Senator howard baker jr. Senator baker passed away today. Howard baker served this country well, and he served it in a fashion that was worthy of admiration, from both parties, all people because he was an american first, a tennessean second and a republican third. He served three terms in the United States senate, served as majority leader and minority leader. He served as United States ambassador to japan. Served as chief of staff to president Ronald Reagan. He was a private practicing attorney as well at the firm of bakerdonaldson, which was a firm his grandfather started and practiced law at one time with his father who served as a United States representative from tennessee. Howard bakers been recognized since his retirent from the senate many occasions and received the president ial medal of freedom and has received other awards. His was a life well lived and a life to be demonstrated to others as a role for legislators to work with both sides of the aisle and work for america fi
I want to work with democrats and republicans. My favorite president was the first republican president. This is not a statement about partisanship. This is a statement about america and what we are fighting for. Im not going to let gridlock and inaction and willful indifference and greed threaten the hard work of families like yours. We cant afford to wait for congress. I am moving ahead without them wherever i can. [applause] thats why i required federal contractors to pay 10. 10 an hour. That is why i made sure more women had the protections they need to fight for fair pay in the workplace. [applause] that is why we launched more hightech manufacturing jobs. Some of you may have read that when we take these actions and now republicans are mad at me for taking these actions. They are not doing anything. Now they are mad that i am doing something. Im not sure which of the things i have done are most offensive. Theyve decided theyre going to sue me for doing my job. In the heat of the
Learned with Recreational Marijuana sales, giving a series of passes as well. Onst yes, the tax rate Recreational Marijuana in colorado was more than 30 . Certain cities have different tax rates, but marijuana sold in denver can be taxed upwards of 35 . Contrast that to medical marijuana, which only has the state sales tax thats less than three percent. So the price of Recreational Marijuana versus medical is substantially different, mostly because of the tax rate. Is substantially different, mostly because of the tax rate. It is also a supply and de it is also supply and demand. You have a limited amount of stores, a limited amount of supplies, so youre seeing these dramatic price differences. That is one of the reasons medical marijuana is probably not going away. The price is significantly cheaper. Than 20 to keep your medical registration. If you are a happy user of marijuana, it makes a lot of sense to stay in the medical market. That is why, when you step into one of these dispen
You can make your thoughts known on our social media pages. We had about 400 respondents so far. You can make your thoughts known there. Us atn always email journal cspan. Org. You, many have laws in place to deal with marijuana for medicinal use. It was colorado and Washington State through the amendment process that allowed for the sale of marijuana for Recreational Use. Other states are looking at that as well across the United States. Experience. An polling on a look at this topic, if you look at the Pew Research Center, they put up a poll in april. They asked people if marijuana should be ill legal. That is 54 . Should beng it is illegal is 42 . Look at the trends. Those saying it should be legal, that has risen significantly. The currentus to figures. We will talk with the colorado experience. Maybe your state already has laws or they are considered. Thed you support legalization of Recreational Marijuana . We are divided by region this morning. The east andyou in those of you in
There is some things are complicated. This is not one of them. Lets make sure every for old america has access to highquality preschool. So that moms like rebecca know their kids are getting the best quality care and getting a head start on life. Lets redesign our high schools to make sure their kids are better prepared for the 21st century economy. Lets follow the lead of senator franken. [applause] lets tell every american that lost a job because it was shipped overseas, we will train you for an even better when. [applause] lets rally around the patriotism it says our country is stronger when every american can count on Affordable Health insurance. And medicare. And social security. And women earn equal pay and a family can make ends meet if their kids get sick. When nobody who works fulltime is living in poverty. Let me just wrap up by saying this. I know sometimes things get discouraging. I know that our politics looks her family rogan and washington looks like it is never going to