On cspan. The house is gaveling back in to vote on going to conference with the senate on the republican tax plan. The committee on ways and means, over a motion. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the motion. The clerk mr. Brady of texas moves that the house take from the speakers table the bill h. R. S. With the Senate Amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate Amendment, and request a conference with the senate thereon. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. He house will be in order. The gentleman from texas is recognized for one hour. Mr. Brady mr. Speaker, i strongly support this motion to go to conference on the tax cuts and jobs act. I urge my colleagues to join me in voting to advance this profamily tax reform legislation. With that i yield back the balance of my time. And move the previous question on the motion. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Without objection, the previous question is ordered. Profamily the question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from texas. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. For what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Neal i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] e speakeo tempore the yeas a 2, the nays are 192. Th motion isdoe reconsider is laid on the ble. R what purpes the gentleman from massachusett seek recognitn . 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This clock was just reconfigured. New features have been added, just in time for the republicans to acknowledge that they are about to add 1 trillion to this National Debt clock, which they tortured democratic president s on for years about the debt. Let me provide you with some istoric perspective. The speaker pro tempore the house is not in order. Members should take their conversations out of the chamber and clear the aisle. Mr. Neal thank you, mr. Speaker. Let me provide some Historical Perspective in january of 2001 when bill clinton said goodbye we were looking at a 4. 5 trillion surplus and record Economic Growth. C. B. O. Said that the surplus might even go beyond 5. 6 trillion. What happened during that period of time . After the bush tration left, we were staring 6. 1 trillion worth of debt. So what happened . In 2001, the Republican Party t taxes by 1. 3 trillion and said it was all about Economic Growth. And then they came back in 2003 hasnt been owth substantial enough and cut itedly 2. 3 trillion in the tax cuts and repatriation tax holiday where the money is returned at 5. 25 . None of which happened. Where are we tonight, we are back to the same old pattern and playbook. They promised job growth and in a meeting with the president recently, he said he didnt understand why we couldnt have job growth of 4 , 5 , 6 . I dont know an economist think we are going to have that but use it as an excuse that is going to add 1 trillion to the budget deficits. All based on the following economic assumption, maybe, maybe well have growth that will help us to pay down the debt. All the economists say maybe a return of onethird of the tax cuts in terms of revenue. Joint tax, the wharton school, the tax polly center, moodys doc. None of this isnt going to say this will happen. Pay attention to this. They will say things repeatedly like, its the peoples money, that people know what to do with it. Let me say, its the peoples veterans hospitals, one million veterans who are going to be in need of longterm care. Thats the peoples responsibility. In addition, 10,000 baby boomers retire every single day in america. Social security is part of their retirement system even as it averages about 15,000 for american citizens. We are going to live longer and we herald that achievement regularly but going to be more alzheimers that families have to reconcile and say oh, because there is less revenue, we are going to have cuts in social spending. So they are going to say at the right moment and say we change the way we calculate medicare and Social Security. This is a missed opportunity above everything else. Everybody agrees on whats wrong with the tax code i yield myself an additional one minute. There was a chance here to do investment in human capital. Community colleges, vocational education, internship programs. The Labor Department reported three weeks ago, six million jobs go unanswered in america every single day and i hope tonight as the republicans confer, they can tell us what they are confering because the bubble gum they are putting a new dimension to their proposal. This should be a debate that included both parties. So i want before i yield back my time for the moment, i want to say this, we had a chance to really do something big. They have unbelievely proposed to take the entire revenue architecture of this country in three weeks without one hearing, without one witness. They are going to change it all and the middle class is about to get it in the neck to take care of people in the neck. I reserve. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The house will be in order. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Braise braise mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may use. I rise in strong opposition to the motion to instruct. Today, we are moving through the crucial final stage in delivering once in a generation tax reform to the American People. The choice we face now is clear. If we want to stick with this complex, costly unfair system that today caters to special interests and drives american jobs overseas or stick with the slowgrowth tax code that keeps our economy in second gear and all but guarantees rising debts and deficits or do we think its time to go in a new direction . Do we think its time to provide our workers, our families and job creators with a tax code that is simple, thats fair, thats built to create jobs and leapfrog america back into the lead pack around the world . Do we think its time to get our economy growing again for better jobs, bigger paychecks and more opportunities are available to people throughout this country . Many in washington say they support tax reform. Yet every argument we hear is about keeping taxes high, keeping the growth of jobs and paychecks low and keeping more of this broken tax code that is so complex and so unfair to every day americans . It seems like too many in congress are rooting against a growing and prosperous american economy. Too many who claim to be concerned about the deficit today joinfully added trillions of dollars to the National Deficit when it meant washington could have spent more, when our friends on the other side took control of the house in the first year, they doubled the deficit. In the second year tripled the deficit. And then went on a roll of 1 illion or more in debt every year. They had a 1 trillion stimulus that did nothing to grow the economy. That was when washington could spend. Now when it comes to letting families and our main street businesses spend more of their hardearned money all of a sudden they say no. Come on, man. If you ask my constituents in texas, theyll tell you without a doubt, its time to go in a new direction. Its time to be progrowth. Its time to leave this slowgrowth status quo behind us for good. Without a doubt, my constituents and so Many Americans throughout our ountry are rooting for a healthier, stronger economy and a simpler, fairer tax code that allows them to keep more of their more hardearned money. Thats why right now its time for us to come together. A Conference Committee and finalize the tax cuts and jobs act for the American People. When the ways and Means Committee started working on tax reform over six years ago, we knew this road would be long and difficult. Weve had our shares of ups and downs along the way but we stuck with it because we knew the america people were counting on us. And we know theyre counting on us now. So with this Conference Committee, were going to come together to give the American People the best of what our two bills have to offer. At every step, were going to ask ourselves, how can we truly