitted, said quite candidly, i cant go back to my donors if we dont pass this legislation. What a study and wise investment. The Senate BudgetCommittee Last night pointed out Goldman Sachs contributed 26 billion since 0. They get a 6 billion tax cut. Or pfizer, 15 million. They get a 39 billion tax cut. Yes, this bill is a job creator. It creates more jobs for accountants and tax lawyers than anyone can imagine because theyll be going in there trying to undo some of the things that were done and shape the loopholes a little more favorably for their folks. What we have here is a bill that is compared also with the other issues that we have here. These folks tell us, we just do you have another minute . Ms. Slaughter yes, i do. Mr. Doggett thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for an additional 60 seconds. Mr. Doggett i know how much the gentlewoman caresbout our children and the Childrens Health insurance program. I think of the Family Visiting Program to help young parents. Thats in our committee. I think about the crumbling roads and bridges and the fact we need dollars to invest in them to keep our Transportation System competitive. They agree on all of these measures. They make speeches about them. The only thing is they dont want to put any money into it. They say we cant afford to do that. That will drive up the debt if we dont seal medicare premium money to fund Childrens Health insurance and we use general revenue dollars. The same time that theyre willing to drive the debt up trillions of dollars they refuse to invest in people, invest in our children, and provide them the health care that they deserve. In short, this is a Christmas Gift to those at the very top and especially to the trump family and his billionaire buddies and other real estate mow gulls that gained in the moguls that gained in the conference report. They get the Christmas Gift. The American People, the middle class, they get the gift wrappings and thats it. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas. Mr. Sessions can i ask how much time remains on both sides . The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas has 11 1 2 minutes remaining. The gentlelady from new york has 16 1 2 minutes remaining. Mr. Sessions i reserve. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Boyle. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for three minutes. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlelady from new york. You know with the Christmas Season upon us, a favorite tradition in my family every year is to sit around around the television and watch one of our favorite movies its a wonderful life, and like most families, its hard not to get a lump in your throat at the end as George Bailey and his family prove triumphant. But it occurred to me this week in reading the republican tax plan that i guess not eveone roots for George Bailey when watching that movie. There are few people pulng for mr. Potter. Well, here we have a tax plan that is written for and to the benefit of mr. Potter d the rest like him. The wealthiest. 1 . The richest 1 in our country are going to get 83 of the money in th tax plan. And the wealthiest. 1 wll get the mjority of the moneyn this plan. Do you know how much you have to make in order to be in the wealthiest. Inur country . 1 n our country . 5 million or more. So mr. Potter we have in the white house these days is going to be pretty happy, and his familys going to make out. But the working people of pennsylvania and the working people of america are getting stiffed. Income inequality is higher today than at any point in american history. Many americans havent received a pay raise in decades in real terms. And here we have a tax plan that is going to take that existing problem and make it much worse. This is wrong. This is unfair. It does nothing for the hard pressed, hardworking middle class of our country who deserve a pay raise. Lets give them a Christmas Gift. Lets give them the happy ending that they deserve, the hollywoodovie ending. Le movie ending. Lets say the mr. Potters of this country have had it dam good for the last 20 years and lets help out the George Baileys. Lets say no to this tax bill. Jarmanaker pro tempore from texas. Reserve. Rep. Slaughter im pleased to yield to the gentlelady from illinois. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from illinois is recognized for three minutes. I think the general gentlelady for yielding. Lets talk about the winners in this bill. I think it is interesting to note that if you are general 1992 2017, you have contributed to republican million or over 20 million and what you get back from this legislation in 16 16 is almost billion over the life of this bill. Let me see if it is right, it is a b. Billion dollars. If you are microsoft you have contributed over 17 million and you get back 27 billion from this tax bill. This is such a great investment for big corporations who have given money to republican. Andidates over the years but if you are not part of the countrys wealthiest 1 , this gop tax scam is a really bad deal you. It is especially bad for americas Senior Citizens. This tax scam raises premiums 10 ande 60 to 64 by the deficit it creates will require under the law 25 billion in a medicare tax cut next year. We have heard the republicans say, we are going to get that money back. A 25s bill there is billion cut to medicare next year and that is only the beginning. It gets worst. Republicans are not even hiding the fact that they intend to use this deficit, 1. 