GOP Lawmaker Urges Colleagues To Support One Big Beautiful Bill To Strengthen Trump Administration

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On Wednesday, Rep. Tracey Mann (R-KS) spoke on the House floor about support for the proposed budget bill.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, this past November, the country voted overwhelmingly to send Republican majorities

00:17to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and put President Donald Trump

00:21back in the White House.

00:23That mandate made it clear that the American people were ready to get the country back

00:27on track.

00:28We wanted less government spending, more secure borders, and we wanted to see the 2017 tax

00:33cuts made permanent to prevent tax hikes on every American.

00:36The majority cannot take that many for granted, and this week we have the opportunity to give

00:40the country what they voted for.

00:43Our one big beautiful bill is exactly what voters want.

00:46It delivers the largest tax cut for middle and working class families in decades.

00:50It cuts taxes on tips and overtime, allowing American workers to keep more of their hard-earned

00:54money.

00:55It increases the child tax credit, which helps offset some of the costs of raising a family.

01:00It extends and expands 199A business tax deduction, which will help incentivize investment across

01:05the country and spur economic growth.

01:08Our bill is the most pro-worker, pro-family legislation Congress has seen in a generation.

01:13The one big beautiful bill will secure the border once and for all and make America safe

01:17again.

01:18The border was the number one issue on the campaign trail, and President Trump and his

01:22administration have made historic efforts to remove bad actors here illegally and make

01:26our country safe again.

01:28Illegal border crossings have plummeted, but Congress needs to act to ensure the proven policies

01:32of President Trump are codified and continue for generations to come.

01:37Our bill makes historic investments in our border security by ensuring we can finish the border

01:41roll, stop the traffic of fentanyl, and give our Border Patrol agents the resources that

01:45they need.

01:47Our bill invests in the national security by ensuring our defense systems are prepared to

01:51handle 21st-century threats.

01:53It invests in cutting-edge technology that our warfighters and our military needs for its

01:58readiness.

01:59The package invests in modernizing our nation's air traffic and soil systems and cuts wasteful

02:04spending in the Green New Deal pet projects that only benefit far-left activists, all

02:09while strengthening the safety net for those who are the most vulnerable Americans in our

02:13nation's agricultural community at the same time.

02:16It cuts wasteful, fraudulent, and abusive spending and gets able-bodied adults back on the ladder

02:22of opportunity while giving them a fair shot at the American dream.

02:27I am pleased with all we've been able to accomplish in this one big, beautiful bill.

02:32And now it's time to get it over the finish line.

02:35It's frustrating that some of my Democrat colleagues hate President Trump so much that they refuse

02:39to work with him, even when it means securing a more prosperous future for America.

02:44Instead, they've chosen to lie again.

02:47They lie that they tell us that by making tax cuts permanent, Congress is taking money from

02:52working class and low-income families to give tax cuts to the rich.

02:56The facts show that this is the farthest thing from the truth.

03:00President Biden's own Treasury Department reported that the average person would see

03:07a 2.2 percent tax cut if the Trump tax cuts were extended.

03:13According to the Tax Foundation, the bottom 50 percent of earners in the country saw their

03:17average federal tax rate fall by 15 percent when the Tax Cut and Jobs Act took effect.

03:23On the other hand, the top 1 percent of earners only saw a decrease of about 5 percent during

03:28that same period.

03:29Some of my colleagues across the aisle may want to force a tax hike on the vast majority

03:33of American families next January, but please, let's just be honest about it.

03:38Some of my Democrat colleagues have been clear that they are anti-Trump, but I'd like to ask,

03:42then what are they for?

03:44The truth is, they are here to fight for future tax hikes, foreign energy reliance, wasteful

03:50spending, government dependence, and a future of America last.

03:57On the other hand, Kansas from the Big First sent me here to fight for working families,

04:01tax cuts, energy dominance, the military, American agriculture, and the American dream.

04:07A future of America first.

04:10That's what I'm focused on doing, along with President Trump, and that's what the

04:13one big, beautiful bill is all about.

04:16I'm looking forward to supporting our bill when it comes to the floor for a full vote,

04:20and delivering on the mandate the country gave us on November 5, 2024.

04:25We can't afford to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Mr. Speaker.

04:29With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back.

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