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Washington – U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
participated
in
a
Tax
Reform
Town
Hall
Debate
alongside
Senators
Ted
Cruz
(R-TX),
Bernie
Sanders
(I-VT)
and
Maria
Cantwell
(D-WA)
on
CNN
last
night,
taking
a
wide
variety
of
questions
from
Americans
on
different
components
of
the
Senate
Tax
Reform
package.
In
his
closing
argument,
Scott
spoke
directly
to
the
American
people,
letting
them
know
that
“our
focus
is
on
you,
and
that’s
where
it
should
be.”
https://youtu.be/RwEGBYn3Eqc
Full
Transcript
of
Scott’s
Closing
Statement
To
the
single
moms
out
there…to
the
business
owners…the
college
students,
we
see
you.
We
know
that
tax
reform
is
not
an
exercise
for
Washington.
It
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
reward,
and
not
punish,
hardworking
Americans
by
helping
them
keep
more
of
their
paycheck.
Every
bracket
under
our
tax
reform
package
gets
a
tax
cut.
Typical
American
families
earning
around
$73,000
a
year
have
a
60%
cut.
Single
moms
making
$41,000
a
year,
a
75%
cut.
We
nearly
double
the
standard
deduction
for
singles
to
$12,000,
for
single
head
of
households
to
$18,000,
[and]
two
income
households
to
$24,000.
We
double
the
child
tax
credit.
Our
focus
is
on
you,
and
that's
where
it
should
be.
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