Democratic Congress Member Garcia

14 million people, you know, any individual stories that is of people like trying to get by, and they have some tragic thing happened in their family, and they somebody's got cancer, they get hit by a car, or somebody's got cerebral palsy, somebody's got dementia or something, you know, some major problem, and now they're gonna lose their health insurance. That's it's just, it's rotten.

14 million people, you know, any individual stories that is of people like trying to get by, and they have some tragic thing happened in their family, and they somebody's got cancer, they get hit by a car, or somebody's got cerebral palsy, somebody's got dementia or something, you know, some major problem, and now they're gonna lose their health insurance. That's it's just, it's rotten.

14 million people, you know, any individual stories that is of people like trying to get by, and they have some tragic thing happened in their family, and they somebody's got cancer, they get hit by a car, or somebody's got cerebral palsy, somebody's got dementia or something, you know, some major problem, and now they're gonna lose their health insurance. That's it's just, it's rotten.

I don't want to take up too much time on this, but let me just tell people, state and local tax deduction was the first deduction given to people in 1913. So when they first started the federal income tax code, they said, we're going to tax your income at the federal level. And the governors and the mayors said, don't do that. Don't do that.

I don't want to take up too much time on this, but let me just tell people, state and local tax deduction was the first deduction given to people in 1913. So when they first started the federal income tax code, they said, we're going to tax your income at the federal level. And the governors and the mayors said, don't do that. Don't do that.

I don't want to take up too much time on this, but let me just tell people, state and local tax deduction was the first deduction given to people in 1913. So when they first started the federal income tax code, they said, we're going to tax your income at the federal level. And the governors and the mayors said, don't do that. Don't do that.

We want to tax them at the local level because we've got to pay for the schools and garbage and things like that. We don't want you to tax the federal level. Just use tariffs the way you always used to in the old days.

We want to tax them at the local level because we've got to pay for the schools and garbage and things like that. We don't want you to tax the federal level. Just use tariffs the way you always used to in the old days.

We want to tax them at the local level because we've got to pay for the schools and garbage and things like that. We don't want you to tax the federal level. Just use tariffs the way you always used to in the old days.

They said, no, we're gonna deduct, we're gonna let you deduct your state and local taxes, the money you've already paid in taxes, from your income so you don't have to pay taxes on the taxes you've already paid. That was in place for 100 years. In 2017, Donald Trump and the Republicans capped that deduction at $10,000. That's a killer.

They said, no, we're gonna deduct, we're gonna let you deduct your state and local taxes, the money you've already paid in taxes, from your income so you don't have to pay taxes on the taxes you've already paid. That was in place for 100 years. In 2017, Donald Trump and the Republicans capped that deduction at $10,000. That's a killer.

They said, no, we're gonna deduct, we're gonna let you deduct your state and local taxes, the money you've already paid in taxes, from your income so you don't have to pay taxes on the taxes you've already paid. That was in place for 100 years. In 2017, Donald Trump and the Republicans capped that deduction at $10,000. That's a killer.

for people in New York and California and Illinois and Massachusetts and other places that have unions, other places that have low rates of uninsured people that insure our children, insure our adults. So we have higher taxes to pay for these. We have more mass transit, more infrastructure. So we have higher costs because of those things. Now they took it away.

for people in New York and California and Illinois and Massachusetts and other places that have unions, other places that have low rates of uninsured people that insure our children, insure our adults. So we have higher taxes to pay for these. We have more mass transit, more infrastructure. So we have higher costs because of those things. Now they took it away.

for people in New York and California and Illinois and Massachusetts and other places that have unions, other places that have low rates of uninsured people that insure our children, insure our adults. So we have higher taxes to pay for these. We have more mass transit, more infrastructure. So we have higher costs because of those things. Now they took it away.

They said, we're gonna cap it at $10,000. That made people's taxes actually go up. So a bunch of people came out and said, we're against this. We want to get the state and local tax deduction back again. President Trump came to Long Island in 2024 during the campaign and said, I'm going to get your salt back. I'm going to get it back. I'm going to make things better for people here.

They said, we're gonna cap it at $10,000. That made people's taxes actually go up. So a bunch of people came out and said, we're against this. We want to get the state and local tax deduction back again. President Trump came to Long Island in 2024 during the campaign and said, I'm going to get your salt back. I'm going to get it back. I'm going to make things better for people here.

They said, we're gonna cap it at $10,000. That made people's taxes actually go up. So a bunch of people came out and said, we're against this. We want to get the state and local tax deduction back again. President Trump came to Long Island in 2024 during the campaign and said, I'm going to get your salt back. I'm going to get it back. I'm going to make things better for people here.

We're going to get salt back. And a bunch of Republicans in this Congress came out and said, we're not voting for this bill unless you give us our state and local tax deduction back. And they said, you've double crossed us. You've only increased it from 10,000 to 15,000 for a person filing singly, or 30,000 if you're a married couple. And they said, this is an insult. This is unfair to us.

We're going to get salt back. And a bunch of Republicans in this Congress came out and said, we're not voting for this bill unless you give us our state and local tax deduction back. And they said, you've double crossed us. You've only increased it from 10,000 to 15,000 for a person filing singly, or 30,000 if you're a married couple. And they said, this is an insult. This is unfair to us.