claim: says u.s. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."
author: michael mccaul
evidence_1: aug 7, 2017 ... trump would like to lower the corporate tax rate to 15 percent, and ryan has  reportedly said that 20 percent to 25 percent is more realistic.
evidence_2: aug 31, 2017 ... trump says the us has the highest corporate tax rate in the world. ... remarks,  trump referred to the us's 35 percent statutory corporate tax rate.
evidence_3: sep 18, 2017 ... french noted that the u.s. corporate tax rate of 35 percent is the highest in the  industrialized world, and that u.s. companies pay almost 39 ...
evidence_4: sep 9, 2014 ... that fits our bill for a proxy for "the free world. ... with a 39.1 percent corporate tax  rate, compared to an oecd average of 24.1 percent. ... bolling said the united  states has "the highest corporate tax rate in ... politifact texas, "michael mccaul  says u.s. corporate tax rate is world's highest at 35 percent," nov.
evidence_5: mar 9, 2017 ... their average effective tax rate was 33.6 percent. .... he could have said the  same about telecommunications companies. ... at the time, that was their lowest  sustained level as a share of the economy since world war ii. ... about 60 percent  of these u.s. companies paid higher foreign tax rates on their ...