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Tax policy center estimates that at least one quarter of all taxpayers would see their tax bill actually go up under the republican plan. that's especially true for people in places with high housing costs and high state and local taxes, which sure sounds like a lot of suburbs. republican leadership faced with last night's election loss is vowing to press on even harder with their tax proposal. >> it doesn't change my reading of the current moment, it just emphasizes my reading of the current moment, which is, we have a promise to keep and we've got to get on with keeping our promise. and one ...

President or congress in 2016, was that we would do tax reform and tax cuts for families, for people. and so we have to get on with doing that. >> republican congressman mark walker of north korea calls the tax bill a move towards, quote, pro-worker, pro-family conservative ideas. and congressman, i don't think this probably applies in your district, but in you've got folks like darryl issa who's come out and said he can't support this bill and peter king and lee zeldin and leonard lance and others, how is it that a republican majority is going to raise taxes on families with children in subur...

Pro job, pro-worker and pro-growth. and it's proven in canada and australia. this is not an experiment. we know this will work. opportunity now is if we get the base of legal immigrants solved and move qualified people into the job force, we will absolutely dramatically impact our economy, and let me give you an example. if you look at today, only one in 15 immigrants come into the country come into work, and because of that -- one out of 15. steve: i heard that before, as you say it again, it's striking. >> it is striking. a lot of people get trapped because they're not qualified for the jobs...

You have a long line of people from certain countries, more than enough qualified workers to get in but can't because they reached the country quota. you talk about being xenophobic, the current practice we have in the united states is very much xenophobic, it limits people by country. steve: given in the eyes of many people, where are we? is it going to happen? what stage of the process are we in? >> we think we should have bipartisan support here. it was a democratic idea in the early 90s as we talked about under bill clinton and george h.w. bush and the bipartisan commission headed up by ba...

Cuts that are pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-family, and pro-american. >> sandra: president trump setting his sights on the largest tax cut in history. taking his pitch directly to the american people. but lawmakers on capitol hill including republicans may stand in his way. joining us now is president trump's chief economic advisor gary cohn the director of the national economic council. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> sandra: how did you think last night went? >> it was great. the president in harrisburg, pennsylvania, delivered a great speech and...