Infrastructure Bill

The Committee on Ways and Means is the oldest committee of the United States Congress, and is the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives.

The Committee derives a large share of its jurisdiction from Article I, Section VII of the U.S. Constitution which declares, “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.”

Pursuant to notice, we will now turn to consideration of our Budget Reconciliation Legislative recommendations relating to a variety of tax and health measures. This committee print is by far the most far reaching and voluminous of the recommendations we have considered during this reconciliation process.  I am quite certain there will be spirited debate over the next two days that is commensurate with the historic magnitude of what we are undertaking.  Put simply, these are investments that promise to shape the lives of Americans for the better for generations to come.
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