GOP "Better Way" Tax Plan is "Wrong Way"

Statement

Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, reacts to Speaker Ryan's address on Republican tax plans:

"Since their rollout a year ago of this campaign gimmick, Republicans have been afraid to expose their Blueprint to scrutiny. What they now call "full speed ahead' did not produce a public hearing for 11 months to even begin evaluating its many shortcomings. Without their misbegotten border adjustment tax, now abandoned by the Trump Administration, their Blueprint has a $1 trillion deficit gap and an even greater credibility gap. Apparently they have yet to decide whether to largely pursue the same approach of denying public participation -- forcing through this tax bill as they did in getting partisan support for their still uncompleted, initial special interest health tax break bill.

"The Republican Blueprint is certainly a "better way' to widen the income gap while exploding the national debt. It is both the wrong way for tax policy and the wrong way to legislate tax reform. Because Republicans view Trump as their golden ticket to enacting more prized tax breaks, their lips remain sealed regarding his dangerous, mercurial bumbling, conflicts of interest, tax returns cover-up, and apparent obstruction of justice."

Rep. Doggett previously offered a "privileged resolution" that would require the House of Representatives to immediately request and evaluate the President's personal and business tax returns prior to consideration of tax legislation. That motion will be considered tomorrow.

A letter concerning the failure of the Tax Policy Subcommittee to even hold an organizational meeting this year as well as the tax reform topics which it should be addressing, is attached.

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