He also emphasized his commitment to making the Trump tax cuts permanent
Make the Trump tax cuts permanent.
Occurrences
Selected Memorials Consensus Calendar Motions ... Roll Call 154 | Bill Number: H. R. 7567 ... Vote Question: On Passage Farm, Food, and National Security Act
Evidence
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TITLE VII--FINANCE ... Chapter 1--Providing Permanent Tax Relief for Middle-class Families and Workers ... Sec. 70101. Extension and enhancement of reduced rates. Sec. 70102. Extension and enhancement of increased standard deduction. Sec. 70104. Extension and enhancement of increased child tax credit. Sec. 70105. Extension and enhancement of deduction for qualified business income. Sec. 70106. Extension and enhancement of increased estate and gift tax exemption amounts.
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(Mr. MESSMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute ... ) Mr. MESSMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the massive benefits ... thanks to the passage of the working families tax cuts ... I look forward to more opportunities to deliver tax relief ...
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This bill makes permanent the increased standard tax deduction amounts enacted in 2017 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. ... Under the bill, the increased standard tax deduction statutory base amounts ... are made permanent.
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Section 70101 amended IRC section 1(j) to strike the January 1, 2026 sunset and change the heading to 'Beginning After 2017,' making the reduced individual rates permanent; related provisions also extended other TCJA-era tax cuts on a permanent basis.
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Rep. Mark Messmer said he was 'so pleased' the House had passed the legislation and celebrated the benefits constituents would receive from the 'working families tax cuts,' framing the enacted package as tax relief delivered in his term.
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GovInfo records H.R. 1 as Public Law 119-21 approved July 4, 2025. Title VII, Subtitle A includes Chapter 1, Providing Permanent Tax Relief for Middle-Class Families and Workers, with sections extending reduced rates, the standard deduction, the child tax credit, qualified business income deduction, and estate and gift tax exemption amounts; section 70101 removes the January 1, 2026 sunset for reduced rates.
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The Clerk's roll call for H.R. 1 shows the July 3, 2025 vote on concurring in the Senate amendment to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed 218-214, and lists Messmer, Republican of Indiana, voting Aye.
Assessments
Public Law 119-21, enacted July 4, 2025 during Messmer's House term, permanently extended central Trump-era Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions including reduced individual rates, increased standard deduction, child tax credit, qualified business income deduction, and estate and gift tax exemption amounts. Messmer voted Aye on final House concurrence and later publicly celebrated the enacted tax package as delivered tax relief, tying his federal service to the outcome. This satisfies the promise to make the Trump tax cuts permanent.
The promise was to make the Trump tax cuts permanent. Public Law 119-21 was enacted on July 4, 2025, during Messmer's federal House term, and made permanent major TCJA provisions including reduced individual rates, increased standard deduction, child tax credit changes, QBI deduction, and estate/gift tax exemption amounts. Messmer also publicly celebrated the enacted tax package as delivered tax relief. Because the substantive outcome passed during his term, this counts as delivered with same_term timing.
The promised outcome was to make the Trump tax cuts permanent. Public Law 119-21, enacted July 4, 2025 during Messmer's House term, permanently extended major 2017 TCJA provisions including reduced individual rates, the increased standard deduction, child tax credit enhancements, qualified business income deduction, and estate and gift tax exemption amounts. Messmer also publicly celebrated the enacted tax legislation as delivering tax relief, so the outcome was fulfilled in the same term rather than merely attempted.