Said one turkey representative, sir, this is the butterball hotline. [ laughter and applause the white house today attacked the ambassador to ukraine for his testimony in the impeachment inquiry, calling him a radical unelected bureaucrat. First of all, youre calling this guy radical [ laughter ] he looks like he irons his socks. [ laughter ] the most radical thing hes probably ever done is drive a different way to work. [ laughter ] also, you cant call someone a radical bureaucrat. Its like calling someone a punk rock orthodontist. [ laughter ] gop senator john cornyn today said he will not Pay Attention to attempts by House Democrats to impeach President Trump, because he is, quote, doing important things. Okay, but doing important things is definitely what you say when youre not doing important things [ laughter ] dont come in the bathroom. Im doing important things in here [ cheers and applause youll ruin the importance two associates of Rudy Giuliani appeared in court today in con
Syria. Said one turkey representative, sir, this is the butterball hotline. [ laughter ] the white house today attacked the ambassador to ukraine for his testimony in the impeachment inquiry, calling him a radical unelected bureaucrat. First of all, youre calling this guy radical [ laughter ] he looks like he iron his socks. [ laughter ] the most radical thing hes probably ever done is drive a different way to work. [ laughter ] also, you cant call someone a radical bureaucrat. Its like calling someone a punk rock orthodontist. [ laughter ] gop senator john cornyn today said, he will not Pay Attention to attempts by House Democrats to impeach President Trump, because he is, quote, doing important things. Okay, but doing important things is definitely what you say when youre not doing important things [ laughter ] dont come in the bathroom. Im doing important things in here [ cheers and applause youll ruin the importance. Two associates of Rudy Giuliani appeared in court today in connec
Mr. Portman mr. President , i want to talk tonight about a once in a Generation Opportunity we have in this senate tonight to help middleclass families, to help grow our economy, and im going to talk about the facts. Im not going to be making stuff up. Im going to talk about the real middleclass tax cuts that are in this legislation. Im going to show you charts that indicate not just what kind of tax relief is going to be there for you and your family, but whos going to pay, where the burden is. And despite what youre hearing on the floor tonight from some on the other side of the aisle, the burden of taxation actually increased in this tax bill for the wealthiest americans. And in terms of defending the status quo, which is the situation now where jobs and investment are going overseas, i think it is an outrage that this body has sat and watched company after company go overseas because of our tax code. And to say we shouldnt fix it, i dont get that. If we dont lower the rate on busin
The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Hatch mr. President , ive been listening to this debate for a long time, and i have to admit its been interesting. But its been prolonged to way beyond where it should have been. My friends on the other side very much make much about this process, demeaning the members and staff who really put it together. This bill was marked up in the finance committee. It is the first reconciliation bill to be processed in committee in the senate in over 12 years. During that period, democrats held power for eight of those years. Republicans four of those years. The reconciliation bill that made up part of the Affordable Care act never went through the finance committee. That reconciliation bill never went through any real senate process. Now to be fair, the Affordable Care act repeal bill that my side proposed didnt go through the finance committee either. As difficult as it was, as chairman, i put out a chairmans mark, modified it, permitted debate
Finance committee. It is the first reconciliation bill to be processed in committee in the senate in over 12 years. During that period, democrats held power for eight of those years. Republicans four of those years. The reconciliation bill that made up part of the Affordable Care act never went through the finance committee. That reconciliation bill never went through any real senate process. Now to be fair, the Affordable Care act repeal bill that my side proposed didnt go through the finance committee either. As difficult as it was, as chairman, i put out a chairmans mark, modified it, permitted debate and amendments, and put it to a vote. All in conformity with committee rules. We had a full senate debate, amendments, and votes. So i dont want to hear tonight or any time that the process deteriorated. It didnt deteriorate. Im going to insert. A senator would senator hatch yield for a question . Mr. Hatch not just yet. I want to finish these remarks. Im going to insert in the record