the congresswoman from california, katie porter. ms. porter: thank you very much. i'm here today to champion tax fairness for every american across the country, across the party, across parties, and across the aisle. we are here tonight to talk about what does it mean to have a fair tax system. since coming to congress, i have repeatedly heard from my constituents about how the trump tax bill doubled the taxes they owe due to an arbitrary cap on allowable state and local tax deductions, often called salt. in the last year, before this arbitrary $10,000 cap was imposed, nearly two in five taxpayers in my district claimed the salt deduction. and their average deduction was $22,000 per household. they were paying $-- an average of $22,000 in state and local

leading off our discussion tonight is democratic congresswoman katie porter. thank you very much for joining us tonight. working backwards from what i just reported, what can you tell us about that meeting with speaker pelosi? >> well, i think she made clear that we are wholly committed to passing this infrastructure bill, that we are glad that republicans are stepping up and committing to delivering for the american people on infrastructure, and that we understand that part of building back better is doing that infrastructure work bum building back better also means making sure that no american is left behind in our economy. so we are going to have to use the reconciliation process to address some of our other economic needs, including things like universal child care, expanding medicare. there are other paid family leave. this plan fundamentally that president biden put forward is about work and workers, and those things go together like a hand in a glove. so we have to do both of them, and that is our plan to move them both forward. >> it sounds like the bi

d katie porter is here. >> thank you for having me. >> porter, are you the problem?pping up and recognizing that this kind of investment in infrastructure is what we need to have a strong and stable globally competitive economy. but to say we're going to support infrastructure is also to say that we're going to support the workers who are going to be building those bridges, working on those transit jobs. that means we need to also be investing in child care, processing family leave. these are all parts of the build back better plan and democrats are saying, we're with you, president biden. we're going to do both these things absolutely with you and we hope republicans will join in the second part of the plan, that both of these can be bipartisan. >> what if you can't get the number of democrats in the senate with the reconciliation part -- i agree with your analysis about the need to help workers. let's just call it nontraditional infrastructure. i know that's a little ob objectionable to infrastructure, but let's say they don't want to do it in the senate. then it c

katie porter. >> thank you so much, madam chair. mr.scothon, you served as executive in fisherprice and introducing the rock 'n play in 2009 while you were executive. fisher-price marketed it for a safe easy with a for exhausted parents on a budget to get children to sleep at night. >> i was there at 2012. i with as not involved in the product development since 2009. >> as an exhausted parent on a budget who wants their babies to go to sleep, i can understand why american consumers responded to that marketing and purchased rock 'n play. it's been well-established to this point that inclined sleep can be harmful even deadly to children and they are no longer selling incline sleeper products, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> and you recalled all incline sleepers and notified parents that they're dangerous. >> the rock 'n play was our inclined sleeper product recalled in 2019 and we've done the outreach to try to bring the product back, yes. >> you mentioned, i asked about all incline sleepers and you responded about the rock 'n play

miss katie porter area. >> thank you madam chair. mister scothon usurped in a series of executive roles at fisher-price from 2000 to 2012 and those roles included developing and introducing the rock n' play to american consumers in 2009 while you were executive. fisher-price marketed the rock n' play as a safe and easy way for parents on a budget to get their babies to sleep at night , is that correct western mark. >> i was with mattel during 2000 to 2012 and i wasnot involved in the kreiz development from 2009 . >> is how they marketed the product and has an eye as an exhausted parents who want their kids to go to sleep, i can understand why american consumers respondedto that marketing . it's been well-established at this point that inclined sleep can be harmful, even deadly to infants and today, fisher-price and mattel are no longer selling any inclined sleeper products, is that correct action mark. >> that's correct. >> recall all inclined sleeper and you've notified parents of their dangers, is thatcorrect ? >> the rock n' play

porter. >> jacob a. rose. >> robert w. rally iv. >> cory l swanson. >> dominic m. restibo. >> jeffrey q. tran. >> abigail richardson. >> kyle a. tribas. >> ryan r. schwind. >> katie >> trevor banetti. >> aiden d. crouch. >> from the fifth company, the kay aling. >> miranda dang. >> aaron on. >> nathan r dietrich. >> michael brendon, jr. >> cole h ditmore. >> sidney e breyer. >> shaun d. elliott. >> victor a. pario. >> steven m. gemle. >> adam b. extra. >> megan b. gherlick. >> audrey fernandez. >> austin m. gronheim. >> ryan j. franco. >> phillip h. hickman. >> brandon m. brantz. >> bryson r corn. >> joshua d. grier. >> jacob w. hudson. emery l. harrington. >> cassidy hilton. >> paul r. johnson. christopher t. calput. >> tyrique a. kingle. >> rider keller. >> caroline kwan. >> luke k. nollinger. >> elizabeth j. lu. >> jalen a. knoll. >> jake p. miles. >> luke pc kustras. >> cane line a. niece. >> ryan j. langley. >> chandler m. porter. >> austin c. lewis. >> emmerson i. pratt. >> robert w. long. rachel m. pearl. >> james w. love. >> spencer l. reese. matthew d. malone. >> steven m. shah pinski. >> j. mcleod. >> michael r. schubert. >> harvey h. wynn. >> phillip b