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Republicans are trying to stay focused on tax reform amid the barrage of developments related to President Trumps firing of FBI Director James Comey and the broader investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election.
The House Ways and Means Committee held its first tax-reform hearing of the year on Thursday, a milestone that House GOP leaders went out of their way to talk up over the course of the week.
Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) started Wednesdays weekly GOP conference press briefing with comments about the need for tax reform.
The press conference came the morning after a report in The New York Times that Trump had asked Comey to end an investigation into his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn an assertion that fanned talk of impeachment on Capitol Hill.
Ryan also brought up the tax-reform hearing, along with other accomplishments in the House, during his weekly press briefing on Thursday.
People in the country need to know that we are busy at work trying to solve their problems, Ryan said. I realize that theres a lot in the media these days. That doesnt seize up Congress.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/334150-gop-tries-to-keep-the-spotlight-on-taxes
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)we need to remind them that we are still waiting to see tRump's.
bagelsforbreakfast
(1,427 posts)No Tax modification till we see Trump's taxes and see how much he will personally benefit from any changes (including his family, etc.).