and loopholes many are criticized for every time we run a campaign, this is an opportunity to be competitive on the global scale and make sure to put more money in the pockets of families right in the middle class. talk about trickle down economics. both treasury secretary steve mnuchin and gary cohn, the president s adviser made comments. do you still believe in trickle-down economics? i do. we see the whole trickle-down through the economy. that s good for the economy. years of learning that this isn t really true, and then recently in kansas, we ve tried this. this concept. it doesn t really work. i talked to art laffer about it all the time. do you really believe trickle-down economics works anymore? what i believe is we is actually continue to make economic growth even more sustainable than what we ve seen just recently in the last few months by making our tax code fair, flatter and simpler.
do to fit it into the frameworks? huge word, we have more work to do. i m proud of the fact that this is historical. there s a white house and a house and senate coming together, delivering tax reform to the american people. what we know isn t working. we re struggling in this 2% economic growth as far as the economists can see. that will not work. we re still having jobs moving overseas not just jobs. research, head quarters, manufacturing. so by becoming competitive again, by simplifying and making the tax code fair, by growing paychecks, which americans haven t seen in an awful long time, maybe that s why almost nine out of ten americans want congress to act on tax reform, and most want their lawmaker to work with president trump to get it done. all right. kevin brady, thank you very much. thank you. coming up in the wake of hurricane maria, puerto rico s governor is asking the white
they try to destroy you. they say we didn t subpoena them. but quietly they say, if you don t come in we will. that committee, is one of few committees in congress that has power to subpoena, no one the say no. but i thought it was insulting they are great innovators that have created jobs and pay a lot in taxes if you want them to bridge home worldwide profits from sales overseas let s make the tax code fair. there are examples that are working. john: and when your colleagues chew out companies and complain about their profit with aer. snear . i told them they need to bring a mirror, i imagined how funny it would be to have a 12 by 12 mirror, and have them look
they try to destroy you. they say we didn t subpoena them. but quietly they say, if you don t come in we will. that committee, is one of few committees in congress that has power to subpoena, no one the say no. but i thought it was insulting they are great innovators that have created jobs and pay a lot in taxes if you want them to bridge home worldwide profits from sales overseas let s make the tax code fair. there are examples that are working. john: and when your colleagues chew out companies and complain about their profit with aer. snear . i told them they need to bring a mirror, i imagined how funny it would be to have a 12 by 12 mirror, and have them look
to me. actually, not gun control but assault weapons control. again, do what they did before. pass that in the senate and let them do that and say, but i ll tell you what we re going to focus on. we re going to focus on the house on getting people back to work, saving entitlement programs, and taking care of the crushing debt and making the tax code simpler, making the tax code fair. we re going to take care of the meat and potatoes issues over here. we re going to take care of making social security stronger. you guys pass your global warming plan over there. we re going to focus on getting americans back to work. go ahead. handle all the social issues. what s interesting is what you re outlining, and i think it s probably a smart play for republicans is a reversal of the two chambers. usually it s the senate that serves as the cooling saucer for legislation. you re saying let s be the house be the cooling saucer for democratically-sponsored legislation, focus on passing stuff in it