>> mr. nunez. point of order has been reserved. i ask the gentleman to suspend while the clerk distributes. >> mr. nunez, does the gentleman continue to continue his point of order? recognized for five minutes. >> my amendment should be titled what's fair is fair, what's equitable is equitable. this amendment will eliminate the state and local tax deduction that corporations are currently allowed to deduct from their taxes. just as the underlying bill is calling for the elimination of state and local taxes for millions of working families throughout this country, including just to show this isn't just an east coast/west coast issue. over 27% of the families in my large rural wisconsin district that itemize and take the deduction at an average tax savings of roughly $10,000. mr. chairman, i get what you're trying to do. this tax reform for the first time in 31 years is hard. in order to simplify the code, in order to reduce rates, you've got to take away certain expenditures, certain tax allowances

mr. nunez. mr. nunez, no. mr. teaberry. no. mr. riekert. no. mr. buchanan no. mr. smith of nebraska. no. ms. jenkins, no. mr. paulson. no. 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. 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 before us that set up this day for us to take this step, to move the bill forward to the floor and through the senate process, and through the entire legislative process. mr. blumenauer, at the end of the day, i anticipate the final bill that we will put on the president asked -- the president's desk will be different because we have to go to colleagues on the committee. we have to work with colleagues in the senate to make sure their differences and our differences are reconciled rapidly through a conference committee. that is regular order

something that mr. nunez knows in california is a huge problem. there's more cost with replicating the hospitals than equity in the hospitals in california. i'd like to have the two letters put in. >> without objection. >> mr. chairman? >> yes, mr. blumenauer. >> mr. nunez. >> i reserve an order of court. >> while the clerk is distributing, mr. chairman, mr. chairman. >> yes, mr. blumenauer. >> while the clerk is distributing, i would like to acknowledge that you gave me a letter this morning, in reference to the issue that i raised on monday. and you indicated that there would be an opportunity before we adjourn to be able to explore this with mr. barthold and others. >> yes, sir. >> and i'm asking to have distributed to the committee a copy of the exchange that i've had over the last four days that talks about this being a problem, so that i should have done it monday. the committee members understand what's going on. i'd like to have that ability for each committee member before we get into a discussion. >> thank you very much for that. >> i dra

mr. nunezmr. t very, aye. mr. roskam? aye. mr. began in -- buchanan. .r. smith of nebraska, aye aye.enkins, this black? aye. mr. kelly? aye. ye. renee c, a mr. holding, aye. mr. smith of missouri, aye. mr. rice. e.. schweikert, ay ms. kohler ski. aye. mr. bishop, aye. mr. neil, no. mr. 11, no. mr. lewis, no. mr. doggett, no. mr. thompson, no. mr. larson, no. mr. blumenauer, no. no.kind, mr. pas grau -- past grell, no. .r. davis, no ms. sanchez, no. mr. higgins, no. no.sewall, ms. delbene, no. .r. nunez, aye buchanan.in -- mr. rice. , aye.rvalho chairman brady, aye. >> did you want to do the amt? sandy, what do you want to do? >> you can go first. >> he can come in if he wants to. yay,ss, 16 nos. >> the motion to table is agreed to. amendment?ditional >> yes, i will go. >> mr. doggett? >> it is being distributed. mr. reiger? >> i will suspend, but i want to make it clear, as i have informally, i saw mr. brady come in. i'm discussing an abridgment -- and amendment, mr. brady, i wanted to have ful

ofthe hospitals to build not only new hospitals but to retrofit old hospitals, something that, as mr. nunez knows, is a huge problem. there's more costs associated with retrofitting the hospitals then there is equity in the hospitals in california. >> mr. chairman? >> yes, mr. blumenauer>>? >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> i reserve a point of order. toi ask the gentleman continue. >> while the clerk is chairman --, mr. mr. chairman? >> mr. blumenauer? >> while the clerk is distributing, i would like to acknowledge you gave me a letter this morning in reference to the issue that i raised on monday, and you indicated that there would be an opportunity before we adjourn to be able to explore this with mr. bartel and others. >> absolutely. >> i'm asking to have distributed to the committee a copy of the exchange that i have had over the last four days that talks about this being a problem -- i should have done it monday. every committee member should understand what is going on. i would like that to be available to each community member before we get into a discussion. thank you very muc

