mr. pomeroy is right now, he supports this amendment. >> no doubt. mr. chairman, i talked a lot in the course of this proceeding about trying to do these thing on a cooperative and thoughtful way. i have looked, as you know, to find ways to work across the aisle. and many my colleagues who have debated this issue today know that i have worked with them on things where we could come together and make a difference. and i have promoted the work of this committee in an open and thoughtful way, to promoting hearings, finding a way to come together. to get something done. and when we have, i've celebrated. this amendment is trying to help you fix an aegregious problem that symbolizes what is wrong with this bill. we could have come together with a tax credit, dealing with housing that would have benefits the rich. we could have taken the small business provisions on passthrough and limited to small business. not hedge funds, not sports bar, not donald trump. we could have done that on a bipartisan basis and there wouldn't be questions about blowing a hole in t

mr. pomeroy. mr. blumenauer. >> i think i am starting to understand my problem. [laughter] >> in defense of mr. pomeroy -- >> they have wind in north dakota too, mr. chairman. it just keeps getting better. about that. chairman brady: mr. neil, you are recognized. >> that part of it is right. i want to yield my time in support of mr. blumenauer. it is a good amendment and wherever mr. pomeroy is, he supports this amendment. [laughter] rep. blumenauer: no doubt. mr. chairman, i have talked a lot in the course of this doceedings about trying to these things on a cooperative and thoughtful way. i have looked, as you know, to find ways to work across the aisle, and many of my colleagues who have debated this issue today know i have worked with them on things where we could make a difference. i have promoted the work of this committee in an open and thoughtful way to promoting hearings, finding where we can come together and get something done. where we have, i have celebrated. this amendment is trying to help you fix an egregious problem that symbolizes what is wrong

mr. pomeroy is right ow he supports this amendment. mr. blumenauer: mr. chairman, i've talked a lot in the course of this proceedings about trying to do these things on a ooperative and thoughtful way. and many of my colleagues know that i have worked with them on things where we could work together and make a difference. i have promoted the work of this committee in an open and thoughtful way, to pro-- promoting hearings, finding where we can come together, get something done. and when we have, i celebrated it. this amendment is trying to help you fix an egregious problem that symbolizes what's wrong with what you've done with this bill. we could have come together with a tax credit for dealing with housing that would have benefited everybody. we could have taken the small business provisions on pass-through and limited it to really small businesses. not hedge funds. not sports bar. not donald trump. we could have done that on a bipartisan basis and there wouldn't be questions about blowing a hole in the revenue estimate. but because the choice is to go

mr. pomeroy. >> mr. pomeroy. that assumes that just because one person is successful, that the other person can't be successful. what in the heck can kind of an analysis is that? that is ridiculous. america, the difference between europe. >> gentleman yield. >> in europe, the guy, you would look at the guy on the hill and say we need to take him down. in america you look at the guy on the hill and say i'm going to buy that house on the hill one day. what's held people back from opportunity in all this country is all the regulation, outdated tax code and all we're trying to do here is restore that opportunity for success. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. mr. bishop, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chair. i don't really know what happened in this country where we started to talk about the accumulation of wealth as something that's bad. and how in my america that i grew up in we would celebrate success, celebrate wealth. and that was part of the american dream. and i i'm here today because my family work

mr. pomeroy and his family is going through right now. >> thank you for telling us what makes this place special. it won't be defined by this one day but how they come through it together. the best to you and your husband. as kathleen has had to live through and what we've been through together, in the last five weeks, we've seen two mass shootings, vegas and texas. and in between them, we have a terror attack that was the de deadliest since 9/11. 500 hurt piby a violence that scenes increasingly common to our culture. gentlemen, i'm relying on you in the worst of circumstances to help us understand what it means to investigators and how we move forward. james, motive. we never got word on it out of vegas. they're looking about it here. they do see a couple of unique characteristics about this man and how it will play into the investigation. tee them up for us. >> sure. people ask why in the wake of these senle lesenseliey -- sens tragedies is that so important? did anyone meet with the killer, give him aide? the second thing that is a stark point is inconsistency. how is you can have a

it was mr., right. pomeroy. >> whoever said it, it is ridiculous. would look of the guy on the hill and say, we need to take him down. in america, you say i'm going to buy that house on the hill. what has held people back from opportunity in this country is the regulation, outdated tax code, and all we are trying to do -- .r. brady: time gentleman yield back. mr. bishop, your recognize. mr. bishop: i don't really know what happened in this country, where we started to talk about the accumulation of wealth as something that is that -- that is bad. in my area, we would celebrate success, celebrate wealth. that was part of the american dream. i am here today because my family worked hard, as well. and was good to me, as well. i intend to do that for my family. i just want to reflect a little bit on the city of detroit by example. the number of families who have stood by that city, and the -- thesethat aristocratic families, so to speak, that have almost single-handedly turned that city around. of the world,ts the penske family. city folks stood by the