McConnell on ABC’s ‘This Week’ and CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’
“It was pretty clear during this debate we have a very different view of what America ought to look like. Our Democratic friends are quite content with slow growth and little opportunity to improve your condition. We think we need to jumpstart the economy and provide more jobs and more opportunity for the American people.”
LOUISVILLE, KY- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appeared on ABC’s ‘This Week’ and CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’ to discuss Senate passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The following are excerpts from the interviews:
ABC’s ‘This Week’
On Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs
“We’re doing a lot to keep our jobs from going overseas by making sure the business tax rates are competitive in this global economy. Of course we didn’t leave behind the middle class, either. The average tax-paying family gets a $2,200 tax cut. We double the standard deduction. We increased the child care credit.”
“This is very much oriented toward not only middle class tax relief but making sure our jobs are still here and there are jobs in the United States rather than somewhere else.”
On Regular Order
“There were tons of hearings. Over and over. The Democrats went to them. The Democrats had the opportunity to offer amendments in committee. They had an opportunity to offer amendments on the floor. For example they were complaining about our repealing the Individual Mandate in Obamacare in this bill, but none of them offered an amendment to take it out. They had plenty of opportunity.”
“They decided it was important to them politically to oppose this tax measure and take that to the American people- and we're prepared to do that because we think this country has been underperforming and we believe this will get the country performing better, providing jobs and opportunity for the vast number of people who’ve been displaced during the Obama years.”
CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’
On Tax Reform Jumpstarting our Nation’s Economy
“[Tax reform] coupled with the regulatory relief the administration has been providing are the reasons the economy is beginning to pick up. Consumer confidence is up.”
“This is designed to get the economy growing again. We didn’t have a single year of three percent growth during all of the Obama years. We were clearly underperforming- and you have to ask the question, why? It was a combination of over-regulation and a lousy tax code.”
“It was pretty clear during this debate we have a very different view of what America ought to look like. Our Democratic friends are quite content with slow growth and little opportunity to improve your condition. We think we need to jumpstart the economy and provide more jobs and more opportunity for the American people.”
Related Issues: Economy, Taxes, Middle Class
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