mr. marchant of texas. mr. marchant: thank you, mr. holding. 31 years since this committee has done this kind of historic work. i'd like to congratulate the chairman, first of all, for his hard work and his guidance. it's been a privilege for me to be on this committee and have part of this process. and i want to thank him for allowing me to represent my constituents every day that i'm on this committee and bring their priorities to this committee. i've asked myself three questions throughout this process about this bill. does it make the tax code simpler? the answer is yes. does it reward the hardworking families in my district with a tax cut? the answer is yes. does it give small businesses in my district an opportunity to grow and hire more people? the answer is yes. thank you very much. i yield back. mr. brady: thank you, mr. marchant. ms. sanchez, unanimous consent request. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. chairman. i would ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the director of the california department of finance

mr. marchant of texas. mr. marchant: thank you, mr. holding. 31 years since this committee has done this kind of historic work. i'd like to congratulate the chairman, first of all, for his hard work and his guidance. it's been a privilege for me to be on this committee and have part of this process. and i want to thank him for allowing me to represent my constituents every day that i'm on this committee and bring their priorities to this committee. i asked myself three questions throughout this process about this bill. does it make the tax code simpler? the answer is yes. does it reward the hardworking families in my district with a tax cut? the answer is yes. does it give small businesses in my district an opportunity to grow and hire more people? the answer is yes. thank you very much. i yield back. mr. brady: thank you, mr. marchant. ms. sanchez, unanimous consent request. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the director of the california department of finance outlying

mr. marchant and i want to have and have a dozen people from the industry, from the association, from people in your states, a dozen people testify, we can document, clearly, for mr. schweikert why this is a disruptive change and puts at risk hundreds -- thousands of jobs, and billions of dollars of investments, which he could have found out if he would talk to the people in the wind energy industry from his own state without speculation. we don't have to do this on the fly. and i hope that we have that earing soon. mr. brady: thank you. does anyone else wish to speak on the blumenauer amendment? the question is on agreeing to the amendment offered by mr. blumenauer. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. pursuant to committee rule 19 further proceedings on the amendment will be postponed. are there additional amendments to the amendment in the nature of a substitute? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. mr. brady: the gentlelady has an amendment at the desk. mr. nunes. mr. nunes: i reserve a point of order. mr. brady: the clerk

mr. marchant wants to fix it, let's fix it. i long for the day when we have two weeks of hearings on american infrastructure which is falling apart while america falls behind. and states are raising gas taxes. we can't even discuss it here even though the u.s. chamber of commerce, the truckers, afl/cio, many of your states would come up and testify why it is vital to do that and why it would help. that's the sort of regular order that we could do. it's happening in states. and this is exhibit a of how that process is failing here. thank you and i yield back. >> thank you. gentlemen yields back. mr. nunes, you're recognized. >> i just want to say that mr. reed is a trusted member of our committee and for those of you who have been in the audience for the last four days, you'll notice he's had those books in front of him. so a man that can read that many books in four days, i mean, he has to know this tax code all the way through in and out. and i will yield to my good friend who is the tax expert from new york, mr. reed. >> well

mr. marchant no. ms. black. >> no. >> mr. reed. >> no. >> mr. kelly. >> mr. reneesi no. mr. mee mhan no. ms. gnome, no. mr. holding no. mr. smith of missouri. >> no. >> mr. rice. mr. rice no. mr. shwikert no. mr. bishop no. mr. neil yes. mr. levin yes. mr. lewis yes. mr. doget yes. mr. larson yes. mr. blumenhaur aye. mr. kind aye. mr. passkrel yes. mr. crowley aye. mr. davis aye. ms. sanchez aye. mr. higgins. mr. higgins aye. ms. sewel aye. ms. dellbene aye. ms. chu aye. chairman brady no. >> i was unavoidably detained and missed the first vote and i would like to be recorded in the affirmative on that vote, if i could. >> clerk will report the vote. >> 16 yays, 24 nays. >> minimum is not agreed to. question now is on the doget amendment. the clerk will call the role. >> mr. johnson. mr. johnson no. mr. nunes. mr. nunes no. mr. teaberry. mr. teaberry no. mr. like ert no. mr. ras come no. mr. buchanan no. mr. smith of nebraska no. ms. jenkins no. mr. paulson no. mr. marchant no. ms. black. ms. black no. mr. reed no. mr. kelly no. mr. meehan no. ms. gnome no. mr. holding. mr.

