mr. garamendi: did i hear you correctly? that an individual that has lost their job for whatever reason, and moves to another state, can no longer deduct the moving expense, is that correct? mr. jeffries: that's correct. mr. garamendi: however, a corporation that decides to close that plant, that facility, that laid off that individual nd opened a factory in china can deduct the cost of doing that? mr. jeffries: absolutely. mr. garamendi: something's radically wrong here. mr. jeffries: it is totally outrageous and why your concern about what our colleagues may be attempting to do with respect to the infrastructure bill is real. because what we've just seen is an effort to massively transfer wealth from individuals and from every day americans to wealthy americans and incredibly well off corporations in ways that should never be possible in the nited states of america. mr. garamendi: i was reading the tax bill yesterday, which is not a good read. and i found a provision that was of particular interest to me. back in the 1990's

mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. garamendi: i thank you, mr. speaker. with all the things happening in washington, it's pretty easy to feel concerned and losing faith in what it is that what we are doing here. this language, questions of racism, questions of tax policy, winners, losers, so i decided today to be optimistic and upbeat and say hey, there are things we can do if we just put our minds to it and begin to work together. and before i start these sessions on the floor, i always like to ground myself in what is it i and my colleagues would like to accomplish. i always turn to franklin delano roosevelt that brought us through the great depression and great war. and etched at the memorial here in washington d.c. are these words, the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much -- probably ought to repeat that, the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. so i al

mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. speaker, thank you for the opportunity to talk about a couple of issues here on the floor of the house. i really have two things i want to talk about today. one is the incredible tax bill that was passed by the congress and signed by the president just before christmas. a tax bill that has profound effects on the american economy, most of them negative and bad. but also a tax -- i'll use the word scam that will really -- if you happen to be superwealthy it's terrific. i guess, mr. speaker, the president, when he went to his christmas party at mira lago spoke to his guests, most of whom i expect were rather wealthy said, i just made you a whole lot richer and indeed he did. i will talk about that in detail. i will talk about the ongoing mueller investigation. on the floor of the house from time to time many of my colleagues from the republican side come here to the floor or cable television and attack mueller, attack the f.b.i., and anybody else that happens to be standing nearby in an