deliver the tax code americans deserve . How do we drive rates lower for families . How do we encourage in investment and job creation on main street . How do we bring jobs back to america from overseas . How can we better support parents and students and homeowners and retirees . How can we make our economy stronger and healthier than ever . How do we improve lives . We all worked hard to get to this point in the process. Im proud of the bill we delivered in the house and i want to congratulate the senate as well. Right now were closer than ever to delivering on our tax reform promise to the American People. Some of our most important work is still ahead of us. Nows the time for us to dig deep on behalf of the people we were sent here to serve. Now is the time for us to come together in the Conference Committee and unite behind one historic tax bill tax cut bill that will help americans of all walks of life. This truly is a moment and the opportunity that we and so Many Americans have worked for and waited for and deserve. Now is the time to seize it and working together, working truly together im confident we will. With that i urge my colleagues to oppose this motion to instruct that kills tax reform, and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The house will be in order. The house will be in order. The gentleman from massachusetts. Mr. Neal thank you, mr. Speaker. With that id like to yield one minute to the gentleman from michigan, who announced this past weekend that hes going to leave this institution and hes served this institution with distinction and grace for a long period of time, mr. Levin, for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan is recognized for one minute. Mr. Levin thank you so much for yielding. You know, the chairman of the Committee Says, come together . You have done it alone, and you have snubbed your nose at the American People as well as the process of this institution. The g. O. P. Tax bill combines the republicans longterm faith in trickle down economics with a new brazen disregard for the facts. Its become the hallmark of the trump presidency. This bill is mostly about cutting taxes for the very wealthy, not the middle class, making the very wealthy even richer is no the pathway toward prosperity and job growth and tax cuts at the very top do not pay for themselves. Instead they increase the debt. These are the facts that have been presented by joint tax and so many others have called the republican bill a boondoggle and delusional. Republicans say the facts be damned. As they rush this legislation out of desperation, not deliberation. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Brady thank you, mr. Speaker. I point out that a family of four in michigans ninth district will save over 1,700 each and every year. With that im proud to yield three minutes to the chairman of the tax policy subcommittee and leader on the tax reform effort, the gentleman from illinois, mr. Roskam. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Roskam thank you, mr. Speaker. Thank you, chairman brady. I want to direct the memberships attention to the argument a Ranking Member made a couple minutes ago when he criticized repatriation efforts in the past. And hes right. They underperformed. Why did they underperform . Because they were a holiday, they were temporary. I wasnt around when that happened. But we learned from that, mr. Speaker, and were saying lets not do that again and said lets have a permanent policy that unlocks american dollars that are locked out overseas right now. Most folks thinks its between 3 trillion and 4 trillion that can come back home. Where does it come back home . It will come to the sixth Congressional District of illinois. It will go to massachusetts. It will go to texas. It will go to all of these places to be reinvested. Why . Because this is a dynamic, vibrant economy that can become better. This is an attractive place. We just need to make it better. The other argument that he made was essentially, look, is this really going to create growth . And hes right to point out that not all tax cuts are created equal as it relates to growth. The whole purpose, though, is not simply growth. Its also tax relief. Ive got a constituency that got jammed by democrats in the illinois General Assembly this year with a massive tax hike on the middle income folks in illinois. They need relief. So part of this is to offer relief. Now, the way that we approached this is to say, lets create this as it relates to the investment, the unexpensing. You look at the tax foundation, nonpartisan work that theyve done, and theyll tell you that investment that were making, that is throwing away depreciation schedules and telling small businesses, if you invest you can write it all off on year one. That creates activity. So we ought to shed and shun this motion to instruct and instead lets work through the normal conference process and, mr. Speaker, in closing, let me give you one quick antidote and its this. A manufacturer in my district told me this. Theyre currently planning under current their approach to invest 30 million in their manufacturing plant. Next year if we do this bill, theyre not going to 30 million in that facility, theyre going to invest 50 million. Thats one company in one culdesac, in one subdivision in suburban chicago. You ripple that out throughout the entire economy, great things happen. Vote no on the motion and lets proceed to conference. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from texas reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Neal thank you, mr. Speaker. With that id like to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, a valued member of the ways and Means Committee, mr. Doggett. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. Mr. Doggett more than a bill, this is a lie wrapped in lies. A sneak attack on america ramming through here at warp speed before the truth catches up with the lies. A very thin sugarcoating of tax changes for some in the middle class conceals Massive Special interest giveaways. But im convinced that the reckoning will come. Americans will demand accountability of a scheme that showers its benefits overwhelmingly on corporations and those at the top of the economic ladder, including the trump family personally benefiting. The reckoning will come when students and the sick find out theyre paying not less taxes but more taxes under this bill. The reckoning will come as republicans use the huge debt burden that they are deliberately creating by this bill as an excuse to cut medicare, Educational Opportunities and other vital investments. And this sham of a bill provides rewards to Corporate Tax dodgers and creates a giant new loophole a giant new loophole for outsourcing american jobs abroad. The only coming together here is the coming together between the master of distraction, the big tweet down the street whos joined here by the masters of deceit in congress. They ignore any wrong he commits. He can embrace a child molester, attack our Law Enforcement officers, he can challenge the very basis of the free press in our country, use any means necessary, whatever deception to try to foist off this sham of a bill on america. It should be rejected. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging the house will be in order. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the president. The gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Brady thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is not recognized. The gentleman is out of order. Mr. Brady regular order. Regular order. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Brady thank you, mr. Speaker. I would note the average family of four making 59,000 a year for the 35 district of texas will see a tax cut of over 1,100. I am proud to yield three minutes to the gentleman from new york, a key leader of the ways and Means Committee, who knows what its like to create jobs in new york, the gentleman from new york, mr. Reed. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized for three minutes