5 trillion as justification for slashing medicare and medicaid. They have said it. They are even talking about raising the age of Social Security eligibility in order to give tax breaks to the rich. Seniors should not have to foot the bill for a tax scam that to the0 of the benefits top 1 . American seniors deserve a 86 million and so do families who would see a tax increase as a result of this scam. To my colleagues, really do have a Second Chance, because the bill got messed up, done so fast, done in secret, it is coming back to us today. So, you have a Second Chance to do better today. I would like to yield to the distinguished man from indiana. The speaker pro tempore the german from indiana is recognized for three minutes. Today is an exciting day for the people of indiana. With the passage of the tax plan working hoosiers will see better jobs and a better, simpler tax code. The scare tactics of my democratic colleagues come from a tired labeled written decades ago. It is oldstyle class war fare politics. Proof is in the paycheck and the truth is an average indian family will see tax cuts between 1000 and 2000 under this plan. Let me say that again. Despite the rhetoric, working families will see a tax cut of between 1000 and 2000 under todays tax plan. Child tax credits will double to 2000 per child. The standard federal deduction will double, too. We get rid of the unpopular and unfair of obama individual mandate tax. Will see tax cuts, too, making americas Small Businesses and americas big businesses competitive in the Global Economy and better able to create good paying jobs. All of this is good news for indianas working families. With todays tax cuts, help is on the way. Speaker. You, mr. I urge my colleagues to support this bill. The speaker pro tempore gentlelady from new york. Rep. Slaughter i will yield myself for this time. The Trump White House released a strategy report on monday. And it pointed out the National Debt is over 20 trillion. It presents a grave threat to americas prosperity and i extension our National Security. What are we going to do about that . We are going to add 1. 5 trillion more. Will causew that it the deficit to skyrocket. It isnt just a threat to our economic security. According to the white house it is a grave threat to our National Security as well. The bill in front of us costs 1. 5 trillion and includes permanent tax cuts for corporations, but temporary ones for individuals. Who think is going to lose theirs first . It is very troubling, i think, the idea that looking ahead of what we are going to be dealing with we understand already that next year to cry will be, oh, look at this debt. This is awful. We are going to have to cut spending and entitlements will be the place republicans prefer to go. Lets prepare our Senior Citizens on Social Security, medicare, and medicaid. It also hurts the aca that they are going to be on the line next year. Future congresses will be pressured to reject the budget tax cutsnd extend many meaning the true crossed of the bill is much higher. Nonpartisan the committee for responsible federal budget, the delays have potential further cause which could ultimately increase the cost of the bill to 2. 2 trillion. Im sure my colleagues will argue that growth will prevent the deficit from skyrocketing, but thecrfb reports that even with dynamic scoring, the total cost would be over 1. 6 trillion and up to 2 trillion with interest. That takes growth into account. As a result, our debt could exceed the size of our economy by 2027. Unanimous consent for could end up costing 2. 2 trillion. Without objection. Rep. Slaughter thank you. We have urgent spending needs and this could keep us from dealing with infrastructure, education, health care, medical research, and of course we have to pay the cost of the military. Make no mistake, exploding the illicit to pay for this b will come at the expense of all of those priorities. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore john mann from texas . I would like to yield to the german from lewisville, texas. The speaker pro tempore gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. Awaited a decision by the Supreme Court while they were considering the constitutionality of an individual mandate. We were told that the Affordable Care act law that the individual mandate was not a tax, but just a requirement that everyone by the health care. The end of june the Supreme Court made their rolling, i was probably right, but with Creative Work he Supreme Court said it is a tax and congress has an absolute power to tax and it can stay in the law. The law stands. Here we are considering tax reform for the first time in 31 years and since the Supreme Court told us the individual mandate is indeed a tax, it is appropriate, it is right that individual mandate be part of the discussion today. The house bill, when we passed it, did not include anything on the individual mandate, but the senate scented back to us. The house has repealed the individual mandate any number of times over the past several years, the senate has not. The senate has repealed the individual mandate or the first time. I say lets meet them where we are. Lets pass this bill and get on with making America Great again. The speaker pro tempore gentlelady from new york. Rep. Slaughter thank you. I am surprised we are back here fixing the bill, but i am surprised it is so soon. We have a long way to go with this bill. An amendmentoffer that would prohibit any legislation from being considered on the house floor that limits or repeals the state or local tax the duction, or repeals the aca individual mandate. We know that repealing the individual mandate will lead to 13 million fewer americans with Health Insurance and will cause premiums to rise by 10 . I know that giving health care a not much of an issue for majority of congress, because they have been trying to do that for a long time. The bill also cap local and state tax reduction, hurting donor states. 