John Thune: “Republicans passed a huge tax relief package [in 2017].”

“Mr. President, we are four weeks away from the new year and from the date that the 2017 tax relief for Americans was set to expire. Back in 2017, of course, Republicans passed a huge tax relief package [in 2017]. We lowered tax rates for every income group. We doubled the child tax credit, and we nearly doubled the standard deduction. But all of that was scheduled to expire at the end of this year.” (00:11–00:17)

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