I'm tired of seeing American jobs, manufacturing, and headquarters forced overseas due to a tax code that works against us.

Tax reform for the 21st century means rewarding hardworking families by closing unfair loopholes, lowering tax rates across the board, and simplifying the tax code dramatically. It demands reducing the tax burden on American businesses of all sizes so they can keep more of their income to invest in our communities.

This turbulent world is far from a perfect place.

I love trade. I love trade. First, it's economic freedom. It's the freedom to buy, sell, and compete with as little government interference as possible. Secondly, it's a jobs issue.

I know we disagree with Mr. Trump on this area. I'm hopeful that we can convince him that making our tax code more pro-growth will make America stronger, but to do that, it's not enough to simply buy American: we need to sell American all throughout the world.

Ways and Means is the committee that tackles the big issues that affects people's lives and their jobs in a major way.

We must cut federal spending - every wasted dollar, every low priority program, and every unconstitutional overreach - every day.

The speakers I value don't just sound intelligent but can boil down complex issues in a clear, understandable way that encourages the public to think about the solutions.

Soaring rhetoric will not restore the American people's confidence in their government.

And I am convinced that a single focus on preserving the purchasing power of the dollar, in effect, guarding against inflation or deflation, actually creates a solid foundation for the greatest job growth and the strongest economy that America can have.

Our focus is on ensuring America has the strongest economy in the world for the next 100 years and to do that, we need to get to the role of the Federal Reserve and we need to get it right.

Voters have figured out Republicans want to save Medicare for the long term, and they know that those who say everything's just fine with it aren't leveling with them.

The ability to immediately deduct the costs of capital investments will help employers improve worker productivity and output - which grows Main Street jobs. And with these savings, businesses across the country will have more freedom to grow, hire new workers, and increase wages.

I firmly believe Americans are far better off under tax reform than they ever were sticking with this old, messed up, outdated tax code.

For decades, American companies, large and small, have been competing with one hand tied behind their backs thanks to our unfair, outdated tax code.

My belief is that despite all the media hoopla, there is much more that unites Republicans than divides us.

Unlike the American inventions and achievements that have expanded horizons of possibility, our nation's tax code has become an excessive burden that strangles individual opportunity and economic freedom.

It's time to permanently lower America's tax gate so that the $2 trillion in stranded U.S. profits can flow back into America to be invested in new jobs, research and growth.

As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - the chief tax-writing body in Congress - I understand that true comprehensive tax reform is tremendously difficult.

What I'm absolutely certain of is, every day we delay in accessing that Asia-Pacific region, the more we lose economically.

If we were starting from scratch, there's no question a simple retail consumption tax with protections for those with lower incomes would drive the economy the best and be the simplest to administer.

And again, President Obama's health care plan really is another drag on the economy. Until we get Washington out of the way, this president's recovery is going to continue to rank dead last.

South Dakota, like a lot of rural states, small states, there are small cities with a very big work ethic, very common sense approach. That has certainly shaped me.

Houston is a dynamic, international city shaped by leaders who dreamed big and acted with an eye firmly focused on the long term.

To achieve responsible budget savings, government must be retooled with an effective spending-control system.

Given a choice between President Trump with more freedom for Americans and ObamaCare with more government, I chose to stand with President Trump and freedom.

You know Washington. If the deadline is midnight, they'll start working on it at 11:30.

Our Savior's birth is the ultimate reminder that miracles happen and often when we don't expect them.

Urgency creates decision making.

Obamacare's design flaws were not the fault of the American people.

This bill, the Sound Dollar Act, is all about looking forward about the role the Fed should play.

Requiring the Fed to focus on preserving the purchasing power of the dollar will create a solid foundation for economic growth.

I think NAFTA has been extremely beneficial to the United States, in many ways, but there's no question after 23 years it needs to be updated, to say the least.

There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it.

We're going to have to find a way to serve our constituents and our taxpayers better and quicker and more accurately with fewer workers. I'm convinced we can do it and we don't have a choice.

What we lack is a good, strong business climate with lower taxes, fairer regulation.

Here's my thinking: Since tax reform only occurs once a generation, let's not tweak what we have and call it a day.

Dave Camp, in my view, made tax reform inevitable in the sense that he showed you could broaden the base and lower the rates and simplify the code and be competitive around the world and make it more understandable.

The Fed contributed to the financial crisis, keeping interest rates too low for too long. I give them credit for responding and stabilizing the economy and the financial sector during the crisis. But then they tried to do too much with quantitative easing that went on forever, just dramatically exploding their balance sheets.

Under Obamacare - which placed 159 federal agencies, commissions, and bureaucracies between patients and doctors - patients not only face dramatically higher health care costs, they've also lost the power to choose the options right for them.

If we truly want to achieve lasting economic growth, we need our businesses to do more business - and we need them to do it in America.

At the end of the day, Republican-driven tax reform is not only going to be good for the economy and for growth. It's going to be good for middle-class Americans.

I want to give consumers way more choices in health care. Choice and competition always drive down costs better than central control.

The world has changed. It's not enough to simply buy American; we have to sell American, sell our products and goods and services throughout this world.

I've always intuitively liked the consumption-tax model.

When American workers are losing their jobs to people in other countries, Washington cannot afford to ignore this disturbing trend any longer. While Democratic presidential candidates want to just blame U.S. corporations, the reality is that their strategy won't help protect American workers or save their jobs.

In my view, the biggest challenge facing this country is that we are not living within our means. Spending cuts can only get us halfway there.

We need a simpler, fairer tax code that protects taxpayers. Not special interests.

Tax reform is the legislative challenge of a generation for America. It hasn't been accomplished since 1986, when President Reagan and Congress delivered the most sweeping overhaul of our nation's tax code in American history. 2017 is the year to change that and make history of our own.

We want to deliver tax relief all across the country, no matter where you live.