WASHINGTON – Today, President Donald J. Trump delivered a speech outlining his priority to deliver tax reform to the American people. The following statement can be attributed to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke:
"President Trump is once again delivering on a promise to the American people by proposing much-needed tax reform. We have some of the highest taxes in the world, and the impact is felt across the economy.
"The President’s proposal would allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned paychecks, allowing them to invest in their and their children’s futures and also support and grow the economy.
"At Interior, tax reform means Americans will have more money in their pockets, allowing them to do things like go on family vacations to our treasured National Parks and other public lands. There’s few things more iconic to America than piling in the family car and going on a road trip to the Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, or Old Faithful. Last year, visitors to National Parks contributed more than $35 billion in economic output to local communities and helped support 318,000 jobs in everything from hospitality and recreation to transportation and retail. Parks are economic engines for rural communities, however we can grow tourism and recreation economies if consumers have more money to spend and small businesses have a simpler and fairer tax code to work with.
"Lastly, tax reform and regulatory reform go hand-in-hand. Lower taxes will allow businesses to have more money to invest in our public lands, which creates jobs and also generates local revenues to benefit schools and rebuild infrastructure."
Source: Department of Interior
