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WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump firing nearly 7,000 IRS employees:

“President Trump and Elon Musk are rigging the system to ensure that billionaires like them can get away with tax evasion while hard-working Americans are left with the tab.

WASHINGTON — Representatives Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), Herb Conaway Jr., MD (D-N.J.), Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.), Nanette Díaz Barragán (D-Calif.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Judy Chu (D-Calif.) introduced the Expanding Child Care Access Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 to cover the startup expenses of new family child care businesses once they receive a state family child care license or registration.

WASHINGTON -- Representatives Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.)  and Ron Estes (R-Kan.) reintroduced the Help Independent Tracks Succeed (HITS) Act, a bill that would allow qualified sound recording producers and artists to deduct 100 percent of production expenses in the year they are incurred. This would provide parity with film, television and live theatrical productions that already benefit from this tax provision.

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) and subcommittee members Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) led a letter with their Ways and Means Committee colleagues demanding President Trump retract his across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico before they go into effect. 

WASHINGTON – Representatives Linda T. Sánchez and Scott Peters (both D-Calif.), along with 38 of their California colleagues, today called on the Trump administration to refrain from cutting over $800 million in National Institutes of Health funding for California universities. Nationally, the administration is attempting to block more than $4 billion in NIH funding.

WASHINGTON– Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today issued a joint statement on President Trump’s announced 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports:  

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) issued a joint statement today after President Trump signed an executive order reversing his earlier decision to close the de minimis trade exemption for China.

The de minimis exemption allows packages valued at less than $800 entering the United States to be fast-tracked and avoid tariffs, fees, and most basic inspection procedures.

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today released the following statement after the U.S. Postal Service temporarily suspended accepting packages from China and Hong Kong:

“This is yet another example of the chaos President Trump continues to create. He loves signing executive orders to show off for the cameras but fails to consider their long-term implications or how they’ll be carried out.