mr. marchant. no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. reed. mr. reed, no. mr. kelly. mr. kelly no. mr. renacci. mr. meehan, no. ms. noem no. mr. smith of missouri. mr. smith, no. mr. rice. no. mr. schweikert. no. ms. walorski. no. mr. curbelo. no. mr. bishop. no. >> mr. neal. yes. mr. levin. >> yes. mr. lewis. >> yes. >> mr. doggett. yes. mr. thompson. aye. mr. larson. yes. >> mr. kind. >> aye. >> mr. pascrell. yes. mr. crowley. aye. mr. davis. aye. ms. sanchez. aye. mr. higgins. aye. ms. sewell. aye. ms. chu. aye. mr. renacci. chairman brady. chairman brady, no. >> is mr. renacci record snd. >> >> the gentleman is not recored. mr. renacci,. >> >> the gentleman is not recored. mr. renacc. >> >> the gentleman is not recored. mr. renacce. >> >> the gentleman is not recored. mr. renaccd. >> >> the gentleman is not recored. mr. renacci, no. >> 16 ayes. 24 nos. >> mr. chairman. >> the clerk will report the vote. >>. >> the amendment is not agreed to. the question now is on the lewis amendment and the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. johnson. no. mr. nunes. no. mr. tiberi. mr. riechert. no.

mr. smith, no. r. marchant? ms. black? r. relieved? r. mean. erbello? mr. crowley? chairman brady? >> no. >> chairman brady, no. >> ms. sanchez? how has ms. sanchez recorded? >> ms. sanchez has recorded as yes. >> show mr. mean recorded? >> mr. mean is not recorded. mr. mean, no. >> how is ms. black recorded? >> ms. black is not recorded. ms. black, no. >> how is mr. kerbello recorded? >> he's not recorded. mr. kerb be olle, no. >> mr. reed? >> mr. reed is not recorded. mr. reed, no. mr. chairman? >> the clerk will report the vote. s. 15 yays, 22 nay >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> mr. chairman? mr. chairman? >> ms. sewell, for what purpose? >> point of person privilege. >> granted. >> in light of the fact that i think that my amendment on historic tax credit has sort of shown the point that a -- that the whole of the deaf -- hole of a deficit would only be closed by $50 million by repealing the historic tax crept, i withdraw my amendment in the interest of time. >> the amendment has been withdrawn by ms. sewell. are there further amendments in nature to substitute? for what

mr. marchant? ms. black? mr. reed? mr. kelly? mr. kelly? no. mr. ranaci? no. mr. mean? ms. nome? ms. nome, no. mr. hold something mr. holding, no. mr. smith of missouri? mr. smith, no. mr. wright? mr. wright, no. schweigers in no. ms. malorsky, no. mr. crevello? mr. bishop? mr. bishop. no. mr. neal? mr. neal, yes. mr. levin, yes. mr. lewis, yes. mr. doggett? mr. doggett, yes. mr. thompson? aye. mr. larsen, yes. aye. umenaur, mr. kind? mr. kind, aye. cral, yes. mr. davis? aye. ms. sanchez? aye. mr. hug insurance. mr. higgins, aye. ms. sewell, aye. ms. delbini, aye. ms. khu? aye. mr. nunes? mr. smith of nebraska? mr. smith, no. r. marchant? ms. black? r. relieved? r. mean. erbello? mr. crowley? chairman brady? >> no. >> chairman brady, no. >> ms. sanchez? how has ms. sanchez recorded? >> ms. sanchez has recorded as yes. >> show mr. mean recorded? >> mr. mean is not recorded. mr. mean, no. >> how is ms. black recorded? >> ms. black is not recorded. ms. black, no. >> how is mr. kerbello recorded? >> he's not recorded. mr. kerb be olle, no. >> mr. reed? >> mr. reed is not recorded. mr. re

mr. marchant, aye. ms. black, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. renesi, aye. mr. mian, aye. ms.e, aye. mr. holding, aye. mr. smith of missouri, aye. mr. rice. mr. sweicher, aye. ms. wolorski, aye. mr. bishop, aye. mr. neil, no. mr. le vin, no. mr. lewis, no. mr. doggett, no. mr. thompson, no. mr. larson, no. mr. bloominauer, no. mr. kind, no. mr. pascrel, no. mr. crowley, no. mr. davis, no. ms. sanchez, no. mr. higgins, no. ms. suhl, no. ms. delbene, no. ms. chu, no. mr. nunes, aye. mr. buchanan. >> chairman brady. chairman is not recorded. chairman brady, aye. >> there being 22 ayes and 16 nos, the motion to table is agreed to. are there additional amendments to the amendment in the nature of the substitute? >> yes, mr. chairman, i've got an amendment. >> mr. doggett. >> i have an amendment at the desk, mr. chairman. >> will the gentleman sustain while it's being distributed. mr. reichert? >> i will suspend. i just would make it clear, as i have to you informally, i saw mr. brady come in. i'm discussing an amendment, mr. brady. i want to be sure he has full notice as i believe

mr. marchant. >> no. >> mr. mmarchant no. mr. kelly, no. mr. ren acy, no. m mr. holding, no. mr. holding no. mr. smith of missouri. mr. smith, no. mr. wright. ms. malorsky no. mr. carbello no. mr. bishop. mr. bishop no. mr. neil. mr. neil, yes. mr. levin. mr. levin, yes. mr. lewis. mr. lewis, yes. mr. dogget. yes. mr. thompson. mr. thompson, aye. mr. larson. yes. mr. blumenour, aye. mr. kind. mr. kind, aye. mr. pascral

