The American people have spoken loud and clear. They delivered the Republican Party majorities in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives and sent President Donald J. Trump back to the White House. With this electoral triumph achieved, it is time to unite as a nation and get America back on track.
The sweeping results at the ballot box confirm the American people want conservative, common-sense solutions to the challenges we all face. Trump has proven time and again that he can and will deliver results for the people of Alabama and our nation. I have great confidence he will act on day one to begin securing our southern border, unleashing American energy dominance, slashing the red tape strangling our economy, and returning to a proven doctrine of peace through strength. He did that during his first term, and he’ll do it again.
I will take a backseat to no one in fighting alongside him and advancing the agenda that Alabamians overwhelmingly support.
One of the most important tasks Congress will have in the next two years is passing a pro-family, pro-growth tax package in 2025. This is a generational opportunity to renew and enhance the beneficial tax credits Trump signed into law in 2017. I look forward to building on the success of his first tax package in order to strengthen economic opportunity, incentivize ingenuity, and lift up the hardworking American people who were left behind by the Biden-Harris administration.
A key pro-family provision I am working to include in this tax package is the bipartisan childcare legislation I introduced in July. The Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act will strengthen existing tax credits to lower costs and increase the supply of child care. The goal is to ensure no American is forced to choose between participating in the workforce or taking care of their kids.
Alabama’s labor force participation rate is 57.9 percent, according to Federal Reserve statistics, while the national rate is 62.7 percent. We currently rank 47th out of 50 states in this regard. For those parents who want to work but can’t because of the lack of affordable child care, it is critical we create relief without creating an entitlement program.
Another integral focus for the tax package is building up small businesses and industries, including our tremendous Made in America manufacturers. We need to cut overly burdensome regulations and spur growth. A priority is restoring full expensing of the research and development tax credit. This will incentivize the kind of visionary entrepreneurs who made America great in the first place. In Trump’s first term, this tax credit spurred major investment across the country – contributing substantially to our economic boom.
Supporting Alabama’s family farmers is another opportunity for the tax package. Congress should repeal the Death Tax, which is an unfair, punitive tax that has the potential to drive family farms out of business. Those who feed and clothe America need our support in order to preserve U.S. food security for future generations.
To that end, we also must pass a Farm Bill that’s actually focused on farmers. I will fight to protect Title 1 commodity support programs and crop insurance at all costs – in the wake of disaster, farmers need to have the confidence they can replant. The next Farm Bill also requires reining in SNAP spending, which astonishingly accounts for about three-quarters of the bill’s expenditures, preserving base acreage for Alabama’s peanut and cotton farmers, and addressing the problem of feral swine.
With Trump and majorities in both the Senate and the House, we will put Americans back in the driver’s seat, so we can determine our own destinies.
The future is bright. Let’s get to work.
U.S. Senator Katie Britt proudly represents the state of Alabama in the United States Senate, where she serves on the Committees on Appropriations; Banking, Housing, and Urban Development; and Rules and Administration.
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