WESTERMAN APPLAUDS FINAL PASSAGE OF THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL
Today, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, sending the final version of the reconciliation package to the President’s desk to be signed into law. Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statement:
“In November, the American people voted to put America first. Today, Congress delivered on that promise. After months of tireless work, bicameral conversations, and late-night committee markups, House and Senate Republicans have passed a reconciliation package that unleashes American energy, provides lower tax rates for all Americans, secures our borders, strengthens our nation’s military capabilities, and roots out government waste, fraud, and abuse.”
“Effective policymaking focuses on real dinner-table issues that concern everyday Americans: gas prices, grocery bills, job opportunities, and children’s futures. In the Natural State, workers, family farms, and small businesses are critical for our state’s economic prosperity. This reconciliation package delivers historic tax breaks to ensure that these individuals and families can afford to keep food on their table, invest in their children’s future, and keep the legacy of their family alive for years to come. House and Senate Republicans have secured a monumental win and delivered on their promise to the American people. I look forward to seeing this piece of legislation make its way to the President’s desk to be signed into law.”
Background on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:
Provides tax relief and economic growth:
- Saves taxpayers billions by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse, eradicating wasteful programs, and cutting obstructive federal red tape that has held back building American progress.
- Makes the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent – protecting the average taxpayer from a 22 percent tax hike.
Saves the average Arkansas family $1,280 – the equivalent of seven weeks of groceries. - Delivers on President Trump’s priorities of no tax on tips, overtime pay, and car loan interest, and provides additional tax relief for seniors.
- Expands and makes permanent the 199A small business deduction to 20 percent– creating over one million new Main Street small business jobs and generating billions in economic growth for American small businesses.
- Ends Biden-era tax breaks and special interest giveaways to the wealthy, big corporations, and China.
Unleashes American energy:
- Unleashes American energy dominance by ensuring affordable energy and creating jobs in energy sectors across the country.
- Increases domestic mining activities and decreases American dependence on China for critical minerals and rare earth elements.
- Saves the American taxpayer billions of dollars in future wildfire suppression, disaster response, and deferred maintenance costs by stewarding our public lands and water.
- Reverses policies that stifled economic development, locked up American resources, and granted unprecedented power to federal bureaucrats.
Prevents federal waste, fraud, and abuse:
- Strengthens taxpayer-funded programs to enforce work requirements and eliminates access to these programs for non-citizens.
- Creates Medicaid accountability by requiring able-bodied adults to work and requires cost-sharing for those above the federal poverty line.
- Protects Medicaid for vulnerable Americans for whom the program was designed.
Invests in our military:
- Allocates funds to enhance U.S. munitions production and replenish stocks.
- Allocates funds for upgrading and modernizing military aircraft.
- Allocates funds to enhance U.S. military readiness and infrastructure.
- Allocates for funding which is aimed at improving servicemember quality of life.
Secures the border:
- Expands border security through completion of the primary wall across the southern border and river barriers.
- Allocates funds to hire additional Border Patrol agents.
- Modernizes border security technology heavily relied upon by Border Patrol agents.
Learn more about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act here.