bloomen -- mr. nunez. mr. chairman? >> yes. >> bliel the clerk is distributing i would like to knowledge you gave me a letter this morning in reference to the issue that i raised on monday and you indicated that there would be an opportunity before we adjourn to be able to explore this with mr. bartold and others? >> yes. >> i'm asking to have a copy of the exchange that i have had over the last four days that talks about this being a problem so that i -- i should have done it monday. >> to every committee member to understand what's going on but i would like to have that available to each committee member before we give into a discussion so they know what brought this forward. >> gentleman from oregon is recognized on his amendment. >> for how many minutes, mr. chairman? >> three minutes. >> three minutes? >> you should have taken the first -- >> no. i try to play straight with you. the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. before the time starts mr. chairman may i ask for items to be submitted to the regacord? >>

mr. nunez no. .r. tiberi mr. reichert no. mr. roscoe no. mr. buchanan know. mr. smith of nebraska no. ms. jenkins no. mr. paulson no. mr. mark sanford no. miss black. miss black no. mr. reid no. you mr. renee c mr. holding no. mr. smith of missouri no. mr. right now. mr. schweikert no. no. lore ski mr. korbel oh no you mr. bishop no. mr. neil yes. lewis yes. mr. doggett yes. mr. thompson yes. mr. larson yes. mr. blumenauer yes. mr. kind. farmers,e sake of the aye. >> mr. pas grell yes. mr. davis yes. ms. sanchez yes. mr. higgins yes. mrs. sewall yes. -- mr. to burya no. >> brady no. >> 16 yes, 24 no. not agreed to. >> thank you. theuld have voted yes on first one. i was on an emergency call. >> i also was not present for the first vote. i support the amendment. the question is on the amendment and the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. johnson no. mr. nunez no. eight now. mr. reichert no. mr. buchanan know. mr. smith of nebraska no. miss jenkins no. mr. paulson no. mr. marchant. miss black. mr. read no. mr. kelly know. -- mr. holding no. mr. smith of missouri. mr.

. >> mr. nunez. mr. nunez, i. >> mr. t berry. >> mr. rikers, i. >> mr. buchanan, i. >> mr. smith, i. >> ms. jenkins, i. merchant,lson, mr. miss class i. >> mr. reed, i. mr. kelly, i. mr. nason, i. mr. meehan, i. mr. holding, i. mr. smith, yes. mr. rice, yes. aye.tryker, ms. malala skate, yes. mr. bishop, yes. mr. neil, no. mr. 11, no. mr. lewis, no. mr. doggett, no. mr. thompson, no. mr. larson, no. mr. blumenauer, no. mr. kind, no. mr. pastorale, no. mr. coley, no. mr. davis, no. mr. sanchez, no. mr. higgins, no. mr. wall, no. ms. of any, no. missed you, no. brady,aye. the clerk will report the vote. and 16 nos it is agreed to. on adoption, all those in favor .ignify with i (202) 748-800 >> the question is on favorably reporting the bill hr one as an amendment. all those in favor, signify by saying i. all of those who depose no. it appears the eyes have it to hr one as amended to favorably report the house of clark. we will call the roll. mr. johnson, aye. .r. nunez, aye mr. t berry, aye. mr. reichert, aye. mr. rock him, aye. mr. smith, aye. miss jenkins, aye. .r. paulson,

