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

Republican Texas Rep. Beth Van Duyne weighed in on how government can help push economic growth and protect the American Dream at the Daily Caller’s live event March 26.

Caller Editor-in-Chief Amber Duke asked Van Duyne how Texas has successfully attracted businesses with its low-tax approach and how her work on the House Ways and Means Committee aims to bring those 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 took Democrats to task for their policies. (RELATED: Republicans Rebrand Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Ahead Of Midterms)

Van Duyne first referenced a past back-and-forth interaction on amendments to the SALT deduction markup in Ways and Means with Democrat New York Rep. Tom Suozzi during reconciliation. A self-described “New Yorker by birth” and “Texan by choice,” she encouraged him to visit Texas to see why so many businesses are moving to the state.

Van Duyne explained that Texas attracts businesses with low taxes and consistent regulations, noting the exodus of firms from New York. “It’s no longer going to be called Wall Street, it’s going to be called ‘Ya’ll Street,’” she said. “When you actually understand that businesses just want to be able to hire people, invest, grow — understand what the rules are so you are being consistent with your rules and not changing them all the time.” (RELATED: ‘A Lot Of Waste’: GOP Rep Says ‘You Could Shoot A Cannon’ And Not Hit Anyone In Empty Federal Offices)

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“This is what Texas tries to do. And I said that we can learn so much from Texas … that when you actually care and invest in your businesses and you let off the regulatory stranglehold, businesses can thrive,” she said.

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

Duke also asked Van Duyne about what Americans can expect from the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, or “One Big Beautiful Bill,” in terms of tax breaks and paychecks, as well as how it will influence affordability. The congresswoman laid out a number of benefits she said Americans can expect. (RELATED: J.D. FOSTER: It’s Time To Stop Doling Out Taxpayer Cash To High-Tax States)

“Something that doesn’t really get talked about a whole lot is the Trump accounts for newborns, or for children, to make sure that you’re actually having an investment in their future,” she said, explaining how that will benefit the next generation.

Following the event, Van Duyne emphasized the importance of the Working Families Tax Cuts in a statement to the Caller, “I really enjoyed joining Daily Caller LIVE and their panel of tax luminaries to talk about the incredible importance of the Working Families Tax Cuts to help spur investment, growth, and expanding job opportunities in America so our middle class earns more, keeps more, and saves more for their futures,” she wrote. “We also had a noteworthy discussion about the accelerating Red State/Blue State divide as tens of billions of dollars are moving to states like Texas and Florida with productive citizens and businesses fleeing the high tax and crippling regulations of tyrannical states like California, Illinois, and New York.”

Duke and Van Duyne were joined on the panel by Americans for Tax Reform Founder and President Grover Norquist, Unleash Prosperity ​Co-Founder and Chairman Stephen Moore and ​Arnold Ventures Tax & Fiscal Policy Fellow Arnold Ventures Scott Hodge.