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