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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the Ways and Means Committee, today gave the following remarks on the tax fiasco which Republican passed through the House:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the Ways and Means Committee, today introduced an amendment to the Ryan-McConnell tax proposal that would expand the Child Tax Credit to more families. The Ways and Means Committee voted down the Sánchez amendment along party lines by a vote of 23-16.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the Tax Policy Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Republican tax proposal released by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady:

"America is in need of real tax reform. This bill is not real tax reform. It is nothing short of a tax fiasco. Republicans have talked for years about the need to do a 1986 style tax reform. This does not even come close to the process or the substance of 1986.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the Ways and Means Committee, released the following video statement about the start of the 2018 ACA open enrollment period:e Democratic Caucus and a member of the Ways and Means Committee, released the following video statement about the start of the 2018 ACA open enrollment period:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement after House Republicans voted for a budget that includes a $1.5-trillion deficit increase to fund Trump's tax cuts:

"After voting to increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion, I never want to hear Republicans complain about deficits ever again."

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the Tax Policy Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Democratic tax reform principles:

Today, 36 members of the California Delegation sent a letter to Rep. Kevin Brady and Sen. Orrin Hatch, the chairmen of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees, respectively, expressing deep concern about any proposed changes to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction as indicated in the "Big Six" framework. The SALT deduction allows taxpayers to deduct state and local taxes from their federal taxable income, and was written into the federal tax code since the inception of the income tax in 1913.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Linda T. Sánchez, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, joined Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Steve Knight (R-CA) and 26 other colleagues as original founders of the bipartisan National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Caucus. The Caucus will increase awareness on the importance of NASA's contributions to our national security, economic development, and scientific achievements.