text:  Revenues were not larger than they were before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Also, they were lower than had been expected by the Congressional Budget Office the previous year in their forecasts. Pretty much by all estimations, the Trump tax cuts in 2017 did not end up paying for themselves. The director of the Congressional Budget Office, who's a Republican, actually said so this month at a congressional hearing. Alan Rappaport, economic policy reporter at The New York Times. Thank you so much.