Mr. President, the tax Cuts and Jobs act was one of the most successful economic policy pieces of legislation in history. And the data bears it out. You look at what happened after the Tax Cuts and Jobs act passed. Unemployment hit a 50-year low [after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed]. poverty levels at record level lows, and incomes grew, incomes and wages increased, most among lower income Americans. We started to narrow the wage gap as a result of the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. (01:49–02:04)
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Asserts that unemployment reached a 50-year low following the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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