mr. nunez, mr. nunez know. mr. reichert, no. mr. roskam, no. mr. b cannon, no. mr. smith of nebraska, no. miss jenkins, no. mr. paulson, no. >> ms. black, ms. black, no. mr. reid, no. mr. kelly, no. mr. meehan's, no. mr. smith of missouri, no. mr. rice, no. mr. schweikert, no. mr. bishop, no. mr. levin, yes. >> mr. lewis, yes. mr. thompson, i. mr. larson, yes. mr. kind, i. mr. davis, i. ms. sanchez, i. >> mr. higgins, yes. chairman brady, no. clerk will report the vote. >> the motion is not agreed you are recognized. i asked her members hold their questions until after his presentation. >> thank you, mr. chairman and members of the committee. you have before you several documents prepared by the staff of the joint committee on taxation. they describe the underlying bev modifications made by the chairman's amendment and the nature of the substitute. you also have his supplemental information, our revenue analysis and distribution analysis. there are many changes in this legislation, and i will try to give an overview of the number of important points. on the individu

. >> mr. nunez i make a point of order on the amendment because it's not germane to the amendment. the amendment violates house rule 16 because it amends the social security act. >> does the gentleman wish to speak on the point of order? >> if this isn't germane's nothing germane. we ought to go home right now, hit the gavel, good-bye and pass whatever you want to pass. this is talking about our citizens. this is saying puerto ricans aren't second class citizens and jersey people aren't either. this is saying to you, you have a responsibility to, everybody mr. nunez. me included. and you discriminate against me because i'm from new jersey, we'll settle that outside but we'll settle it right here and now. that's what this is about. don't give me the baloney about what's germane and not germane. we could go every one of these amendments to talk about germane, harry. >> will the gentleman like to yield? >> i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. >> mr. thompson, i'm prepared to rule. i will make th

. >>> mr. nunez you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. looking at the charts in 2019 when all of the policies are in full effect, isn't it true that all income groups will get a tax cut? >> our analysis shows tax reductions across all the income categories in calendar year 2019. >> thank you. also, your tables show that individuals benefit from corporate tax reductions. is that correct? >> as i noted a little bit earlier divide into individual and in business. it's business not just corporations. so corporate tax cuts can help with the middle class? >> that's part of the incident analysis to which i referred later -- i mean earlier. >> thank you. also, the tables do not effect potentially the growth rate. so the tables can actually under estimate the actual anticipated growth rate because you are not using dynamic scoring for that? >> the analysis that my colleagues and i have presented here today is using our conventional modeling which does account for a lot of behavioral changes. as you note it does not account for potential effects fr

. >> mr. nunez. the clerk will distribute the amendment. >>> gentleman from connecticut is recognized for five minutes. >> i would like to seek unanimous consent for the record an article from the washington post. they spent years claiming to live with alzheimer's disease. the gop threatens those plans. a letter from the aarp and a chart that i hope every member gets that demonstrates the devastating effects that this will have more than 800 -- 8 million -- 800,000 americans. >> without objection. >> and a letter as well from several organizations. i'll highlight a few here. alliance for ageing, research, the paralyzed veterans of america, the natural disability networks, national multiple sclerosis society. lutheran services for america, the lake shore foundation, healthy women, more than 30 organizations also that have come out against the elimination of the medical expense. >> thank you mr. chairman! thank you, sir. >> i would also like to recognize of east windsor and richard and lauren who are b

nunez. good morning, mr. chairman. how are you? >> rob, i missed your wedding.me up. i think a lot of people are getting this conflated. what happened was that we found out reportedly that there was an open fbi investigation at the same time that this transaction was made. so we now have permission to interview this witness who has come forward and brought us information. we will take that information, and then we'll see where it goes, you know? a lot of the press is out making excuses already for hillary clinton, which, honestly, that makes her look guilty. look, all we said is we want to know whether or not there was an fbi open investigation before you made this sale. and everybody hits the fan, and i think it's a little overblown. steve: there you go. >> what's the difference between political research that he ever campaign does and all of a sudden there's collusion. is there a difference with the way it happens? steve: this is bribery. >> well, there's two different issues here. so on the trump dossier, that's a whole 'nother issue, which is very concerning