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Small Biz Owner Says TCJA Boosted Jobs & Paychecks: “No Worse Thing to Do Than Raise Taxes”

October 27, 2022 — Blog

“Some of the greatest benefits of TCJA is the effect that it has had on the growth of jobs, enhancing productivity, and increasing the paychecks for our employees,” shared John John Frangakis, owner of a small business in Pennsylvania. As the economy slows towards a Biden recession John added, “there’s no worse thing to do than raise taxes.”   Permanent middle-class and small ...

Americans Deserve a Level Playing Field Through USMCA Enforcement

May 25, 2022 — Blog

Ways and Means Republicans today held a meeting titled “Enforce USMCA to Make Trade Work for All Americans” to discuss how President Biden’s trade moratorium has worsened America’s supply chain and inflation crises.    Ways and Means Republicans emphasized that the U.S. needs to fully enforce USMCA and pursue new trade agreements that open markets to “sell ...

Biden’s Made-in-America Tax Sabotages American Competitiveness

November 16, 2021 — Blog

Small businesses are bracing for President Biden’s “Made-in-America” corporate tax hikes, which targets America's largest employers and risks U.S. jobs, wages, and competitiveness, said Republican Leader on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) in opening a Ways and Means Republican meeting. KEY EXCERPTS:  “This bill includes ...

Dems’ Terrifying IRS Scheme Increases Audit Rates for Every American With a Job

October 26, 2021 — Blog

Top Republican on the Ways Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and top Republican on the Oversight Subcommittee Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) opened a Republican roundtable highlighting how President Biden’s dangerous plan to expand the IRS will result in an invasion of privacy of Americans’ bank accounts.   Expert testimony from several community bankers outlined how the burdens ...

ADVISORY: Republican Meeting: “The Devastating Consequences of Biden’s IRS Surveillance of Americans’ Bank Accounts”

October 22, 2021 — Blog

Ways and Means Republicans are fighting back against Democrats’ plan to have the IRS conduct surveillance on Americans’ bank accounts. Democrats are developing this plan behind closed doors and out of the public eye, claiming that this will go after the wealthy when in fact it goes after blue-collar workers, hair dressers, farmers, and small businesses.   Ways and Means Republican ...

Walorski: Democrats’ Spending Proposals Turn a Blind Eye on America’s Most Vulnerable Families

October 20, 2021 — Blog

“From the gas pump to the grocery store, inflation caused by out-of-control Democratic spending has spurred devastating consequences for struggling families all over our districts,” top Republican on the Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) said in her opening remarks during a Republican roundtable examining Democrats’ harmful ...

Brady: Dems’ Untargeted Welfare-Without Work Expansion is the Last Thing Americans Need

October 20, 2021 — Blog

Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) opened a Republican roundtable examining how Democrats’ welfare expansion will fail the poor and threaten our jobs recovery.    The roundtable discussion featured testimony from former Ways and Means Chair and Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan and American Enterprise Institute President Robert ...

EXPERTS: Dems’ Welfare Expansion Traps Americans in Permanent Poverty

October 20, 2021 — Blog

Former Ways and Means Chair and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Robert Doar, President of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), joined a Republican meeting of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support to discuss Democrats’ massive expansion of the welfare state included in their reconciliation bill.   Former Speaker Ryan discussed the need for ...