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Scalise Touts House’s One Big, Beautiful Bill
Washington,
May 22, 2025
Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke on the House Floor ahead of the vote on Republicans’ once-in-a-generation reconciliation package, prioritizing hardworking families through no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and tax cut permanency. Leader Scalise emphasized how Democrats’ ‘no’ vote is a direct vote for tax hikes on Americans.
“Any restaurant you go to, talk to the waiters and waitresses. Ask them about their hopes and dreams. Ask them about their families. And what would they do with just a little bit more money in their paycheck? Do you know, Mr. Speaker, that big provision that every Democrat is going to vote against, the average tip worker makes $32,000 a year, and every Democrat will vote no on that benefit while they hide behind the lie of the millionaires and the billionaires because they know that's not the case. But they also know if they're going to vote against every hardworking waiter and waitress who averages $32,000 a year, how do they get away with it? They've got to create some fake boogie man that they can point to and say, ‘Gee, whiz, look at the billionaire over there.’ As if class warfare, dividing Americans, is their way to try to get more power in Washington. How about we give people in America more power? Take it away from Washington. Empower the people in this country who have been struggling for too long. If you want to live the American dream, it can still exist. For a lot of people, they thought it was going away. President Trump ran and said, ‘I will renew that promise.’ But it only happens if Congress delivers.”
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