WASHINGTON, D.C. (Erie News Now) -- It will be a pivotal year for tax policy as a 2017 Trump tax law is set to expire at the end of 2025. 

Congressman Mike Kelly (R- PA) is leading the way with his role as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax. Kelly and his Republican colleagues are working to extend and improve upon Trump-era tax policies from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs act (TCJA).  

“We brought tax rates down and yet revenue rose,” said Rep. Kelly. 

However, opponents to the law say it favored the rich and failed to deliver on its promise. 

Kelly disagrees. He says the TCJA brought businesses back to the U.S. with friendly tax policy, leading to increased revenue and a stronger economy. 

“They went to other parts of the world, because other parts of the world were more welcoming to them. Their own country drove them offshore. They all came home,” said Kelly. “Why’d they come home? Friendly tax policy.” 

When speaking with Erie News Now Wednesday, Kelly said Republicans want to try and preserve as much of the 2017 law as they can, while extending its provisions that expire this December.

"It had to be a seven-year program, and that's where we are right now. We're coming to the sunset of that program,” said Kelly. “The question is, do you look at something that was so good and decide, 'no,' or do you say, ‘okay, fine, it was really good. Let's make it even better.’ Let's make sure that we give the American people the advantages they need to have in a global economy that they can not only survive, but thrive. And that's what we're working on,” he added.  

In 2017, a Republican-controlled Congress passed the TCJA. It was the largest tax code overhaul in nearly three decades. The law cut the corporate tax rate to 21%, doubled standard deductions, expanded the child tax credit and capped deductions for state and local taxes at $10,000.