{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davidyoung.house.gov/media-center/weeklyreport/setting-record-straight-taxes-capitol-solutions", "Setting the record straight on taxes: Capitol Solutions", "2017-12-08", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "IA", "David Young", "Y000066", "davidyoung.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "When I visit folks throughout the Third District,\u00a0they\u00a0share with me their successes, and unfortunately, their struggles. I take their stories with me to Congress where I work as hard as I can to help Iowans.\u00a0\nOne way to\u00a0help\u00a0is by providing tax relief to folks who are struggling to get by, living paycheck to paycheck.\u00a0And I've met too many folks in the district working more than one job trying to make ends meet. \u00a0\nSo when I\u00a0hear\u00a0talking heads and some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle misleading Americans about\u00a0the tax relief legislation we're working hard on, I'm disappointed.\u00a0Some, unfortunately, are using fearful rhetoric and characterizing the legislation as\u00a0\u201c\u2026the\u00a0end of the world. \u2026This is Armageddon.\u201d\nFor\u00a0the single mom working two jobs to support her family, the tax bill\u00a0expands the child tax credit and lowers her tax rate. This is a new beginning and not the end of the world.\nAnd for\u00a0small business owners struggling to keep their business open and make payroll, the tax legislation means they\u00a0won\u2019t feel the walls crumbling down but instead have some needed breathing room with their tax rate being lowered.\u00a0\nThere are too many folks facing dire situations who need help.\nFor them, this tax plan\u00a0will help by creating more jobs, higher wages, and put more money in their pockets.\u00a0Throughout the entire process of developing the tax plan, my focus has always been on middle income families and those trying to climb the economic ladder.\nWhen anyone incites fear or misleads Americans, it\u2019s a disservice to the process and to people.\u00a0I recognize some believe the government is best suited to spend taxpayer dollars. That's an honest belief and should be argued and defended with facts and logic. I disagree and believe Iowans and all Americans know how to spend their hard-earned money\u00a0better than the government. These are fundamental honest differences.\u00a0\nAn important part of the process and debate means putting forward solutions. \u00a0Unfortunately, we haven\u2019t seen that from the other side in this most recent tax debate.\u00a0\nWhat's interesting is many of the main provisions included in the tax bill are ideas receiving bipartisan support in the past.\u00a0Former President Obama supported lowering the corporate tax rate.\u00a0Democratic\u00a0Sen.\u00a0Chuck Schumer supported a tax holiday to bring home foreign profits. The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee,\u00a0Sen. Ron Wyden,\u00a0supported increasing\u00a0the standard deduction and\u00a0proposed\u00a0bills to\u00a0cut the corporate tax rate\u00a0and repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax.\u00a0Democratic\u00a0Senators Bill Nelson and Debbie Stabenow both introduced legislation expanding the child tax credit. \u00a0These are just a few things included and prioritized in the Republican tax bills in the House of Representatives and Senate which many of my Democratic colleagues have supported. But unfortunately don't support now.\u00a0\nThe\u00a0current\u00a0tax plans in Congress\u00a0went through a regular and open process. Public hearings were held, open debate and amendments were voted on,\u00a0and everyone\u00a0has\u00a0had the opportunity to\u00a0evaluate policies and proposals which have been discussed for years. The process created tax relief measures. It\u00a0doubled the standard deduction so Americans can keep more of what they earn tax free, expanded\u00a0the child tax credit, and\u00a0lowered the tax rate on job creators.\u00a0And the process is still moving forward to analyze and make improvements to the tax relief bill.\nThroughout the process, the one thing it seems everyone agrees on is our tax code is broken.\u00a0But Congress cannot continue business as usual by pontificating over and over on proposals and policies without action and instead with rhetoric, exaggerations and hyperbole. Iowans deserve better. You and your family deserve better.\nEnacting major changes to our decades old tax structure can be uncomfortable and upsetting to some who like the status quo. But I\u2019m not working in Congress to protect the status quo or serve the establishment. I'm working for the people of the Third District and\u00a0I came to Congress to deliver real solutions on the big issues we\u2019re confronting as a people, state and nation.\u00a0\nCAPITOL SOLUTIONS\u00a0is a weekly report to the people of Iowa from Third District Congressman David Young.\u00a0The report\u00a0is a resource of information for Iowans on the issues being debated and discussed in Congress, Iowa and the nation.\nDavid Young\u00a0is the Congressman serving all the people of the sixteen counties of Iowa\u2019s Third Congressional District. He is a member of the Committee on Appropriations and Subcommittees on Agriculture, Financial Services and General Government, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development. Congressman Young is also the founder and Chairman of the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force to Combat Identity Theft and Fraud -\u00a0a\u00a0group of dedicated legislators working towards commonsense solutions to protect all Americans from hackers, scammers, thieves and fraudsters.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davidyoung.house.gov/media-center/weeklyreport/setting-record-straight-taxes-capitol-solutions"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.308040926232934, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}