Good evening. Did you know that president John F Kennedy was the most photographed leader of his day. This may not surprise you since he used photography strategically to share his values of america. It was also the golden age of photography in america and thats why this subjec is of interest to us at the Smithsonian International art museum. We focus on telling the stories of the American Experience, from folk art to photography as well as painting and sculptor and crafts and media arts. Our exhibition, american visionary John F Kennedys life and times which you can view on the second floor in the graphic arts gallery is a premier event, among many organized by the kennedy president ial library. Im the mary and director of the smithsonian apaircon art museum and sam is what we call ourselves for short. Youre in for a special treat this evening as weve assembled a distinguished group of historians and scholars debating the Kennedy Administration and its legacy. Many of you likely remem
Cspan 2. Next, gary cohen talks about the passage of the tax bill and the foridents economic agenda 2018. This event was hosted by axios. Thank you for coming in. We were just saying upstage where you are in the private sector, you had a rule about meetings. I had rules about everything. Mike was asking about the private versus the public sector. In the private sector you shorter have a memo than three pages, but you couldnt have a powerpoint longer than 10 pages. It forced you to get to the point relatively quickly and forced the conversation to get to where you want to go. Gary this was supposed to be the morning after. Tax reform has one more who to jump through. Oop. one tinyh when can we stop worrying . Gary im almost stopping worrying now. If you put this in perspective, you think about what we got done over the course of the year, you go back and read what everyone wrote where we were a year ago today. A year ago today we were starting down this tax path. We were talking about a
System. It lowers tax rates on businesses of all sizes so the job creators can focus more on bringing not only more work to their workers but also hiring more workers, increasing paychecks and growing a competitive marketplace all around the world. Were trying to expand our economy. Mr. Speaker, theres nothing more important for any member of this body than to know that the things that are happening in their own local communities are about the ability for people. People, whether they have just graduated from high school, whether theyre graduating from a technical school, whether theyre graduating from college or whether theyre looking for the second job or a longer career to be successful in the marketplace in their own area, in their own home. Not having to move somewhere to find a job but in their own community. That is what were trying to do. Were trying to increase wages for every Single Community across this country. My home of dallas, texas has been home to so many people who hav
You couldnt have a memo more than three pages, a powerpoint less than 10 pages. Its harder to Say Something concisely. Theres always one or two messages you are trying to deliver, so it made you go quickly and forced the conversation to where he wanted to go. We thought the morning after, this would still be on the president s desk. Tax reform still has one more hoops to jump through. Gary tiny. Come on. When are you going to stop worrying . Gary almost, now. Last night was a huge night. If you put things in perspective , you think about what we got done over the course of the year, you read what everyone wrote, where we were a year ago today. We were starting down this path. People were talking about, it has been 31 years since that since tax reform was being done. We were talking about a with a 20 handle on it. People said, you couldnt get below 25 . You said there is no way can make it permanent. If you think of what we have done, weve got a corporate rate down to 21 . Weve made it
Senator schumer lets see what our charts are. Look at that. Got it. Very nice charts. I would like to complement our staffs. Ok. Good afternoon, everybody, and thank you for joining us today. Now we know they are popping champagne down pennsylvania avenue. There are only two places where america is popping champagne, the white house and the Corporate Board rooms, including trump tower. Otherwise, americans have a lot to regret. First, i want to respond to some comments that senator mcconnell made on the senate floor this morning. His opening comments. First, he said, i brought them along, because they are so good to use. This is mcconnells transcript. He said, first, the senate accomplished something really remarkable. He is right. To pass a bill of tax cuts and have it be so unpopular with the American People, is an amazing achievement for the republicans. It has never been done before. To have for the first time, according to wall street journal polls, americans prefer democrats to r