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. We lowered tax rates for every income group [in 2017]. 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. (00:16–00:20)
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Asserts that tax rates were lowered for every income group in 2017.
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