Expressing Support for Tax Policies That Support Working Families

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Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the leader for yielding me time.

Republicans first called this the big, beautiful bill. Now they are calling it tax cuts for working families. Let's be clear, there is nothing beautiful about promising relief and failing to deliver it. That is the betrayal.

They told tipped workers that help was coming, but they refused to make it permanent and left the subminimum wage stuck at $2.13 an hour. They said they were fighting for overtime pay, but millions of workers who rely on overtime still see no relief.

In Nevada, this bill does something even worse. It harms our gaming economy. Instead of protecting workers and supporting one of our State's key industries, they changed the wagering loss deduction, creating uncertainty and penalizing the legitimate gaming industry.

That is not helping working people. That is hurting Nevada.

So let's call this what it is. This is not permanent where it should be, it is not fair where it must be, and it does not deliver what was promised.

Now, I didn't just come here to point out the problem. I came with solutions. My TIP Improvement Act makes tax relief for tipped workers permanent and fair. My No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act ensures every worker who earns overtime qualifies, not just a select few. My FULL HOUSE Act fixes the gaming deduction once and for all, protecting Nevada jobs and businesses.

Instead of voting on a self-glorifying resolution, let's bring forward real solutions, bills that actually deliver for working families and fix what this bill gets wrong.

Let's fix what is broken. Let's deliver what is promised, and let's turn around this betrayal of a bill that is hurting the American family, not making it successful.

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