DES MOINES, IA — Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) on Tuesday welcomed Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling to Iowa’s Third District for visits to Auto-Jet Muffler Corporation in Clive and Whiskey River Bar & Grille in Ankeny. During the tour, Rep. Nunn and Acting Secretary Sonderling met with Iowa workers, manufacturers, and restaurant employees to discuss how the Working Families Tax Cuts are helping workers keep more of what they earn through tax relief on overtime and tips while giving small businesses greater certainty to invest and grow.
Full details on the visit are available here. B-roll is available here and embedded below.
“The best way to measure whether a policy is working is to hear directly from the people it’s affecting,” said Rep. Nunn. “Today’s conversations made it clear that working families are keeping more of what they earn through tax relief on overtime and tips, while Iowa manufacturers and small businesses have the certainty they need to invest, expand, and create good-paying jobs. That’s exactly what we set out to accomplish.”
“President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts are igniting economic growth and delivering results for American workers,” said Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling. “This Administration’s pro-growth policies like full expensing of new equipment and capital expenditures are benefitting Iowa businesses, while Americans are keeping more of their hard-earned paychecks thanks to no federal tax on tips or overtime. Under the President’s leadership, the Department of Labor will continue to support a wave of new investments and jobs that will spur growth in the Hawkeye State and nationwide.”
At Auto-Jet Muffler Corporation, which manufactures specialized aftermarket exhaust systems for trucks and heavy equipment, Rep. Nunn and Acting Secretary Sonderling walked the production floor with Owner John Rapp and General Manager Kelle Vos. Discussions focused on the law’s permanent 20 percent small business deduction, expanded incentives for capital investment, and the new tax deduction for overtime income.
The pair later met with servers, restaurant owners, and hospitality leaders at Whiskey River Bar & Grille in Ankeny to discuss the law’s new deduction for tip income, allowing eligible workers to deduct up to $25,000 in qualified tip earnings and keep more of what they’ve earned.
B-roll from the visit is available here and photos are available here.
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