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Chairman Erik Paulsen Delivers Opening Statement on "Unleashing America's Economic Potential"

WASHINGTON--Chairman Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., delivered his opening statement for the Joint Economic Committee's hearing on "Unleashing America's Economic Potential," in which he highlighted the economic growth that's transpired over the last 15 months and its relationship to the reduction of regulato...

Countdown to Tax Day #4: A Simple, Super-sized Standard Deduction

Taxpayers have the option of taking a simple standard deduction or itemizing a series of more complex deductions. By nearly doubling the standard deduction, TCJA effectively offers taxpayers a zero tax rate on more of their income. As a result, more than nine out of 10 tax filers will choose this si...

Countdown to Tax Day #5: Lower Tax Rates Will Make Tax Day Less Taxing Next Year

TCJA lowered individual tax rates and applied the lower rates to broader swaths of income beginning in 2018. Additionally, taxpayers in the 10 percent bracket will have an effective tax rate of zero percent under TCJA due to a much higher standard deduction. Workers began seeing this tax relief in F...

Chairman Paulsen Reacts to March Jobs Numbers

OPED: Paulsen on America's Jobs Boom and the GOP's Growth Agenda in Investor's Business Daily

America's robust economic potential slumbered in the eight years following the 2008-2009 recession because her greatest resource—American workers and job creators—were sidelined by a pessimism that pervaded federal tax and regulatory policy.

Chairman Paulsen Reacts to FOMC Announcement

POSTPONED: JEC to Hold Hearing on Unleashing America’s Economic Potential

Chairman Erik Paulsen Statement on February Jobs Report

Joint Economic Committee Chairman Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., released the following statement regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics February 2018 employment report.

Paulsen Statement on the Economic Report of the President

Chairman Paulsen released the following statement on the Economic Report of the President: “We thank the Council of Economic Advisers for releasing the Economic Report of the President," said Paulsen. "As I said when appointed as Chairman, the Joint Economic Committee has a long history of bringing ...

Paulsen Welcomes Handel to the Joint Economic Committee

Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN), chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, welcomed the newest member of the Joint Economic Committee, Representative Karen Handel (GA).