Members met senate to reconcile bills. Orrin hatch chairs the finance reportersand told that then reached agreements on how to overhaul the code. The Senate House Committee will come to order. I am deeply honored to chair this Conference Committee, the first Tax Reform Conference Committee in 31 years and to be here with you as we move forward with this historic effort. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to take a moment to welcome everyone and discuss the format of todays meeting. I also would like to thank the members of congress joining us today from both sides of the of the and both sides aisle. I think all the members of the house and senate and our professional staff who worked so for the pasteform several years. In particular, the members of the ways and Means Committee and senator hatch in the finance committee. We will begin todays meeting with the opportunity for each country to make an Opening Statement of up to three minutes. In order to ensure each country has an
As we take you through the latest on that front. We want to hear from you about your immigration policy priorities. Give us a call. Tell us what those priorities are. Democrats, 2027488000 is the number for you. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter, its at twitter. Com cspanwj. On facebook, its facebook. Com cspan. And a very good Tuesday Morning to you. You can start calling in now with your immigration policy priorities as we take you to ed okeefe on the phone joining us. Hes a congressional reporter with the Washington Post. You had an article earlier this week previewing the woe that the immigration debate would be playing in the current round of budget talks. At this point, does it appear hat a daca fix and immigration fixes are going to happen alongside a larger budget deal . Caller guest too soon to say but everyone seems to be heading in that direction. Some who have been working on this issue for several y
Environment of being able to write your state and local taxes off. It would hurt millionaires in the state if you added a tax to them, give them another reason to leave the state. Chris christie by the way bemoaned that. Be that as it may, well get details from the governor shortly. Expected to be imitated across the country by other democratic governors coming in. Virginia is looking at that. A virginia democrat taking charge on saturday. Way too early to tell where all of this is going. What is not too early, look what is happening at corner of wall and broad for the second time this year the dow hit another milestone. Weve been in and out of it since. Now 25,971. This is seven trading days after 25,000. By the way it is the 8th 1000 point milestone since election day. The 7th since the president was inaugurated. Among some of the companies were looking at moving up smartly, a lot of people say based on tax cuts that are improving the bottom line, United Health an citigroup, merck al
Present trump threatens to destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a mission to destroy himself and his regime. The United States is ready, willing, and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary. Vonnie here to talk more about these unusually stark pronunciations is Kevin Cirilli. He is in washington. Here in the studios is bill ferry. I have to start with you because we have heard this before with the fire and fury rhetoric that we heard. And not provoke as much as we might thought it would have. What is the difference . The u. N. Ally you go to and thats a body that was created for countries to work together. Some of the rhetoric we heard from President Trump was unusual in the sense that he said countries can go their own way, but one exception to that clearly for trump was north korea, which said the u. S. Is capable of wiping off the planet or destroye destroying. That is not a message frequently heard from a u. S. Leader. Vonnie he said this is hopefully not something necessar
Speaker ryan good afternoon. This is an historic day, a day that is a long time in coming. Day,ct, it was on this under this dome, in 1986, that congress to the final vote on the last overhaul of our tax code. That long. After that vote, president reagan said americans would finally have a tax code they could be proud of. It was true then, but things look very different today, dont they . Instead of a source of pride, our tax code has become a constant source of frustration. It is too big. It is to confiscated. It is too expensive. Today, we are taking the next step to liberate americans from our broken tax code. This unified framework delivers a new tax code that is simple, that is fair, that is progrowth and profamily. Cutting taxes on hardworking americans so you can keep more of your own hardearned paycheck. Simplifying the tax code so that you can file your taxes on a forum the size of a postcard. Reforming our tax system so businesses, particularly small asinesses, can gain Compe