Eugene steuerle argues recent budget decisions have hampered the ability policymakers to solve many of todays problems. He says education, Public Welfare and housing policies are affected the most. This hour and 10 Minute Program starts now on booktv. Well, welcome. Im in a shaker dusky. Im a senior fellow here at the Humphrey School and faculty director of the public not private leadership center. We are happy to host this event today. What we are going to do is have a presentation by dr. Steuerle, some comments by a senior fellow here at the Humphrey School, our [roll call] and then some questions from you and some answers from dr. Steuerle. So let me introduce dr. Steuerle. See eugene starley mr. Richard b. Chair at the urban institute and a columnist for the government we deserve. Yesterday said the assistant secretary for tax analysis, president of the national tax association, chair of the 1999 Technical Panel at rising Social Security and its methods and assumptions. Economic co
Some comments by fellow senior fellow here at the humphrey school, art rolnick, and then some questions from you and some answers from dr. Steurle. See Eugene Steuerle is a richard b. Fisher chair and institute fell at the urban institute, and the colonists for the government we deserve. He has served as Deputy Assistant secretary of the treasury for tax analysis, president of the National Tax Association cochair of the 1999 Technical Panel advising Social Security and its methods and assumptions, economic coordinator and National Organizer of the 1984 treasury study that led to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 your present of the National Economics club, educational foundation, resident fellow at the American Enterprise institute, federal executive bill at the brookings institutiinstituti on, and a columnist for financial times. Dr. Stone is the author, coauthor and coeditor of 15 books and over 1000 articles breeze and congressional testimony. His own most recent book, dead men ruling, whi
For the week to come. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Hoyer mr. Speaker, before i inquire of the majority leader, i want to say at the outset, i have now and have had Great Respect for the majority leader. The majority leader is a person of significant intellect, he cares about this institution, cares about our country and works hard on behalf of the principles which he believes in and which his party believes in. And i have enjoyed the opportunity to work with him. We obviously, as people have seen from the colloquys from time to time, have not always agreed on what we ought to be doing. Mr. Cantor, from the state of virginia, served in his house of delegates, in his General Assembly for eight years. He served there with distinction and then was elected to the house of representatives in 2000 to succeed a good friend of mine, the former mayor of richmond, tom bliley, who mr. Cantor chaired his campaign for at least three cycles. Obviously su
And the battle between two islamist secretaislam ist sects are nothing for americans to interject themselves into. Theres a map in the Washington Post that shows the territories that show isiss operational presence, cities controlled by them. Is baghdad a tipping point. It is a tipping point. I think one of the interesting elements that everyone is watching is should they try and take baghdad. Should they really try and destroy as they want to two of the most holy shiite holy sites. That then many people say is a suicidal act by isis and it basically awakeneds a storm in the region that will be hard to shut down because it basically puts them at the tip of a population. They are winning right now because they are running into territories that are overwhelmingly sunni and they are throwing off the governorsance that has been tilted since maliki. Those two things are working together. We had, think in the Washington Post yesterday, discussion of some of the brigade kmaft comma group who
Care system. Those costs have had a tremendous effect on what the United States had so these are real debates but it doesnt diminish at all the kind of threat mike rogers said is there. Its why in my view malikis duty in representing the people i disagree that leaving congressman rogers that leaving residual troops would have made a difference in this case. We have a very naive sense that if we send troops in, that somehow the u. S. Still plays parent that all of the other pactors in these complex regions with complex neighborhoods and neighbors that like to medal inside the countries, wont happen. Thats simply not the case. We may need to i dont know how to put it but play with a little bit of humility in these cases and realize that what we need is to try to contain situations. Try to figure out how to get isis limits because i think what hes talking about reaching out to players inside English Speaking countries like the United States and uk and elsewhere and try to activate terrori