Disapproving the Action of the District of Columbia Council in Approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

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Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Gill for yielding time today.

Mr. Speaker, I was proud to vote in favor of the Working Families Tax Cut Act to deliver tax relief to millions of Americans that included no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and support for small businesses, so what does the D.C. Council do?

They voted to deny their own residents these benefits. This means a waitress working in a Washington, D.C., restaurant gets taxed on her tips on her D.C. tax return while her counterpart in Virginia doesn't get taxed on their Virginia tax return. For a construction worker putting in overtime, D.C. takes a cut.

This is the kind of move that makes people furious. Congress delivered tax relief for Americans and Washington, D.C., said: Not for our residents. The District claims they need the revenue.

By their own estimate, this revenue is .6 of 1 percent of their annual budget. They are squeezing every penny out of working families over less than 1 percent of their budget because they can't spend responsibly.

Let's think about what that means. D.C. would rather tax a single mother's tips and take money from overtime checks from hardworking residents than make responsible spending decisions. That is not governance. That is a shakedown.

This is D.C. politicians protecting their spending habits on the backs of waitresses and construction workers. This is the same broken government mentality we see time and time again.

Mr. Speaker, I support this resolution disapproving of D.C.'s tax grab.

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