fundamentally reforming our tax code
Fundamentally reform the tax code.
Occurrences
support for tax policies that support working families
Evidence
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson voted in favor of H.Res. 1156, a congressional resolution expressing support for tax policies that support working families. The release says he is a cosponsor of the resolution and that it passed 219-207.
Simpson cosponsored legislation to permanently extend Section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code, described as a permanent tax break for small businesses.
Simpson called the House-passed tax bill the first comprehensive tax reform legislation to pass the House since 1986 and said the tax code was overly complex, outdated, and unfair.
The issue page says tax reform is already helping Americans through lower rates, wages, bonuses, and benefits, and it highlights the benefits of the recently passed tax law.
Assessments
The evidence shows Simpson has actively supported tax-policy changes, including cosponsoring a resolution on tax policies for working families and a bill to permanently extend Section 199A, and he previously backed the 2017 House tax overhaul as comprehensive reform. However, the promise is broad and ambitious: to fundamentally reform the tax code. The cited current-term actions are narrower, incremental, or symbolic rather than proof that he himself delivered a new fundamental tax-code overhaul in this period. His past support for major tax reform demonstrates meaningful effort and alignment with the promise, but the record provided does not establish full delivery of a fundamental reform attributable to him in the relevant current context.