distancing herself from the clintons while trying to keep moving forward in a race where she fumbled because of naming victims of sexual assault, fired someone from her campaign. so it is local at the senate level but it is a different map, and on the issue of the economy, look, we saw democrats try to capitalize on this with the issue of national debt. $776 billion. that number is expected to go to a trillion dollars next year. republicans i talked to, including the senate majority leader are talking about cutting entitlements. that s something that i think you re seeing the democrats try to shift the conversation to in the closing home stretch of the midterm race. one other point on the border, after accusing the democrats wanting to open borders, the president wrote a tweet. if the democrats would stop being obstructionists and come together, we could write up and agree to new immigration laws in
now, i just mentioned those two investments in pre-k at $76 billion, in higher education at $60 billion. we could make that decision that contributions. that s more than double just for perspective and context what senator cruz has brought in. ben is here with a question about that. he s a second year medical student at the university of texas rio grande valley. hello. hi there. congressman o rourke, i listened to you talk about bringing other people along, working together, investing in the success of others. i ve seen a lot of publicity recently about the $63 million
country, that s not right. when you have a junior senator who wants to turn our tax dollars into vouchers, take them out of those classrooms, away from those public schoolteachers at a time when we desperately need more, not less investment, that s not right. so a higher minimum wage so that you can work one job and focus on that and investing in the next generation, and investment in education, starting public education not in kindergarten but in pre-k. now, that doesn t come cheap. it s not easy to do. but it s an investment that pays dividends. if we put $76 billion up over the next 10 years for every dollar we put in, we get $9 back. that s a $650 billion return on that $76 billion that we put in. that ensures that we have the educated workforce for the future. some kids on the first day of kindergarten start 12 months behind in reading comprehension. ten months back in math. i d rather follow the lead of communities like san antonio and move that starting line back so it s the sam
table could cut substantially more. the deficit is up 17% this year to 7$779 billion. that s the worst since 2012 when the country was deficit spending to save the economy. the problem now is the economy is roaring, thanks to the president s tax cut. corporate tax collection down $76 billion, meanwhile spending increased. mainly deficit spending. the white house said it will cut spending to make up the difference. they fear that means cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid. and mitch mcconnell says it is time to look at those so-called entitlements. there has been a bipartisan reluctance to tackle entitlement changes because of the popularity of those programs. hopefully at some point here, we ll get serious about this. those three programs make up 70% of the u.s. budget. thank you. a former u.s. ambassador
with a 5% cut. get rid of the fat. get rid of the waste. that s a very, very important request that i m making of everybody sitting around the table. that was the cabinet meeting yesterday. trump added some people at table could cut substantially more. the deficit is up 17% this year to $779 billion. that s the highest, the worst, since 2012 when the country was spending to stimulate the struggling economy. it is not necessarily the spending side of the equation, but taking inside of the equation. this is largely thanks to tax cuts. tax revenue was flat this year and corporate tax collection fell by $76 billion. spending increased from defense spending. the white house will eventually cut wasteful spending. that makes progressives nervous. that is code for big cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid. majority leader mitch mcconnell