Republicans. His greatest title is former chairman of the ways and means committee. I am proud, were all proud of our speaker and friend, paul ryan. [ applause ] first, i want to do a back at you. I want to thank the man in the house who made this day possible, our joyful field general from houston, our good friend and leader kevin brady. Thank you so much. [ applause ] ive got to say, this is nothing short of extraordinary. Let me just tell you, getting 218 members to agree on something as complicated as the most well, we needed 218. Let me rephrase it. Getting 227 members to agree on something as complicated. This country has not rewritten its tax code since 1986. The powers of the status quo in this town are so strong, yet 227 men and women of this congress broke through that today. That is powerful. Of course, i want to thank not just the members who made it possible. I want to thank the president. I want to thank his transportation. And i want to thank our partners in the senate w
All right. What a country and what a day. Today we are one step closer to better jobs and more opportunity for every american. Mr. Curbelo and today is a big day for so many in this country, especially for those who have been struggling to get by, who havent been able to get ahead, who have read about the economic recovery for years but have never experienced it. Today is a great day for them. [speaking spanish] mr. Curbelo now, i want to introduce [applause] you know how to say ways and means in spanish . [speaking spanish] ways and means, kevin brady. Mr. Brady thank you, buddy. [applause] this is an incredibly exciting day for the American People. It would not be here for them without incredible leadership from speaker ryan and our leadership team, our members in the house and especially i want to thank the 24 members of the house ways and Means Committee, republicans, amazing job. [applause] mr. Brady think about it, for the first time in three decades, the house just voted to pass
Jobs and more opportunity for every american. Today is a big day for so many in this country, especially been struggling to get by, who havent been able to get ahead, who have read about the economic recovery for years but have never experienced it. Today is a big day for them. [speaking spanish] [cheering] you know how to say ways and means in spanish . Ways and means, kevin brady. [cheers and applause] this is an incredibly exciting day for the american heree, and it would not be for them without incredible leadership from speaker ryan him speaker ryan and our members in the house. I especially want to thank the 24th in verse of the house ways and Means Committee, the republicans. An amazing job there. The first time in three decades, the house has voted to pass sweeping tax reform bills. Willst passed a bill that bring relief, simplicity and fairness to americans in every corner of this country. We took a major step toward delivering more jobs, your paychecks and a stronger economy
2027488001 is your number this morning. You can also join us on twitter if youd like at twitter. Com cspanwj or post your omments on facebook. Com cspan. Republicans only this morning will start off the show with just hearing their voices on the possible back and forth between republicans and democrats on allowing undocumented youth to say here in exchange for the wall. Does any deal have to claw wall . The Washington Times frames it this way this morning. Democrats back off wall for better deal on dreamers. Senate dreamers on wednesday backed off their red line host though the president said it can be built much faster and cheaper. Here is the minority whip in the house, steny hoyer of maryland yesterday talking about this. He held a News Conference with socalled dreamers. Heres what he had to say. Senator feinstein said to the president , mr. President , youve greed were going to do this in two phases. One being the dreamers and the second being comprehensive Immigration Reform of a
[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] the committee will come to order. Before we get started i want to offer our deepest condolences to those impacted by yesterdays tragic shooting. Our hearts go out to the victims and their loved ones. Please know you are in our prayers. Its our honor to welcomes elimination to testify on the 2019 Budget Proposal for the Treasury Department. We appreciate your time and look for to testimony. The annual hearing plays a key role in our work on behalf of the American People. We have important work ahead of us. Last year you said your number one priority was Economic Growth for america. Then and now we sure that priority. Last year working together with you we overhauled our nations tax code for the first time in 31 years. We now have a tax code built for growth to deliver were jobs the bigger paychecks to americans nationwide. Families can keep more of their money until their income exceeds 61000 until their