48 billione is dollars a year that we get back nothing for, but were not going to be able to do that anymore without this deduction. What we were doing then is risking the stability of the revenues that fun schools, departments, and hospitals in those states. Now, consent to insert the rest of my amendment. And i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore without objection. I would like to yield to the distinguished gentleman from illinois. The german, mr. Roskam. The speaker pro tempore the general men from illinois is recognized for three minutes. Thank you. Our friends on the other side of the aisle have characterized the reason we are here today is because of a blunder in proofreading. It is simply an obtuse argument. One is a name change, hardly a proofreading error. This may be cited as the tax cuts and jobs act. Thats not a proofreading error. The second criticism is the cruz amendment, the language offered in terms of 529 plans. This was not a Conference Committee or a late night skiing, this was openly debated. Our friends on the other side of the aisle decided not to pursue a point of order at that time, they chose to do it last night. That is not a proofreading problem. Is the issue as it relates to endowment language. But what is interesting to me, mr. Speaker, is how familiar are ends are with this with mistakes. Do remember the 1099 that came out with obamacare, a huge mandate on Small Business. The risk corridor changes signed into law by president obama . Do remember the delays on blog posts late on friday afternoons when the administration reached the conclusion that the bill was not and they cant eger out a way to move forward and they say lets delay it and do that whiteley, or the decision not to enforce the law itself. Mistake itselft was obviously the rollout of the website, which was a complete disaster. That said, there is going to be technical corrections to this bill, without question. But i think what we should do is recognize that, speak to that, acknowledge that, and not characterize procedural errors as proofreading matters. I urge the passage of this measure. The speaker pro tempore gentlelady from new york . Rep. Slaughter mr. Speaker, i am pleased to yield three minutes to the german from new york, mr. Jeffrey. Rep. Jeffries yogi berra once said is like deja vu all over again. Today, we are back on the house floor after this egg, dramatic celebration of this supposedly historic bill. A republican tax bill that is nothing more than a wolf in sheeps clothing, a classic bait and switch. It is a ponzi scheme. The jobs will never materialize. It is a republican tax bill that is simply designed to benefit millionaires and billionaires, the wealthy and the welloff, special interests, corporations, and big donors. It is a shameful abdication of responsibility, a dereliction of duty, and an incredible malicious act of legislative malpractice. It is based on this phony, fraudulent, and fake theory of trickledown economics. Where is there any evidence that trickledown economics has ever worked for the American People . Ronald reagan cut taxes for millionaires in 1981. We didnt get strong Economic Growth. We got a deficit that exploded. Forge w. Bush cut taxes millionaires and billionaires in 2001 and 2003. We didnt get strong Economic Growth. We got the worst economy since the Great Depression here it and then kansas when you have this experiment, you were going to cut taxes for the wealthy and welloff. What happened . Did you get strong Economic Growth in kansas . No. Trickledown economics . What does it mean for the middle class . You may get a trickle, but you are guaranteed to stay down. This bill is shameful in your attacks on middleclass americans millions of homes will get a tax increase. You will undermine medicare. Dont ask me, paul ryan himself made that point. Deficit children and grandchildren are forced to shoulder. 1. 5 trillion in debt simply to pay for the lifestyles of the rich and shameless. Vote no against this reckless gop tax scam. The speaker pro tempore members are reminded to direct their comments to the chair. I am through with my speakers and would close when the gentlewoman rep. Slaughter i also am prepared to close. The majority is clearly unable to run the house of representatives, because here we are fixing the bill 24 hours after it was passed. It is a perfect example of why we need to go back to regular order, actually holding hearings, expert witnesses, and testimony, and properly vet bills. Its pretty elementary, but it is true. It is especially true of bills of this magnitude that will affect every citizen in america. All the while, the government is about to run out of money and we havent been able to reach a budget deal. Friday that the government will close if we do not do that. We still have not funded the whichens Health Program provides needed health care to 9 million children. Theave not authorize Community Health centers which service 25 millions people. We havent reviewed the perkins loan program, which many students rely on for their education. All of those programs expired but hereeptember 30, we are wasting time trying to fix a disaster of a bill that the majority past just hours ago assed hours ago. Isis millie adding it humiliating. I want to close quoting an article that appeared this morning in the Washington Post written by a great columnist. What he wrote this morning said may be paul ryan is right and all of those who chip economist thenonpartisan analysis by joint committee on taxation and Congressional Budget Office and others are wrong, may be growth will medically exceed forecast and millions will enter the labor force and find work, wages trillion, and the 1. 