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