A Better Way Agenda

Floor Speech

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Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Walters, and I appreciate her leading this Special Order tonight to bring to the attention of the American people the fact that they are better off now than they were 2 years ago. This is an important message for us to share with the American people. Many of us are doing it individually, but we appreciate the gentlewoman's leadership on this.

Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago, House Republicans promised to replace our broken Tax Code and rein in the runaway administrative state that stifled our economy and made it harder for businesses to create jobs and grow.

We proposed a better way to grow the economy with solutions for hardworking Americans who were being chewed up by our system and struggling to get by. This Congress, we have delivered on our promises, and I am pleased to say that North Carolinians are better off now.

We passed the most significant tax reform in over 30 years, and everyday Americans are already reaping the benefits. According to the Tax Foundation, the average increase in take-home pay for a family of four in the Fifth District is $1,843. I would like to say that again, Mr. Speaker: $1,843. Those are hard-earned wages being kept in paychecks and not sent to Washington to finance inefficient government bureaucracy.

Speaking of bureaucracy, Mr. Speaker, this Congress has also enacted historic regulatory relief, with 16 Congressional Review Act resolutions becoming law. Five of those resolutions came out of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, which I chair, and I was able to get a sixth enacted that I sponsored that came through another committee.

We have rolled back some of the most burdensome Obama-era regulations concocted by Washington bureaucrats who thought they knew better than American farmers and business owners. But Republicans did not agree with them.

North Carolina's economy is evidence that Republicans' policies are working for the American people. Just compare the North Carolina Department of Commerce's figures from June of last year to this year and you will see that our State now stands 100,000 jobs ahead. There is still work to be done, but thanks to tax and regulatory relief, North Carolinians are better off now.

Again, I want to thank Congresswoman Mimi Walters for leading this Special Order tonight, Mr. Speaker.

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