Prepared Floor
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Chairman, Senate
Finance Committee
Finance Committee
On Tax Treaties and
Protocols
Protocols
Tuesday, June 25,
2019
2019
Later today, the Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to
consider four protocols to the United States’ tax treaties with Spain,
Switzerland, Japan and Luxembourg.
consider four protocols to the United States’ tax treaties with Spain,
Switzerland, Japan and Luxembourg.
I support swift action on these protocols both in Committee
and the Senate, and urge my colleagues to vote yes on them.
and the Senate, and urge my colleagues to vote yes on them.
I encourage the Committee also to take up the new tax
treaties with Chile, Hungary and Poland as soon as possible.
treaties with Chile, Hungary and Poland as soon as possible.
These new treaties will provide important benefits to U.S.
taxpayers and the U.S. government.
taxpayers and the U.S. government.
After years of discussion and debate, the time has come to
move forward on all of these bilateral agreements.
move forward on all of these bilateral agreements.
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