These Civic Leaders got together and said if we can do that for the state of texas, what could we do for america as it relates to a tax system . How do we keep america competitive in an International World . Lets start with a blank sheet of paper and see what happens next. And that makes all the difference, not some of the difference, all of the difference. I put a chart up that shows the average Corporate Tax rates of oecd countries and graphed that compared to the american tax rate going back to the 1980s, going through 2010. Every tax reform proposal purports to deal with this tremendous disadvantage that america has in an international marketplace, but i put this up because its striking to me that in these past two years, weve had a chairman of the ways and Means Committee that has done more for tax reform than any other chairman in my memory. Going back 20 years, i can never think of a chairman that has worked harder to make the tax code make more sense for the American Consumer and for the American Family and for the american business