Today, Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) wrote to President Donald Trump, urging him to embrace a bipartisan approach on infrastructure. Multiple reports have indicated that infrastructure will be a top White House priority in 2018. In his letter to President Trump, Delaney wrote: "I have a very simple proposal for you to consider that I believe would be a win for workers, a win for the economy and a win for the country: let's raise the corporate rate from 21% to 23% and use the $200 billion saved to upgrade our infrastructure." Delaney also added: "The two areas where Congressional Republicans clearly gave away way too much to big business and investors was on lowering the corporate rate to 21% and on not making any real changes to carried interest. Wouldn't it be a better deal if you were to claw some of that back and have a real infrastructure plan?"
Congressman Delaney has been a leading advocate for using revenues from tax reform to pay for infrastructure since 2013 and his efforts to bring both parties together led to him being named one of the World's Greatest Leaders by Fortune.