This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here today. One year ago today, lyon air 610 crashed into the sea in jakarta indonesia. All 189 people on board were killed. A few months later, an Ethiopian Air flight departed, and flight 302 experienced problems shortly after takeoff and crashed. All 157 persons on board died. Both of these accidents were entirely preventible. We cannot fathom the pain experienced by the families of those 346 human beings who were lost. Many family members are here today and we appreciate their attendance. I appreciate many of them meeting with members of the committee over time. As chairman of this committee, i promise their loved ones were working to obtain a full answer as to how to prevent future tragedies. These families deserve answers, accountability and action. And the public deserves no less. The type of aircraft involved in both accidents is a 737 max 8. Manufactured by boeing. International aviation safety regulators began grounding
The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 3759 as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3759, a bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a family caregiving strategy, and for ther purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kansas, mr. Estes, and the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Courtney, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. Mr. Estes mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. R. 3759. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Estes mr. Speaker, i rise day in support of h. R. 3759, the recognize, assist, include, support, and engage Family Caregivers act o
Well, as mr. Neil pointed out the least Public Opinion poll on what youre selling here today only 27 of the American People want it. So i dont know which people youre talking but but the people of this country dont want this particular bill. They love tax reform thats fair, thats geared more toward middle income americans, that they believe will actually result in economic growth, but they dont whatnot what youre selling they dont want what youre selling but a 2009 Say Something here because mr. Cross mr. Woodl talked about the glorious process. I mean, this process is terrible. No matter how you want to look at it. Quite frankly, getting up here and saying your proud of this process, thats offensive. Thats offensive to us. I think its offensive to the American People. Thats review. Lets review the process. To start they have zero let me repeat zero hearings on. The bill was jammed through the ways and Means Committee where every single democratic amendment was blocked and member s had
When you say that all of the activity that took place on mr. Ross agreed with you that you all had task forces and you worked late into the night, after all of that, why then when you took the majority did you all not pass a healthcare measure . I just am curious. I ask you that, dr. Burgess, and i know you tried and i know the former health and Human Services director tried, but you all had the benefit of the majority and you didnt pass a healthcare measure. You spent time trying to repeal the existing healthcare measure, the Affordable Care act. I yield the gentleman will recall the white house was not of a mind to accept anything that republicans were going offer and you remember those discussions. You remember we are were working with the senate that was controlled by democrats and mr. Harry harry reid was the may and werent of a mind to we did pass a reconciliation nil december of 2015, and that reconciliation bill subsequently vetoed by president obama became the Health Care Bill
The rules Committee Comes to order the photographers asked for 80000 pictures. Mr. Chairman things and welcome to the rules committee we previously began tonights markups with hr 3312 with the equipment act of 2017 and the chairman has given the testimony now to the considerations from hr one tax cuts and jobs act this is bold pro growth bill that unleashes the Free Enterprise system so the job creators can focus on their job to create jobs and giving people the opportunity to better their lives including increasing paychecks and the opportunity to have our country not only forward but at the same time. Mr. Chairman i have characterized still for quite some time as an opportunity to take 5. 6 trillion with ten years worth of tax Code Provisions and those that might do a lot for individuals or family or business that is unleashing the economy with 5. 6 trillion for the tax provisions with an opportunity to create america and to look at us and to move that forward. Lots of people are out