Moderate. So if you think of something youd like to ask either or both of them, please submit the question in questions box. Tell us your name and where youre tuning in from. Well answer as many questions as we can in the time we have. But before we get to the discussion between Mike Gonzalez and Michael Knowles i want to introduce a special guest to kick off the program. That special excess Heritage Foundation president , mrs. Kale coles james. Ms. James, the floor is yours. Well, good morning. I am so excited to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation and to our virtual book launch of the plot to change america. I want to thank you all but especially i want to think Michael Knowles for join us today. We are so honored to have you with us. We are so proud of Mike Gonzalez and the time and the research hat the has put into this tremendous book. Mike isnt afraid to point out what is happening to our beloved country, and he is not afraid to call out those who buy into the destructiveness
Cspans q a. This week on newsmakers, neil bradley, the chief policy officer and executive Vice President of the u. S. Chamber of commerce. Thank you very much for being here. Neil thanks for having me. Greta we still we also have with us Jeanna Smialek with the New York Times and chris with rugaber with associated press. Chris. Chris lets talk about trade. 40 of the fortune 500 has complained on earning calls and so forth about the impact of President Trumps tariffs on chinese imports and other items. How big an impact, how much is this hurting companies . I am interested how you may compare it to the benefits of the tax cut in 2017, which reduced rates on business. Have these tariffs got into a point where there almost offsetting the benefits of the tax cut . Neil they are certainly dampening the benefit of the tax cut. There are two impacts of the tariffs on business. The first is the tariffs in already in place and are at cost. The is uncertainty of additional second tariffs. That i
With what democrats want to do. Was the first markup after the long recess. It is the top of the democrats agenda. They did three bills. One was about extreme risk orders. Socalled red flag laws which would establish a Grant Program to encourage states to adopt laws so courts can take firearms from people expected suspected of being an amateur. Him some republican support and President Trump has said he would support this type of thing. Courtsl allows federal to issue these kinds of orders. Bills, one which would outlaw capacity magazines and other ammunition feeding devices. Democrats will talk about how some of the shootings were only stopped when the shooter had to some of the shooters used magazines that can hold up to 100 rounds meaning they would not have to reload often. Another bill would prevent convicted of a hate crime from owning a weapon. Are convicted of owning weapon and this would add to that if it were a hate crime or something motivated by race. That would prevent the
One was about extreme risk orders. Socalled red flag laws which would establish a Grant Program to encourage states to adopt laws so courts can take firearms from people suspected of being a danger. This has some republican support and President Trump has said he would support this type of thing. The bill allows federal courts to issue these kinds of orders. Two other bills, one which would outlaw capacity magazines and other ammunition feeding devices. Democrats will talk about how some of the shootings were only stopped when the shooter had to reload and some of the shooters used magazines that can hold up to 100 rounds meaning they would not have to reload often. Another bill would prevent people in convicted of a hate crime from owning a weapon. Felons are convicted of owning a weapon and this would add to that if it were a hate crime or something motivated by race. That would prevent them from being a gun owner. Your headline reporting the morning after. Sending guncontrol bills t
Laws. It would establish a Grant Program to encourage states to adopt laws so that courts can take firearms from people who ,re suspected of being a danger and this has some republican support not only in the house but in the senate and President Trump has also said that he would support this type of thing. That bill also allows federal courts to issue these kind of protective orders. There were two other bills, one that would outlaw large capacity magazines and other ammunition feeding devices. Democrats will talk about how some of these shootings were only stopped when the shooter had to reload and that some of these shooters used magazines that could hold up to 100 rounds , meaning they would not have to reload very often. Another one that would prevent people another bill that would prevent people who had been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime from owning a weapon. Currently, felons are prevented from owning a weapon, and this would add to that by saying if it is a misdemeanor