new gop tax bill. there's pushback from key republicans. joining us now, driving force behind the republican tax bill, the chairman of the powerful house, ways, and means committee, republican congressman kevin brady of texas, mr. chairman, thanks for joining us. >> thank you wolf, thanks for having me. >> you sat next to the president today as he predicted a bill would pass by congress, become the law of the land, he said it would be a christmas gift, but some high profile republican senators have already expressed serious reservations about the bill, is the timeline first of all realistic? try to do it so quickly? >> so i believe it is. and here's why. we've worked six years towards this moment, held hundreds of town halls around the country, have listened to our -- here's what we know, american people are sick of the current tax code. they've had it up to here. it's complicated, it's unfair, it takes too much of what they earned and washington, this town, filling it full of loopholes and their lobbyist breaks and they get nothing but headaches. but look, my belief is america's