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| https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=B96AB352-1FDA-40FB-9631-63C5396FBC88 | ICYMI Delaware Gazette Op-Ed from Senator Portman: Ohioans One Step Closer to Getting Tax Relief | 2017-12-11 | 2017 | 2017-12 | Republican | House | OH | Rob Portman | P000449 | www.portman.senate.gov | legacy | Senator Portman, who last week was appointed to serve on a House-Senate conference committee to finalize the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, is working this week to help negotiate the final product between the House and the Senate so it can be sent to the president’s desk for his signature. The once-in-a-generation legislation, which recently passed in the Senate, will help middle-class families, create more jobs, increase wages for American workers, and help save the typical Ohio family $2,375 annually. Portman worked throughout the process to develop and help improve the bill, including adding several amendments during consideration by the Senate Finance Committee. In recent op-eds in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Akron Beacon Journal, and Cincinnati Enquirer, and now in the Delaware Gazette, Portman outlined why tax reform will be good for the middle class and businesses throughout Ohio and the United States, and his hopes that the House and Senate will send a final bill to the president’s desk before Christmas. Says Portman in the piece: “With real tax reform, Congress has a chance to deliver on our promise to help create a stronger economy with more jobs, higher wages, and a better future for Ohio families.” Excerpts of the op-ed can be found below and the full editorial can be found at this link. Ohioans One Step Closer to Getting Tax Relief By Rob Portman Delaware Gazette December 8, 2017 Last week, after a lot of discussion about tax reform over a lot of years, the Senate took a major step toward fixing our broken tax code by passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This bill will help middle-class families and improve our economy for every American. Now we are working to reconcile the House and Senate-passed bills so we can put a final bill on the president’s desk before Christmas. There are three main parts of this tax reform proposal, all three of which are important for Ohio. The first is a tax cut for the middle class. Right now, too many Ohio families are dealing with flat wages but rising expenses, health care being the biggest cost. These tax cuts will help address the middle-class squeeze by putting more money in your pockets… Second, beyond the middle-class tax cut, this tax reform plan will help create more jobs and higher wages. Right now, American workers and businesses are competing with one hand tied behind their back because of our broken tax code. If we lower our business tax rate below the average of the other industrialized countries, the result will be more jobs and industry — and lift our entire economy… Finally, this bill levels the playing field internationally for American workers and businesses. Right now, there is between $2.5 trillion and $3 trillion of U.S. company earnings trapped overseas because of our outdated tax code. Our tax reform plan encourages companies to bring that money back here and to invest in America. The result of all these changes, the Tax Foundation says, will be nearly one million new jobs for the U.S. and more than 35,000 more jobs in Ohio… ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |