After the event, Moore described the discussion as “an incredible dialogue,” telling reporters, “people are thrilled with the business provisions within the tax reconciliation bill.”

While Moore noted that impacts for individuals and families weren’t a focal point of the roundtable, he espoused OBBBA as a difference-maker for the average citizen. Moore put a spotlight on the extension of provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, namely, the child tax credit, which he said is directly supportive of middle- and lower-income Americans.

“The child tax credit was set on a timeline to go back to what it was pre-2017, but we’ve doubled that, we’ve enhanced that and now we’ve made it permanent,” Moore said.

“Those things are all really great. I would argue that they are actually quite popular. People, at least in (Utah’s 1st Congressional District), we’re a strong state that grows our families. We have a real need for the child tax credit. To see that go back to $1,000 when it’s been at $2,000 — we actually increased it to $2,200 and made it permanent.”

Moore also said that OBBBA business provisions would help companies deduct expenses for research and development, which he believes will lead to more investment and innovation in those areas. Some small businesses will be eligible for retroactive research and development expensing, provided that they file amended tax returns.

“That R&D experience is also going to create more tax revenue, because more companies are going to be participating in this,” Moore added. “There’s going to be a really strong positive effect. Those are the kind of conversations we were having upstairs with these members from various chambers and businesses across the district.”

Critics of OBBBA have cited a net increase to the national debt totaling $3.4 trillion over the 2025-2034 period (per a Congressional Budget Office report), spending cuts impacting working-class families and social services, insurance losses and more as negative impacts of the bill.

Moore addressed a number of other issues after meeting with local officials. Regarding the release of documents related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, Moore said he supported transparency but expressed concern about the protection of victims’ personal information.

“It’s not just as easy as, ‘let’s release it all,’ when there’s going to be a lot of victims who are going to be exposed from this,” Moore said. “That’s the part that’s also concerning to (House Speaker Mike Johnson), and that doesn’t get captured in everything here, too. These things are political, right? I don’t remember any of my Democrat colleagues demanding (former President Joe Biden] to release this stuff. If they feel like it could affect (President Donald Trump) in some negative way, then they’re going to continue to push it.”

While he confessed lacking the requisite legal knowledge as relates to the Epstein case, he said he would not support granting a pardon or immunity to Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for her testimony before Congress.

Regarding Utah’s electoral process, Moore expressed confidence in the state’s elections, spotlighting the efforts of Weber County Clerk/Auditor Ricky Hatch. Where reports of ICE aircraft allegedly transporting detainees from the Salt Lake City International Airport were concerned, Moore said he wasn’t aware of any such transfers having occurred.