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House Ways and Means holds field hearing at Iowa State Fair to defend 2017 tax law
Summary
The House Ways and Means Committee convened a field hearing at the Iowa State Fair where members and local witnesses urged Congress to preserve provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, warning that scheduled expirations next year would raise taxes for families, small businesses and farms.
The House Ways and Means Committee met at the Iowa State Fair to hear testimony from business owners, farmers and families on the economic effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the consequences if key provisions expire next year. Chairman Smith opened the hearing by saying, “We are here to sit down and have a conversation with working people about the need to protect Americans from a $4,600,000,000,000 in tax hikes that will happen the end of next year.”
The hearing brought five witnesses to the dais: Karen DeWalt of Home Depot, Sarah Curry, a mother and…
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