Comments from a NY Times interview
US House Speaker Paul Ryan in a NY times article says he:
- Plans to unveil tax plan this fall
- Get the tax plan done in 2017
- Details still to come but tax plan likely to include doubling the standard deduction
- Realistic to have corporate tax rate at or below 22.5%
- Trump is very engaged in tax reform
- President agreed to Democratic plan on debt ceiling extension because wanted to avoid a fight when country was facing the two hurricanes
- Want to fix DACA so don't have a problem again
- Plans to bring a concensus immigration bill to the house floor
- Will find a compromise immigration measure that combines immigration reform/border security
- 6 months is enough time for immigration reform
- Would rather bid wages up vs. raising the federal minimum wage