{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gonzalez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gonzalez-and-blue-dog-coalition-call-us-department-treasury-release", "Congressman Gonzalez and Blue Dog Coalition Call on the U.S. Department of Treasury to Release Analysis on House, Senate Tax Bills", "2017-12-07", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Vicente Gonzalez", "G000581", "gonzalez.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON\u2014On Wednesday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) along with other members of the Blue Dog Coalition sent a letter to Secretary of Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, calling on the U.S. Department of the Treasury to release an analysis of the House and Senate tax bills.\nThe counsel to the U.S. Department of Treasury\u2019s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has confirmed that the OIG is conducting an investigation into the process the Treasury used in order to perform its analyses of the tax bills that were passed in the Senate and the House.\n\u201cIt is irresponsible to pass legislation that has not undergone in-depth analysis,\u201d Congressman Gonzalez said. \u201cTransparency is key to effective legislating and I urge the Treasury to provide all members of Congress with detailed information on how the proposed tax reform measures will affect hard-working Americans.\u201d\u00a0\nSecretary Mnuchin has promised in the past that the Treasury would release a full analysis of the tax legislation, however, the department has yet to do so even after both bills have passed the House and Senate.\n\u201cWhile we did not support the House-passed tax bill, we believe it is still possible to pass tax reform that can provide relief for hardworking Americans and therefore receive bipartisan support,\u201d the Blue Dog Coalition wrote.\u00a0\u201cFor this to occur, we need to fully understand the consequences of the proposed tax code and other policy changes for the economic well-being of our constituents.\u201d\nThe letter was signed by the other following members of the Blue Dog Coalition: Congressmen Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Jim Cooper (TN-05), Jim Costa (CA-16), Lou Correa (CA-46), Charlie Crist (FL-13), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Daniel Lipinski (IL-03), Mike Thompson (CA-05), Tom O\u2019Halleran (AZ-01), Collin C. Peterson (MN-07), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), David Scott (GA-13), and Congresswomen Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), and Stephanie Murphy (FL-07).\nSee the letter below and attached:\n\u00a0\nDecember 6, 2017\n\u00a0\nDear Secretary Mnuchin:\nWe request the Treasury Department to provide an analysis of the economic effects of the House and Senate tax bills to Congress and the American public.\u00a0\nAs Blue Dogs, we believe in working across party lines to achieve lasting progress for our country. We also believe fiscal responsibility is critical to sustained economic growth and opportunity for hardworking Americans. While we did not support the House-passed tax bill, we believe it is still possible to pass tax reform that can provide relief for hardworking Americans and therefore receive bipartisan support.\u00a0For this to occur, we need to fully understand the consequences of the proposed tax code and other policy changes for the economic well-being of our constituents.\nThe Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) recently released a report stating that, with consideration of macroeconomic effects, the Senate tax bill increases the deficit by $1.0067 trillion\u2014and that amount does not include the additional interest payments on the debt. The JCT report also stated that the bill produces 0.8 percent growth. This analysis matches most analyses provided by external, independent economists, but some other analyses have determined the bill could cost even more, upwards of $2 trillion, and result in slower rates of economic growth.\u00a0\nAs the debt continues to grow, we are very concerned that deficit-financed tax cuts with budget gimmicks will increase complexity and compliance burdens for American small and mid-sized businesses.\u00a0\nWhen President Ronald Reagan and a Democratic Congress worked together to pass tax reform in the 1980s, the reforms underwent repeated, significant analysis and revision. Congress and the White House relied on thoughtful, nonpartisan analysis to produce reform. Despite Washington\u2019s general dysfunction, we should follow this successful, bipartisan path for the good of hardworking Americans.\u00a0\nThe American people deserve to have all of the information available so they can have a full understanding of how both tax bills will affect their lives, and Congress needs that information to create sound policy. We thank you for your consideration and look forward to working with you for the good of all Americans.\u00a0\n\u00a0\n###", 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://gonzalez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gonzalez-and-blue-dog-coalition-call-us-department-treasury-release"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8626900855451822, "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"}