Jason Smith Celebrates Big Beautiful Bill For 'Restoring Sanity In A Town That's Lost It'

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Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) defended the Big Beautiful Bill during debate on the House floor.

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00:00The chair recognizes the gentleman from Missouri.

00:02Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume.

00:06Gentleman's recognized.

00:07Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

00:09Before November, Americans wondered whether our best days were behind us.

00:16Democrats fueled inflation.

00:18They opened our borders, funded illegal immigration with your tax dollars,

00:24and increased IRS audits on the middle class.

00:29All while leaving the working class behind.

00:33President Trump promised to make America great again.

00:3877 million Americans supported that promise.

00:44They voted for change.

00:46The one big, beautiful bill delivers for the American people.

00:51This is the largest tax cut for working families, farmers, and small businesses in U.S. history.

01:01Households making under $100,000 will see a 12% tax cut compared to what they pay today.

01:11The average family of four will see nearly $11,000 more in their pockets each year.

01:18Real wages for workers will rise by as much as $7,200 a year.

01:26A waitress working for tips will keep an extra $1,300.

01:31A lineman working overtime after a storm will keep an extra $1,400.

01:40While Democrats defend illegal immigrants, fraudsters, and bureaucrats,

01:47Republicans are standing up for the American people, putting more money in their pockets.

01:53President Trump promised no tax on tips, overtime pay, car loan interest, and tax relief for seniors.

02:03We are delivering on all those items and more.

02:07Families win in the one big, beautiful bill.

02:12Over 40 million households will benefit from a higher child tax credit of $2,200.

02:19We boost the standard deduction to give a tax cut to the 91% of middle-income families who use it, up to $31,500.

02:33Young Americans win.

02:34We expand choices for educational freedom and open up savings options to include trade schools.

02:43Moms and dads get new support for adoption, paid leave, child care, and health care costs.

02:49Kids get Trump accounts, giving them a financial stake in our country's future.

02:56We bring back American jobs in our manufacturing base by protecting or creating more than 7 million jobs,

03:06including 1 million new small business jobs each year.

03:12We reign in Washington by delivering the largest cut in mandatory spending in U.S. history.

03:21The one big, beautiful bill is for the people who don't have lobbyists in this town.

03:29The farmers, the welders, the waitresses, the nurses pulling double shifts,

03:36the truck drivers hauling goods across this country,

03:39the folks who work hard, play by the rules, and ask only for a fair shot

03:46and a government that works for them, not against them.

03:51It's for places like Peachtree City, Georgia, Yukon, Oklahoma, Petersburg, West Virginia,

03:59Erie, Pennsylvania, and all the other communities that the Ways and Means Committee visited

04:04over the last 24 months.

04:08The one big, beautiful bill is their bill.

04:13It's about restoring sanity in a town that's lost it,

04:18cutting waste and reining in reckless spending.

04:21It demands that if you're able to work, you should.

04:25It stops asking working families to foot the bill for Washington's bad decisions.

04:33Let's get this done, Mr. Speaker.

04:36The gentleman from Missouri Yields, general from Massachusetts Red.

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