Sean Spicer: Trump economic team weighing best options for tax reform — Transcript

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1. 0:00this morning the president had a meeting
2. 0:01with uh treasury secretary minian the
3. 0:04secretary along with the National
4. 0:05Economic Council and the rest of the
5. 0:07president's team of experts have been
6. 0:09meeting uh with and hearing from
7. 0:11stakeholders on all sides of the tax
8. 0:13reform debate tax reform has been a
9. 0:15centerpiece of the president's economic
10. 0:17agenda from the beginning of his
11. 0:19campaign the team is weighing the best
12. 0:20option to develop a plan that will
13. 0:22provide significant middle class tax
14. 0:24relief and make American businesses more
15. 0:27competitive enacting the first
16. 0:29significant tax form since the 1980 is
17. 0:31going to be a serious undertaking and we
18. 0:33are at the first stages of this process
19. 0:36beginning to engage with members of
20. 0:37Congress policy group Business Leaders
21. 0:39industry constituents from around the
22. 0:41country uh and other stakeholders tax
23. 0:44reform has been a part of the political
24. 0:46discussion for years and accordingly
25. 0:48lots of people have lots of ideas about
26. 0:49it we intend to hear from them he and
27. 0:52his team will continue to meet with
28. 0:54those who support and oppose the various
29. 0:56policy options as they all sit on the
30. 0:58table because the president's committed
31. 1:00delivering results the American people
32. 1:02and American businesses will be able to
33. 1:04see and feel in their paychecks