ICYMI: Chairwoman McClain Delivers Receipts on Tax Cut Beneficiaries in New Op-Ed

"We passed the Working Families Tax Cuts because we believe the government does not build prosperity. The American people do," wrote Chairwoman McClain. "So the next time Democrats say this was a tax cut for the rich, tell them to look at the receipts, because they tell a different story."

Read the full piece below.

Every year, Americans get the most objective report card in politics: a tax return. And this year, according to new numbers from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the receipts didn't lie. For months, Democrats told Americans that the Working Families Tax Cuts were a giveaway to the rich. They said it would not help working people. They said it was about corporations, not families. Then Tax Day came.

The truth is now sitting in bank accounts across the country. The average refund this filing season was over $3,200, 11 percent higher than last year and nearly 20 percent higher than the average refund over the previous four years. That is not a tax cut for the rich. That is a car repair. A grocery bill. A utility payment. A little breathing room for a family that needed it. It is relief that every single Democrat voted against.

Instead, every single Democrat voted to raise your taxes. Democrats said this bill would not help working Americans, but the receipts show that 97 percent of filers received a tax cut they would not have received without President Trump's extension of the 2017 tax cuts. More than $82 billion has already been returned to the American people through the Working Families Tax Cuts.

Democrats said this was only for the wealthy, but, again, the receipts tell a different story. Ninety-six percent of filers receiving a tax cut earned less than $200,000. Nearly 70 percent earned less than $100,000. Democrats said this was about corporations. Wrong again. Seven and a half million workers claimed No Tax on Tips, with an average deduction of more than $7,000, and 29 million American workers claimed No Tax on Overtime, with an average deduction of more than $3,100.

Democrats said seniors would be left behind, but the receipts say more than 35 million seniors claimed the enhanced senior deduction, with an average deduction of more than $7,500. Democrats said families would not benefit, but the receipts say nearly 40 million families claimed the enhanced Child Tax Credit.

Democrats said this would make tax filing harder, but the receipts say more than 127 million filers, or 90 percent of all tax filers, claimed the permanently doubled standard deduction, with no extra paperwork. Democrats said American families would not see meaningful relief, but the receipts say more than 1.4 million filers claimed No Tax on Car Loan Interest on new American vehicles, with an average deduction of more than $1,800.

Democrats said Republicans were not investing in the next generation, but the receipts say more than 5.5 million Trump Accounts have already been opened, with 1.4 million eligible for the $1,000 pilot program contribution. Democrats said small businesses were not the focus, but the receipts say nearly 12 million small business owners are seeing an average of $7,000 in tax relief.

Here is the part Democrats cannot spin: Every single Democrat in Congress voted against it - every single one. They voted against No Tax on Tips. They voted against No Tax on Overtime. They voted against tax relief for seniors. They voted against bigger refunds for families. They voted against relief for small businesses.

And if Democrats had gotten their way, Americans would be staring down a 22 percent tax hike right now. That would have meant nearly $5 trillion more taken out of Americans' pockets and sent to Washington. House Republicans said no.

We passed the Working Families Tax Cuts because we believe the government does not build prosperity. The American people do. So the next time Democrats say this was a tax cut for the rich, tell them to look at the receipts, because they tell a different story. They tell the story of a waitress keeping more of her tips. A factory worker keeping more of their overtime. A senior keeping more of their Social Security. A family getting a bigger refund. A small business owner finally having room to grow. That is who Republicans fought for; that is who Democrats voted against.

This Tax Day, the receipts didn't lie.