A Tax Code for American Families, Workers and Small Businesses

.Dear Friend,

Earlier this month I traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, with one of the ten new Ways and Means tax teams.

The tax teams were established to study the impacts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and ensure that it is extended and improved to lower all Americans’ taxes. President Biden and Vice President Harris have committed to letting them expire. Here in the 4th District of Kansas, taxes would increase by an average of $1,930 per household, according to the Tax Foundation. Additionally, it would slow job growth and make America less competitive.

The Global Competitiveness Tax Team discussed the importance of pro-growth tax policies that encourage U.S. job growth and ensure America can compete against foreign countries like China and others. Right now, our tax code puts us right in the middle of other developed nations – it allows us to be competitive and discourages U.S. companies from seeking to move ownership to another country. Yet the Biden-Harris administration has been negotiating with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to raise taxes on U.S. job creators that would hurt our economy and reduce revenues to the U.S. treasury.

In addition to my membership in the Global Competitiveness Tax Team, I also chair the U.S. Innovation Tax Team. In August I visited CNH in Wichita while the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) traveled through the state on their Manufacturing Express Bus Tour. AEM highlighted the critical role of manufacturing, and I was pleased to talk with the hardworking men and women at CNH about the importance of American manufacturing and how research and development fosters job growth and innovation in our country.

I also talked with New York Life agents and leadership in Wichita about the upcoming tax code expirations in 2025, and I again emphasized the importance of extending and improving TCJA. That includes keeping the lower rates that Republicans implemented for families and small businesses, as well as keeping the doubled Child Tax Credit that helps parents keep more of their hard-earned money.

I’m committed to a tax code that benefits everyday Kansans and encourages economic growth.

Sincerely,

Member of Congress

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.On Orville Wright's birthday, we celebrate National Aviation Day. Here in the Air Capital of the World, it has additional importance as we recognize the men and women who develop and build the planes that transport people and goods around the world.

.Did you know that Wichita is known as the Air Capital of the World? Wichita was given this name in 1928 by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. At that time, the city manufactured 25% of all airplanes made in the country. During World War II, the need for military aircraft manufacturing brought thousands to work for the aircraft industry in Wichita. Today, Wichita continues to produce airplanes and aircraft parts for use around the world – and even in space. Nearly half of all general aviation planes built in the United States are from here in Wichita, and more than 20% of U.S. civilian aircraft are built in Wichita or by Wichita companies.