Commentary: Straight Talk with Sam

U.S. Rep. Sam Graves R-Missouri

Dear Friend,

During the Biden Administration, American families got crushed. Prices at the pump and grocery store skyrocketed, interest rates exploded, and it became nearly impossible for working folks to make ends meet.

President Trump promised to change that. Last week, we took a significant step toward delivering on that promise by passing the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, which extends much-needed tax relief and slashes taxes on overtime, tips and Social Security.

Folks on the other side of the aisle claimed this was all about helping billionaires, but how many billionaires do you know that work for tips, work an hourly job that pays overtime, or live off of Social Security?

The reality is that the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act isn’t that big or beautiful for billionaires, it’s big and beautiful for people who actually work for a living — for the waitress working multiple jobs to support her family, for the fireman clocking endless hours of overtime to put food on the table, and the senior who counts on every penny of the Social Security check they spent their entire lives earning. That’s who the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act is for.

That’s why the landmark investments this bill makes aren’t focused on crooked Green New Deal subsidies that benefit the well-connected, but rather on securing our border, strengthening our national defense and making our communities safer. This bill tackles the illegal immigration crisis caused by Biden’s open-border policies with the most significant investment in border security in American history, makes a substantial down payment towards modernizing our long-neglected air traffic control system and strengthens our military. More importantly, it achieves this in a fiscally responsible manner by cutting $1.5 trillion in wasteful spending.

The Biden Administration crushed American families with inflation and illegal immigration, but this bill will lift the burden off working-class Americans. The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act isn’t about helping Wall Street. It’s about saving Main Street — and making America a great place to live, work and raise a family again.

Sincerely,

Sam Graves