mr. marchant. mr. marchant, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. reed. mr. reed, no. mr. kelly. mr. kelly, no. mr. renacci. mr. renacci, no. mr. meehan, no. ms. noem, no. mr. smith of missouri, mr. smith, no. mr. rice. mr. rice, no. mr. schweigert. mr. schweigert, no. mr. curbelo, mr. curbelo, no. mr. bishop. mr. bishop, no. mr. neal. mr. neal, yes. mr. levin. yes. mr. lewis. mr. lewis, yes. mr. doggett. mr. doggett, aye. mr. thompson, mr. thompson, aye. mr. larson. mr. larson, yes. mr. blumenauer. mr. blumenauer, aye. mr. kind, mr. kind, aye. mr. pascrell. mr. pascrell, yes. mr. crowelly. mr. crowley, aye. mr. davis, mr. davis, aye. ms. sanchez. ms. sanchez, aye. mr. higgins. mr. higgins, yes. mr. sewell. ms. sewell, yes. ms. delbene. ms. delbene, aye. ms. chu, ms. chu, aye. chairman brady. chairman brady, no. mr. chairman. >> record the vote. >> 16 ayes. 24 nays. >> the motion to postpone is not agreed to. you're recognized for a technical description of the amendment. again, i asked our members hold their questions until after his presentation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and mem

mr. marchant wants to fix it, let's fix it. i long for the days we have two days of hearing on american infrastructure which is falling apart while america falls behind and states are raising gas taxes . we cannot even discuss it here even though the chamber of commerce and the afl-cio, many of your states would come up and testify why it is vital to do that and why it would help. that is the thing we could do. it is happening in states. of thatl is exhibit a process failing here. i yield back. chairman brady: thank you. gentleman yield back. mr. nunez is recognized. mr. nunez: mr. reid is a trusted member of our community, and those of you in the audience, you will notice those books in front of him. a man back can read that many books in four days, he has to know this tax code all the way through, in and out. i would yield to my good friend who is the tax expert from new york, mr. reid. >> mr. reid: i appreciate that, mr. nunez,oming -- and it took more than four days. dealing with tax reform, having hearings on the issues be

mr. marchant, aye. miss at black, aye. mr. reid, aye. .r. kelly, aye mr. nac, aye. mr. holding, aye. mr. smith, yes. mr. rice, yes. mr. schweikert, aye. this malarkey, aye. mr. cabello, aye. mr. bishop, aye. mr. neil, no. .r. levens, no mr. lewis, no. no mr. doggett, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. larson, no. mr. blumenauer, no here is the kind, no. is the past about, no. no.coley, mr. davis, no. ms. sanchez, hell no. mr. higgins, no. if 20, no. chu, no. chairman brady, aye. >> clerk will call the roll. . 16nos. hr one will be reported to the house of representatives. i asked the staff authorized to make technical informant changes to the bill. members have two days to file with the supplemental edition. to take a moment to thank the members of this committee for their tireless hours of work on the tax cuts and jobs act. i would like to thank the brilliant drafters, the house office who have been working on this bill for months. thanks to the hard-working team and joint committee on taxation, the attorneys, accountants, support staff would advise us and our staff, without whom, none of thi

mr. marchant know. miss black no. mr. reid no. mr. kelly know. mr. meehan know. mr. holding, no. mr. smith, no. mr. rice, no. mr. schweikert, no. mr. crivello, no. mr. bishop, no. mr. neil, yes. mr. levin, yes. mr. lewis, yes. aye.oggett, mr. thompson, aye. aye.lumenauer, mr. kind, aye. -- higgins, yes. misrule, yes. chairman brady? chairman brady, no. 1 caller: yays, 24 no's. -- i asked our members to holder questions until after the presentation. >> thank you mr. chairman, we have several documents prepared by the staff of taxation which describes the underscore best the legislation. the also have supplemental information. there a many changes in this legislation and i will try to give an overview of the important points. tax, hrndividual income one would change our system for .ax brackets -- and comeit is remain unchanged. another change is the legislation nearly doubles the standard production for married joint filers. filers, $1200. the alternative minimum income repealed.be in addition to the rate rateuled above, a special applicable to income earned by certain pastor business

mr. marchant: mr. speaker, last saturday across america was small business saturday, a yearly event that highlights american main street businesses by encouraging consumers to locally shop, shop in their local shops. 45% of all companies in texas are small businesses. they provide jobs to four million texans. they are our neighbors, our family members, and our friends. they provide jobs to more than four million families as well as the four million texans. the tax cuts and jobs act provides small businesses in my north texas district with the lowest tax rates since world war ii, allowing them to invest in their community, hire more people and as the national federation of independent business says, this tax bill will lead small businesses into a better position. we highlighted small business last weekend with the tax cut and jobs act. we follow through with that with a tax code built for increased wage and long-term growth. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for wh