5 tax bill will pay for itself. But if all of that doesnt happen, the trump tax will be blamed. I end the quote there reminding an anchorhis could be around your ankles for the rest of your life. I urge a no vote on the previous question, the role, and the bill the rule in the bill and not foist this on the American Public year it yield back the balance of my time. Thank you very much. And i want to thank the. Entlewoman of new york mr. Speaker, the bottom line is, i will take her up on this. We will bet that this works, because we looked at what obama,d when president harry reid, and speaker obama, harry reid, and Speaker Pelosi put a tax increase on the American People, then spent 870 billion on a surplus, then added 1 trillion of debt when they worked the deal that was for student loans. Then we did cash for clunkers. Then we did cell phones for all and it just went on, and on, and on. 20they want to place the trillion deficit on republicans. What were trying to do is recognize that we did look at what happened economically during the eight years that president obama was here. Growth while our trading partners around the world, germany, japan, india, gdpa, all raised their growing economies, because the average rate in europe for Corporate Tax is 39 . , while america was at and states all across the United States raised their taxation just like president obama encouraged them to do, to grow government, to make it more expensive. But what happened is then the Free Enterprise system was not competitive. We began losing jobs all across the country. We began losing our competitiveness because of the high taxation rate. That is why we are going to do something about it. When you raise taxes 1 trillion and raise spending over eight years, there is an impact. Of course there is. What we are trying to do is respond back to the American People who said last november, instead of going that way, why dont we go this way. Why the 20 fourth in the world in competitiveness for business . Why not be first or second . Why not add jobs, why not do something that places americans, the middleclass class of this country, in a better position. That is the call we are about. That is what republicans have been trying to do. We are going to respond with a fromthat takes america being the most expensive tax country in the world, we are going to take us to the best. Of jobs,e an attractor investment dollars, opportunity. The real problem with this country, richie neal spoke about. T to the rules committee tens of thousands of jobs that pay up to 60,000 in his home state are going begging right. Tens of thousands of jobs that pay upnow. Thousands of jobs in this country are going begging because we do have a problem where america doesnt want to come and take these jobs, but we cannot have people who pass drug test, where we have people who say i dont have those abilities. In dallas, texas, my home, we begging per hour jobs for people to come and work. Are trying, what we to do is try to encourage america and americans, lets get to work. Lets make this happen. Lets not blame it on somebody else. There are Jobs Available in america and we are going to answer the question. We are willing to take what comes that way. I will tell you what comes that way. From 39. 6 , the highest Corporate Tax in the world to where you mark yourself down where virtually the rest of the world is at 23 , in this case anyone percent, we will be competitive. Are winners, they are the best at entrepreneurship. They are the best at being innovative. Of uncle sam draining our resources. Mr. Speaker, my staff, my tax man, who has spent a lot of time working with me, listening to texas, wek in dallas, think this is a good deal to make the Free Enterprise system the greatest system in the world we are going to feel it, funded, make it work. For that reason we will be willing to land on what happens here. Mark your calendar right now. Look at where we are and watch where we are going. For this reason, i urge my colleagues to back this rule. Gary cohen talks about the economy and his teacher in the Trump Administration. Then Congressional Republicans in President Trump talk about the tax bill. We will also get you back from Democratic LeadersChuck Schumer and nancy pelosi. Cspans washington journal every day with policies that impact you. se Brookings InstitutionMolly Reynolds on the legislative and political significance on the 115th congress so far. Also, here to foundations Michael Sergeant look set policy and spending following this weeks amtrak derailment in washington state. Join the discussion. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and Senate Intelligence vice chair mark warner will sit down with axial cofounder mike allen. They are expected to talk about the passage of the tax bill and the ongoing russia investigation. It begins