{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lahood.house.gov/2024/9/icymi-lahood-leads-ways-and-means-american-workforce-tax-team-roundtable-with-local-rockford-businesses", "ICYMI: LaHood Leads Ways and Means American Workforce Tax Team Roundtable with Local Rockford Businesses", "2024-09-19", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Darin LaHood", "L000585", "lahood.house.gov", "lahood", "https://lahood.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "ROCKFORD - Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) hosted a House Ways and Means Committee American Workforce Tax Team roundtable in Rockford this week with small business, workforce, and community stakeholders. The roundtable is a part of an effort by Ways and Means Committee Republicans to get outside of Washington, D.C. and study key tax provisions from the 2017 Trump tax cuts, also known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), that are set to expire in 2025 and identify legislative solutions to protect Americans. Rep. LaHood was joined at the roundtable by Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH), Vice Chair of the American Workforce Tax Team.\n\nThe American Workforce Tax Team, led by Rep. LaHood, is looking at ways to improve workforce hiring and retainment, childcare and paid leave incentives, and education through the tax code. Today's roundtable provided important feedback from Illinois stakeholders about the positive impact of TCJA and the need to maintain and improve policy that reduces taxes and enables small businesses and workers to thrive.\n\n\"The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act generated the best economy in my lifetime, reducing and simplifying taxes for working families, creating jobs, bringing companies back to America, and strengthening our competitive posture towards China,\" said Rep. LaHood. \"With key provisions set to expire in 2025, Congress cannot allow Illinois families, workers, and small businesses to get hit with a tax hike when they are struggling under the Biden-Harris inflationary economy. As the American Workforce Tax Team lead and Chairman of the Work and Welfare Subcommittee, our visit to Rockford provided critical insight on the importance of protecting TCJA and the need to improve tax provisions that support working families. I look forward to working with Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith and my colleagues to put forth pro-growth tax policy that allows our communities in Illinois to thrive.\"\n\nRep. LaHood was joined by Rep. Mike Carey, and Rockford business leaders from Collins Aerospace, SupplyCore, Powmet, Inc., Scot Forge, Sound, Inc., Fire Department Coffee, and Sangamo Construction at the roundtable.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe House Ways and Means Committee is the oldest committee in Congress and has sole jurisdiction over tax policy.\n\nIn 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which Rep. LaHood supported. The legislation was the largest tax cut for workers and small businesses in a generation, building record economic growth.\n\nIn 2025, much of TCJA is set to expire, including provisions that reduced taxes for workers and families.\n\nIn April, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee set up ten \u201cTax Teams\u201d to study key tax provisions from TCJA that are set to expire and identify policy solutions to protect Americans and generate a pro-growth economy.\n\nCongressman LaHood is the Chair of the American Workforce Tax Team, which is looking at ways to improve workforce incentives, childcare and paid leave incentives, and education tax policy, among other tax policies.\n\nCongressman LaHood also serves on the Community Development Tax Team, which is looking at issues like housing tax policy and the affordable housing crisis.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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://lahood.house.gov/2024/9/icymi-lahood-leads-ways-and-means-american-workforce-tax-team-roundtable-with-local-rockford-businesses"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9752251207828522, "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"}