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WASHINGTON, DC — During a House Ways and Means Committee markup, Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) called out House Republicans for proposing a tax bill that raises federal taxes on Americans earning less than $30,000 a year — while giving massive tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations. Citing data from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, Gomez highlighted that by 2031, individuals making less than $15,000 a year would see their federal taxes increase by 74.3%, and those earning between $15,000 and $30,000 would see an increase of 20.6%.

Gomez condemned his Republican colleagues for pushing a bill that hurts the very people they claim to protect: “You have no shame when it comes to hurting working men and women in this country. I was someone who was never supposed to go to college. I worked at Subway. I worked at Target. I made $700 a week — not from 9 to 5, but from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. the next day. And I had zero health care. And you expect people in that position to believe you're helping them? That billionaires deserve more help than they do? That’s your logic.”

Data from the Joint Committee on Taxation’s analysis of the Republican tax bill.

Gomez also called out the hypocrisy of cutting Medicaid and raising taxes on low-income parents while promoting family growth: “You want to tout a tax plan that increases taxes on people making under $30,000 a year, cuts their Medicaid, and then turns around and tells them to have more babies. That is the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard in my life.”

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