I will use my experience to ensure that businesses thrive in West Tennessee.
Will use his experience to ensure that businesses thrive in West Tennessee.
Occurrences
He will continue working to advance these provisions as Congress moves into the next round of reconciliation.
Evidence
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"Having served as our United States Attorney, I know just how important it is we work together to keep our community safe, secure, and prosperous." The site also links a standing issue area for "Strengthening Our Rural Economy."
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In the "Creating Jobs" section, Kustoff says: "As a small businessman, I understand the importance of having an environment that allows job creators to create and grow businesses." He adds that "we passed historic tax cuts" and that "West Tennessee is beginning to see the benefits."
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GovInfo lists David Kustoff as sponsor of H.R. 2767, introduced in the House on April 20, 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code to modify the exclusion for gain from qualified small business stock; the bill was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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GovInfo lists David Kustoff as sponsor of H.R. 2681, introduced in the House on April 18, 2023, and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Committee on Ways and Means.
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The Clerk's roll call for H.R. 1 shows the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed the House on Nov. 16, 2017, and lists Kustoff (TN) as voting Yea.
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The Clerk's roll call for H.R. 1 shows final House concurrence in the Senate amendment to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed on Dec. 20, 2017, and lists Kustoff (TN) as voting Yea.
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The site’s latest news item says Kustoff introduced the Small Business Tax Cut Act (H.R. 8415) on April 23, 2026, and says the bill would lower taxes for millions of small businesses, farmers, and independent professionals by expanding the qualified business income deduction.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8415, the Small Business Tax Cut Act, as introduced in the House on April 21, 2026 by Mr. Kustoff and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means; the short title and full title identify the measure as a small-business tax cut bill to increase the qualified business income deduction.
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On April 23, 2026, Kustoff said he introduced the Small Business Tax Cut Act (H.R. 8415) to expand the Section 199A qualified business income deduction for small businesses, farmers, and independent professionals. The release also says those provisions were included in the House-passed version of the One Big Beautiful Bill and remain part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the small business deduction.
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The House website's latest news section lists a June 9, 2026 press release announcing H.R. 9176, the Providing Analogous Rules for Digital Assets Act, and says the bill is designed to modernize the Internal Revenue Code and treat digital assets consistently with comparable traditional financial instruments.
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GovInfo records that on June 8, 2026, Mr. Kustoff introduced H.R. 9176 and that it was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. The bill's full title says it would clarify tax rules for the trading of digital assets.
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as passed 218-214 on July 3, 2025, and lists Representative David Kustoff of Tennessee voting Aye.
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 1 as becoming Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025. Its summary says the act makes the qualified business income deduction permanent, includes rural and Main Street business tax provisions, and changes business-related federal tax rules.
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farmers, health care providers, manufacturers, law enforcement officers, small business owners, and civic leaders
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Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Miller of Ohio, and Mr. Yakym) introduced the following bill
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The bill passed the Committee 38-5.
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Kustoff | Kustoff | Republican | TN | Yea
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This legislation will boost domestic mining and mineral processing capacity
Assessments
Kustoff has taken concrete pro-business federal actions while serving as representative, including sponsoring small-business tax bills, voting for major tax packages, and supporting enacted business-facing tax provisions such as the permanent qualified business income deduction in Public Law 119-21. However, the promise was broad and outcome-based: ensuring that businesses thrive in West Tennessee. The evidence shows legislative effort and some enacted business tax policy consistent with the promise, but it does not establish that West Tennessee businesses measurably thrived or that Kustoff's actions fully caused such an outcome. This supports partial credit in the same term rather than full delivery.
The promise is broad and outcome-focused: to use his experience so businesses would thrive in West Tennessee. The evidence shows clear pro-business action while in office, including Kustoff's votes for the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and his sponsorship of several small-business and tax-related bills in 2023 and 2026. That supports candidate credit for materially pursuing the promise. But most later bills were only introduced or referred, and the record provided does not show that he actually ensured a measurable thriving outcome for West Tennessee businesses. Because there is meaningful in-office action and at least one major enacted pro-business vote, but not proof of the full promised result, the best judgment is partial fulfillment in the same term context.
Kustoff has repeatedly advanced pro-business legislation and supported major tax-cut measures, including sponsoring or introducing small-business tax bills and voting for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. That shows real effort to improve the business climate in West Tennessee, but the record provided does not show a completed, measurable outcome that businesses are thriving because of his actions, so this is partial credit rather than full delivery.
Kustoff took concrete federal actions aligned with the promise, including voting for the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and introducing multiple small-business tax bills in 2023 and 2026. Those actions show a sustained effort to improve the business climate for small businesses and job creators, including in West Tennessee. However, the promise was broad and outcome-based, and the evidence does not show that West Tennessee businesses actually 'thrived' as a measurable result of his actions, nor that his later introduced bills were enacted. This supports partial credit rather than full delivery.
Kustoff took identifiable pro-business actions in office, including voting for the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and introducing small-business tax legislation in 2023. These actions align with using his office and experience to support a better business climate in West Tennessee. However, the promise was broad and outcome-based, and the evidence does not establish that businesses in West Tennessee were actually ensured to thrive or that the promised result was fully achieved. The best supported finding is partial delivery through legislative support and effort, not full fulfillment.