CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN URGES TRUMP TO INCLUDE DEMOCRATS IN SALT NEGOTIATIONS AT MAR-A-LAGO
Congressman Pat Ryan Urges Trump to Include Democrats in SALT Negotiations at Mar-A-Lago
Yesterday it was reported that New York Republican Representatives LaLota, Lawler, Garbarino and Malliotakis were invited to meet with Trump this weekend at Mar-A-Lago to discuss SALT
In November of last year, Ryan wrote to Trump, asking the President-elect to begin bipartisan negotiations to remove the SALT cap once and for all
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Pat Ryan continued his push to build bipartisan support for removing the SALT cap, urging President-elect Trump to include Democrats in the upcoming negotiations at Mar-A-Lago. Yesterday, it was reported that New York Republican Representatives LaLota, Lawler, Garbarino and Malliotakis were invited to meet with Trump this weekend at Mar-A-Lago to discuss SALT. In November 2024, Ryan and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) called on the President-elect to immediately begin bipartisan negotiations, and pledged to work in good-faith across party lines with any Republican willing to put combating the affordability crisis over partisan infighting. While Trump’s 2017 tax bill put the SALT cap in place, the former and future President promised on the campaign trail to “get SALT back.”
“Making life more affordable for my constituents is my top priority – and if President-elect Trump is serious about removing the SALT cap and ending double taxation, he’s going to need bipartisan support. I’ll go to Mar-A-Lago myself if that’s what it takes,” said Congressman Pat Ryan. “My fear, to be quite honest, is that Trump is going to put on this charade and then roll over House Republicans, just like he did in 2017. Let’s get everyone to the table now – it’s time to remove the SALT cap once and for all.”
President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act limited the SALT deduction to $10,000 per household. Not a single Democrat in the House voted for the bill. On the campaign trail, President-elect Trump has now pledged to “get SALT back.”
Since his time serving as Ulster County Executive, Ryan has fought to eliminate the SALT cap and restore the SALT deduction. In February 2023, Congressman Ryan joined with colleagues to establish the bipartisan Congressional SALT Caucus for the 118th Congress. The Caucus is on the forefront of efforts to restore the SALT Tax deduction to provide significant relief for Hudson Valley families from unfair double taxation. Ryan cosponsors the SALT Deductibility Act and has repeatedly made it clear that he is a staunch champion for eliminating the SALT cap.
Congressman Ryan has fought to deliver tax relief for Hudson Valley families, including voting for the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act that included an Expanded Child Tax Credit that will uplift 40,000 kids in NY-18 alone and an Enhanced Low-Income Housing Tax Credit will develop more than 200,000 affordable housing units.
Ryan also introduced the Working Families Housing Tax Credit Act as part of his four-bill Housing Agenda to lower housing costs for Hudson Valley families.
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