Speaker Johnson: This Tax Day Means Lower Taxes, Bigger Refunds, and More Money in the Pockets of Hardworking Americans

WASHINGTON - This morning, House Republicans hosted a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to celebrate the transformational benefits of Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts on Tax Day. House Republicans were joined by Americans from across the country who are already benefitting from tax provisions such as No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, the expanded Child Tax Credit, Trump Accounts, and more.

"Every single Democrat in Congress, every single Democrat, voted to raise your taxes. Every Republican standing behind me and all the rest voted for the Working Families Tax Cuts so Americans can keep more of their own hard-earned money," Speaker Johnson said.

Watch Speaker Johnson's remarks here.

On the Working Families Tax Cuts:

It is a great day because this filing season, three things are happening: lower taxes, bigger refunds, and more money in the pockets of hardworking Americans. We did that intentionally, and that's exactly what's happening. Thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts, Americans in all 50 states are benefiting from taxes that are lower and simpler and fairer for their families. This legislation is so revolutionary because it is permanent. That's a big thing.

In the past 40 years, since the administration of Ronald Reagan, this country has only seen temporary tax cuts. But because of the extraordinary leadership of the Republicans standing behind me and all the rest who work in this Congress to get this done, our Chairman Jason Smith, and the committees of jurisdiction, we did it. Our historic bill does that. For the first time since 1986, Americans' tax rates are permanently reduced.

Now it's been noted, and we're going to continue to remind the voters of this country. Every single Democrat in Congress, every single Democrat, voted to raise your taxes. Every Republican standing behind me and all the rest voted for the Working Families Tax Cuts so Americans can keep more of their own hard-earned money. We don't believe you should send it all here to Uncle Sam. We want you to keep it.

On Democrats voting to raise taxes on every American:

Here's just a few numbers. $10,000: that's the increase in annual take-home pay for the typical working family. That's the average, and some have much higher. 15%: that's the average tax cut for a family earning between $15,000 and $80,000 annually. $3,400: that's the value of the average tax refund-that's the biggest refund American taxpayers have seen in decades. How did we do that? We started by following a straightforward approach. Simplify the tax code, reduce the tax burden on families, and advance the policy agenda that rewards hard work and puts working- and middle-class families first. These were our three guiding tenets, but really, we can boil the strategy down to just two words. It's called common sense. Republicans have adopted an agenda of common sense across every area of public policy.

And Democrats, by stark contrast, have adopted a very different set of policies and politics. Theirs is characterized by one word, crazy. From New York to California, Democrats are proposing some of the most anti-growth, anti-American policies in the history of our tax code. They want to raise your taxes because they want government to grow, to spend more recklessly, and families are literally fleeing those blue states. Because of that, the contrast really couldn't be any clearer.

While Republicans are cutting taxes for families for lower- and middle-class hardworking Americans, Democrats are trying to raise those taxes. While Republicans are making it easier to build and invest in America, Democrats want a return to the policies that ship American jobs overseas. While Republicans are working to make everyday life easier and more affordable, Democrats want to go back to the nightmare of Bidenomics. It's common sense versus crazy. Y'all, as we say in Louisiana, this tax season, the American people are seeing the real and positive change of Republicans' commonsense leadership that is making their lives better.