Mr. Coons mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent that the proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated and upon the conclusion of my remarks, the senator from rhode island be recognized prpb withouthe presiding officer . The quorum call is lifted. Mr. Coons i rise today to express my deep concern with the tax reform bill that the Senate Finance committee is likely to approve later this week. The latest version of this massive tax bill which will impact every single american was only released to the public late tuesday night, less than 48 hours later, the finance committee is ramming through this bill on a Party Line Vote without any hearings and without a thorough review of the bill. I strongly disagree with this process, with this closeddoor process of developing the substance of the bill which skews the benefits to the wealthy at the expense of middleclass families and with this bills irresponsible cost of 1. 7 trillion ove
Defense department testified on the management of the departments annual budget of 600 billion. And why he thinks its important to conduct and audit. This is an hour and 45 minutes. O order. We welcome the committee will come to order. The Committee Welcomes mr. David norquist, undersecretary of defense and comptroller as our witness today. The topic is the audit of the department of defense which by law begins this fiscal year. I would say its not by accident the committee would start our year on this topic. Requiring the Department Conduct an audit has been a bipartisan requirement of this committee for some time. From 1990 it required all federal departments conduct a financial audit and partly with frustration of the lack of that in 2010 they required the audits be ready by 2017. They put close scrutiny on the departments efforts and issued a number of recommendations to allow us to arrive at this point. The 2014 required an audit be required of the departments fy 18 Financial Stat
Departments annual budget of 600 billion. And why he thinks its important to conduct and audit. This is an hour and 45 minutes. O order. We welcome the committee will come to order. The Committee Welcomes mr. David norquist, undersecretary of defense and comptroller as our witness today. The topic is the audit of the department of defense which by law begins this fiscal year. I would say its not by accident the committee would start our year on this topic. Requiring the Department Conduct an audit has been a bipartisan requirement of this committee for some time. From 1990 it required all federal departments conduct a financial audit and partly with frustration of the lack of that in 2010 they required the audits be ready by 2017. They put close scrutiny on the departments efforts and issued a number of recommendations to allow us to arrive at this point. The 2014 required an audit be required of the departments fy 18 Financial Statements the results of list are to be delivered next ye
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Plans to use innovation to transform every aspect of cocacola, change its culture while managing a global checkerboard of regulations and tax regimes. Cocacola operates in a lot of Different Countries which means there are a lot of different regulatory schemes that you have to adapt to those. First, in the United States. The tax cuts, how does it affect cocacola . James we are still working through the numbers. Our tax rate last year was 24 . It is not the biggest change to us. Because we are an International Company the absolute rate has not affected us as perhaps more domesticallyfocused enterprises. But we are positive on moving the territorial system. We think that the indication is positive in the long run. To the extent it helps create more demand, that will be good news. We are still working through the numbers we will lay out on our earnings call. Of course we are part of having some of the money overseas, but in the end, if we generate more economic growth, that will lift all