time in congress, and maybe in even our adult lives. one of the main reasons so many of us ran for congress was to do exactly this, improve america's broken tax code and take away the pain it was having in causing on our country, in our economy. we all want to make it simpler, fairer, flatter, rewarding hard work, making america competitive again and leapfrogging america to the lead. that's exactly what we accomplished in this bill. this is an incredible day for the american people. we would have never got here, but for the leadership of paul ryan, our speaker, without the leadership of the senate, leader mcconnell, chairman hatch and others, but i do want to take a moment to tell you as proud as i am of this bill, i am equally proud of the 24 members of the house ways and means committee who worked long hours, evenings,