Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from florida. Mr. Rubio is the senate in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Rubio i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Rubio its interesting when we come here, we seem to think that everybody in america is reading the blogs and all the major newspapers of the morning. A lot of people do, but some people have lives to live. They get up early, they go to work. They listen to the news from time to time but they dont follow it closely. Thats what they hire us to do and deal with as policymakers. On this issue of syria, it strikes me, it did earlier this week when i frequent a gas station close to my house, a Little Convenience store with a coffee stand inside. A gentleman comes up to me and basically starts saying why do we care about stuff thats happening there . Its thousands of miles away. These people having fighting forever. Let them figure out. I tell you theres
Live from noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern. Yesterday the Treasury Department discussed Economic Growth and Currency Exchange rates at a form hosted by the Jack Kemp Foundation. He is introduced by foundation president. The son of former congressman. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Joining us today. My name is jim kemp. We had been around for about nine years and we have a very International Audience today. Many people in the United States remember him mostly for being an nfl quarterback for 13 years for the Buffalo Bills and most of that time in the 1960s after he have a sufficient number of concussions he decided it was appropriate to run for the United States congress. In 1970 my dad was elected for Congress Just outside of buffalo new york. And serve in congress for 18 years. Until he ran for president in 1998. Unsuccessfully losing to George Hw Bush in the primary. They served for four years. And then he went into what he called the political wilderness. In the early 90s. And he was ver
Growth, pro worker, comprehensive tax reform and i think my credential on this issue has been consistent about growing the economy. Let me highlight principles that we believe must be adhered to in tax reform. Our number one priority is moving the dial to help the middle class and their families prosper. Creating jobs, boosting wages and giving hard working middle class americans the relief they need to get ahead. The key component to this first test is any tax reform must place workers first. The benefits should not skew towards the wealthy. In fact we believe the wealthy should not receive any tax cuts in these efforts and i would say with confidence the top rated 396 should remain. Instead tax reform should be focused on raising Living Standards of middle class citizens. Any package we support must be fiscally responsible and revenue neutral as determined in a conventional revenue estimate by the joint committee on taxation. We have been hearing that tax cuts pay for themselves but
Let me thank everyone for coming here this afternoon to discuss the important topic of tax reform. And while there are those who say that theyre putting out plans with notice a lot of competition but we have seenen anything that was specific in terms of what has been discussed. I think the conclusion that staff is come to that despite what is been suggested that this more and more is unveiled in a piecemeal basis, looks as thoug. Its really actually for people at the very top. Let me start by reiterating that democrats support progrowth, proworker, comprehensive tax reform. Ograms and i think my credential on this issue has been consistent over a long career about growing the economy. Let me highlight two key principles that we believe must be adhered to in tax reform. Our number one priority in tax reform is moving the dial to help the middle class and their families prosper. That means creating jobs and boosting wages, and givingnd hardworking, middleclass americans the relief they n
There is a chapter in here on federal tax reform and many others also covering the tax treatment of healthcare and global tax competition. I want to introduce Chris Edwards was editor of Debbie Debbie debbie that downsizing. Org. Before joining cato he is a senior columnist on the congressional joint Economic Committee. Thank you for coming here i think some of you may have had to be involved in the president ial motorcade. Im going to provide a brief overview of tax reform janie foster. President trump and republicans are pursuing tax reform. The basic idea is to cut individual and business tax rates to close the loophole and to improve the treatment of savings and investments. What we need tax or from . It can spread Economic Growth which will raise Living Standards for everybody. It can simplify the code and tax reform can also increase fairness by creating more equal treatment between taxpayers. The other reason we need tax reform is because we have not had major tax reform since 1