GOP Rep Beth Van Duyne Weighs In On Saving The American Dream At Daily Caller Live Event

Texas Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne discussed how government can help spur economic growth and protect the American dream during the Daily Caller’s March 26 live event.

Caller Editor Amber Duke asked Van Duyne how Texas has been successful in attracting businesses through its low-tax approach and how her work on the House Ways and Means Committee aims to bring these policies to the federal level during a panel on tax policy and economic opportunity. The congresswoman explained the success of the Republican-controlled state and criticized Democrats for their policies. (RELATED: Republicans Rename Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Ahead of Midterm Elections)

Van Duyne first referenced a past interaction on amendments to grossing up SALT deductions in Ways and Means with New York Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi during reconciliation. Describing herself as a “New Yorker by birth” and “Texan by choice,” she encouraged him to visit Texas to see why so many businesses are locating in the state.

Van Duyne explained that Texas attracts businesses with low taxes and consistent regulations, noting the exodus of businesses from New York. “It will no longer be called Wall Street, but ‘Ya’ll Street,'” she said. “When you really understand that companies just want to be able to hire people, invest, grow, understand what the rules are so you can be consistent with your rules and not change them all the time.” (RELATED: ‘A Lot of Garbage’: GOP Rep Says ‘You Could Shoot a Cannon’ and Not Hit Anyone in Empty Federal Offices)

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“That’s what Texas is trying to do. And I said we can learn so much from Texas … that when you really care about and invest in your businesses and you loosen the regulatory grip, businesses can thrive,” she said.

The congresswoman said her “concern” about the SALT deduction is on property taxes because that’s where “states like Texas and others make it up, so we may not have an income tax, on property taxes we’re higher. On school taxes we’re higher and that’s something we’re working on. What that means in the Big, Beautiful bill, I don’t want states like Texas, Florida, Tennessee and other states have to make up for the lack of respect these elected and state officials have for their residents in places like New York and California.

Texas Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne explained that Texas attracts businesses by keeping taxes low and regulations consistent. [Screenshot/Daily Caller]

Duke also asked Van Duyne what Americans can expect from the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, or “One Big Beautiful Bill,” in terms of tax and wage relief, as well as how it will impact affordability. The congresswoman outlined a number of benefits that she believes Americans can expect. (RELATED: JD FOSTER: It’s Time to Stop Handing Out Taxpayer Money to High-Tax States)

“What we don’t really talk about a lot are Trump accounts for newborns or for children, to make sure that you’re actually investing in their future,” she said, explaining how this will benefit the next generation.

After the event, Van Duyne highlighted the importance of tax cuts for working families in a statement to the caller: “I really enjoyed joining the Daily Caller LIVE and their panel of tax luminaries to talk about the incredible importance of tax cuts for working families to help drive investment, growth and expansion of job opportunities in America so that our middle class earns more, keeps more and saves more for their future,” she wrote. “We also had a remarkable discussion about the accelerating red-state-blue-state divide, as tens of billions of dollars flow to states like Texas and Florida, where productive citizens and businesses flee the high taxes and crippling regulations of tyrannical states like California, Illinois, and New York. »

Duke and Van Duyne were joined on the panel by Grover Norquist, founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, co-founder and president of Unleash Prosperity Stephen Moore and Arnold Ventures Tax and Tax Policy Fellow Scott Hodge.