Delaney Votes against GOP Tax Bill

WASHINGTON – Today the House passed, H.R. 1, the tax bill introduced by Republican leadership. Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) voted against the bill and releases the following statement:

“This is one of the worst bills I’ve seen in Congress. Bad process, bad legislation and bad for the country. The irony is that Republican leadership seem to have forgotten how President Reagan did tax reform, which was to work with Democrats in a thoughtful and deliberate way, instead, they rushed through a massively consequential bill in two weeks. This is what hyper-partisan politics looks like and it’s pretty ugly.

“This bill delivers massive tax cuts to very fortunate individuals that don’t need it. In exchange for these mostly needless measures like repealing the Estate Tax, they are ending important deductions that benefit the middle class and adding $1.5 trillion to the deficit. We all know who will pay the price for that fiscal irresponsibility: low and middle income people who rely on government services. The bill, should it become law, also would mean that there’s not going to be any real infrastructure plan from the White House, because there will be no money left to pay for it.

“This legislation isn’t preparing us for the future that’s coming. In fact, by increasing taxes on students and universities, it jeopardizes access to education for working people and their children and threatens one of our singular national assets – our global leadership in higher education and research. It’s really shocking to me that Republican leaders and President Trump would look at where the world is headed and conclude they should tax education more.”

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