Old days when we were balancing budgets, we have another program and the federal government that i think works, but we have to clear that out. That is the earned income tax credit. Allows people at the bottom to earn more money and have an incentive. They have a higher marginal rate than those were at the top. We have to make sure that we have the incentive for people to rise, and i put them in a position that when they go to work and lose more than what they gain, and they think the system is terrible. Giving the states more flexibility and having a leader, whoever that leader is, who will share with people around the country those efforts that are anlly working to get people opportunity and begin to lift them out of poverty. Rate,hest marginal tax isnt warren buffett, isnt aaron rodgers, it is people losing . 80 on the dollar if they take a step forward. It is a huge disincentive to work. Why take the risk if youre losing so much . If you call the Welfare Department in washington, yo
Play a significant role to with those hatches already under way to modernize aging plans to increase efficiency and lower pollution as it has more conventional fuels in a clean energy economy. The epas day coulter of reach of preparation of the rulemaking was unprecedented. We hauled 11 sessions around the country and participated in hundreds of meetings with a broad range of stakeholders across the country and we talked with every state. Now the second phase has begun. Who already had dozens of calls with the stakeholders in the more formal public process. Both the Public Comment period running through october 16, 2014 and public hearings next week in atlanta and denver and washington d. C. Provides further opportunity to stakeholders and the general public each state is different cities pass can be different with those opportunities there already taking advantage of right now and under the proposal they have a flexible compliance to allow them to have considered jobs in a transitioni
Values human rights must condemn the people the actions of hamas and other terrorist groups. And the u. N. Vote this week, take a look at the 29 countries who voted to focus on israel instead of the country that is launching rockets and launching air attacks. Tell me about the concern that human rights, the cuba and venezuela have. As they voted for that resolution. Madam chairman, i want to thank you for your commitment to bringing these forward, these bills forward in a bipartisan manner, and i hope that we have the opportunity as this bill goes further to further delve into what is a very simple and straightforward proposition. That if you believe in human rights, if you believe in democracy, then you must support israels right to defend itself and you must condemn hamas. I yield back. Thank you very much, mr. Deutch. Now im pleased to recognize in the order of when they came in, mr. Schneider of illinois. Thank you. Thank you, madam chair, and i am very proud to join today and stro
They have control of significant territory. They are tested in battle. They are a serious threat and while we dont assess right now that they are doing distinct homeland plotting certainly they are open about it that theyre coming for the United States. Mike strank is a defense official and a want that to faster. I want to do something about that. I thank you for that and i think you have done a good job of outlining the reason why this matters. Its not simply about iraq but about the United States. Could you briefly if i brought people in from florida or there watching. What are we doing . What are the two or three things we are doing to address this threat which he described as a significant one to our country . What is the plan . Steamy. We need to strangle their entire network. That means their foreign fighter in particular. We had a meeting yesterday with the turks to focus on that. We have to strangle their flow into syria number two we have to deny safe haven in syria which gets
Sort of returned back to how we used to do things, going through the private phone carriers where that data exists. And i think that will give a little more ease to peoples privacy, you know, concerns out there. So i think those reforms are good. I mean, i think nsa will tell you it may impact them a little bit. Overall, with respect to mr. Snowden, i cant tell you how much damage he has done to the National Security of the United States. There is a classified document in the capitol that ive read, and it hits us on almost every level that im not allowed to go into, but causing billions of dollars of damage to us, compromising our National Security, particularly with respect to russia and china. And so hes not a hero in my book, hes a traitor, and i think the nsa has done great work over the years protecting americans. Its one reason we havent had a major attack since 9 11. And finally on oversight, i did introduce a bill with adam schiff. The Intelligence Committee is one area where t