Prospect. A month after i became majority leader i direct canned the chairs and members of our relevant committees to start drafting a package to create new american jobs with the endless frontier act serving as the core of this earth. I also this effort. I also said to everyone, to people on both sides of the aisle, that if both sides worked together, id put a bill on the floor of the senate later that spring, and thats what happened when we overwhelmingly passed the act in june of 2021. It took three weeks, lots of debate, amendments. Just as the senate ought to work even on major and difficult legislation, as this has been. Senators cantwell and wicker were tremendous leaders in this effort and skillfully managed the floor process. They deserve a great deal of praise not only for passing last years bill, but for their efforts this year as well. A year later the legislation were passing today contains many of the critical investments in that bill. Both bills make historic investments
You both raised Social Security and medicare, but jack lew told me a couple years ago that Social Security longterm is solved and from what people have paid and for some 25 years and medicare for some 10 years and, according to him, and according to federal law, i think they dont even count in the deficit because they are on separate tracks. So i think it would be helpful if you could does clear up, and this is a terrific farm to do it, and these two questions at the constitutionality of the debt ceiling legislation through the house and senate on the pay issue in payment of the public debt in Social Security, whether they have enough in their surplus from what people paid regardless of what the government is taken out, or what they have paid in counts. It is count in the deficit numbers picture trying to do something about . Who wants to go first . Congressman price. Yeah, the debt ceiling affairs. Nobody is talking about paying the data. Nobody is talking about not paying the public
Schiff says this whole thing is a colossal waste of time. I think it is just a tremendous red herring and a waste of taxpayer resources. I hope the speaker will reconsider but looks like he has bowed again to those from the fartherrest right of his conference. Bill much to discuss on that. Senior White House Foreign Affairs correspondent Wendell Goler leads coverage on the north lawn. Good morning to you. It is congressman gowdys job to lose, is that what we understand . Reporter thats what we hear. Gowdy is a former u. S. Attorney and member of the House Oversight committee which has held a number of hearings on the benghazi attacks and the aftermath and the Affordable Care act of course. South Carolina Republican is in his second term. The vote on the committee is likely to be along party lines but republican congressman Jason Chaffetz says the Obama Administration simply hasnt answered all the questions about what happened the night of the attack, and in the days and weeks after. We
I have brilliantly used those laws. I have often said on the campaign trail that i have a w fiduciary responsibility to pay no more tax than is required. In farmville virginia for tonights debate at Longwood University, phil, kick it off for us. Good morning, carol. Just in a few hours, obviously all eyes in the political world will be on that stage behind me but now of course its the candidates themselves, the president ial candidates themselves that are drawing all the attention and its about taxes. For Hillary Clintons campaign, this should be considered a win. This is the issue theyve wanted at the forefront of the campaign for week, month, begging donald trump to release his tax returns, attacking him repeatedly on the trail and in that first debate. Donald trump is trying to spin it to his favor. Take a listen to what he said yesterday in colorado. As a business person, i have legally used the tax laws to benefit, really, i mean, its to my benefit, and to benefit of my company, m
the country. and i think americans have a very serious problem with the administration using the strategic oil reserve as a band aid to try and say that they are doing something to reduce gas prices, the same time not opening up american energy resources. and one more thing goes back to a state and local issue on regulation generally of the economy, americans are looking back at the past year, republican governors wanted to open things and get people back to work and democrats and the biden administration have been dragging the feet opening up the economy and the regulations that shut down the economy and caused some inflation. so, it s a combination of all those things. sandra: quickly with president biden going after the maga agenda, kevin, on the other side, listen. i don t want to hear republicans talk about deficits and their ultra maga agenda. i want to hear about fairness, i want to hear about decency, i