Hello everyone this is the day the lord has made a lets rejoice and be glad. [applause] good morning. Welcome to the dedication of the museum of the bible the first worldclass museum in the history of a the world what a blessing to have you here. You will hear from wonderful people today making History Today is rededicate this museum in the of washington d. C. Area and also as the worlds museum. So as you can see we are located in the world stage theater we are coasting amazing grace. They are here with the second performance last night and will perform a limited engagement get your tickets go on line to the museum of the bible. [laughter] our mission as educational Innovative Institute our purpose is to invite all people to engage in this wonderful work recall the bible the history and its narrative and impact those are the three things you will see throughout the museum and it continues to lift up the people with those grand opening events before we created a new exhibit were policy
House Speaker Paul Ryan . This was a huge win. Ryan has said hes wanted to do tax reform basically since before he entered politics. Hes a disciple of jack kemp. He was very involved in the 1986 tax reform effort. Ryan, i saw someone tweet that yesterday was basically ryans dream since he was waiter at tortilla coast, a Mexican Restaurant on capitol hill. This was basically a lifetime goal for him and huge political win for him. He put his full weight behind this effort and got it past the house of representatives despite the fact that it some members in his own conference had some reservations over it. The attention now turns to the senate. What are some of the key differences in the bill coming out of the Senate Finance committee versus the one that passed on the house floor . The Senate Version of the tax reform has a repeal of the individual mandate, the requirement within the Affordable Care act that individuals Purchase Health insurance or tax penalty. Conservatives hate that. Th
I want to thank my children, alicia, here everyday with me in court and brought my lovely granddaughter, evangelina to new jersey, so i could remember what i had to fight on for, my son, rob, who testified on my behalf and then joined his sister in court and kept me company and even let me beat him in a round of golf. Im so blessed to have two great children. I love you so much, i cant i cant truly thank you. I want to thank my sister and her husband, pete, their presence in the bible passages my sister would send me every morning were an incredible strength to me. I want to thank the melgen family for their Constant Friendship and their faith in our innocence. I wish my dear friend, sal, success in his continuing search for justice. I want to thank my defense team as well as dr. Melgens attorneys, abbey law, ne nations premier defense attorney, who methodically tore apart the governments case, his partner, jenny cramer, former prosecutor turned advocate for justice, ray brown, whose i
Republican tax reform plan by a vote of 227205. Versionte passing their 1412. We are joined by Colin Wilhelm. How big of the when was this for House Speaker paul ryan . Guest it was a huge win. Ryan has said he had wanted to do tax reform since before he entered politics. He is a disciple of jack kemp. He was very involved in the 1986 tax reform effort. I saw someone tweet that yesterday was basically right dream dream ryans since he was a waiter at a hill. Rant on capitol this was a lifetime goal for him and a huge political win for him. He put his weight behind this effort and passed both houses. Despite the fact that some members in his own conference had some reservations. Host the attention now turns to the senate. Are the key differences between the bill coming out of the Senate Finance committee versus the one that passed on the house floor . Aest the Senate Version has repeal of the individual mandate, the root wire met within the Affordable Care act that the requirement within
House speaker paul ryan. A huge win. Ryan said he wanted to do tax reform basically since before he entered politics. He is a disciple of jack kemp, who is very involved in the 1986 tax reform effort. Ryan i saw on tweet that basically ryans dream since he was a waiter at tortilla coast, Mexican Restaurant on capitol hill. So this was basically a lifetime goal for him and a huge political win for him. He put his full weight behind this effort, and got it past the house representatives despite the fact it some members in his own conference had some reservations over it. The attention now turns to the senate. What are the key differences in the bill thats coming out of the Senate Finance committee versus the one that passed on the house floor . The Senate Version of the tax reform has a repeal of the individual mandate, the requirement within the Affordable Care act that individuals Purchase Health insurance or else face a tax penalty. Conservatives hate that, and so this was theres a pu