Hooley and castro, and vermont senator Bernie Sanders. This is almost two hours. [applause] up, youa quick heads have two minutes, then questions. Try to do the questions in spanish and english. You have two minutes. Thank you. Thank you to domingo, cindy, and all our lulac chapters. It is great to see you in milwaukee. [applause] know, i have aou twin brother, but he says the way to tell us apart is i am one minute uglier than he is, which is not true. I am happy to be here for a conversation about the future of our country. We had our first president ial debate and i said that i was happy to be there and that my presence on that stage marked some of the tremendous progress we have made as a Latino Community, and the question before us in the next few months is what kind of country do we want to become. I am able to stand on the stage and you can do the work you have done and achieve the dreams you have achieved because generations have worked for progress in our country to make sure
Senate is ready to meet with executive nominations, votes coming up at noon eastern. Live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. Reverend brooks let us pray. O god, we first thank thee for another day of life. We thank you for the chance to bring joy and opportunity to someone elses journey. Lord, guide these Public Servants within the United States senate. Please lead them as they lead us to a better and more peaceful landscape. Create, o god, within all of us the zeal to make our communities around this country more stable. Remove from us, o god, any personal animosity that might prevent us from acting as my brother or sisters keeper. We ask your healing on those members of this legislative body who are injured or sick. We ask, o lord, that you would extend comfort and peace to those families that have been affected by the tragedy in sutter link springs, texas, even in the midst of this tragedy. We thank you, that those 26 fellow sojourners are in your loving presence, a celestial pl
The speaker pro tempore the house will be the speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 600, the amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as adopted and the bill as amended shall be considered read. The bill shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce and the chair and ranking minority member on the committee on ways and means. The gentleman from minnesota, mr. Paulsen, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. Levin, will each control 15 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. Mr. Paulsen i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extrages you materials on the bill into the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Paulsen i rise in support of h. R. 849, the protecting seniors access to medicare act this discussion is not new, members. Republica
The subject of my special order. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Jay pharoah ms. Jayapal thank you, mr. Speaker. Today the republicans released their tax plan and unsurprisingly it is a giftwrapped tax cut to the rich. Christmas came early, mr. Speaker. From huge Corporate Tax cuts to the elimination of the alternative minimum tax paid by the wealthiest americans, this tax plan will hurt our economy and prioritize the top earners in our country. But there is one person, maybe a group of people, that are very, very thrilled about this tax plan, mr. Speaker. Mr. At person is moneybags. Here else. Mr. Moneybags is really going to benefit from this tax plan. And, first of all, the president himself will greatly benefit from the tax plan. Its impossible to know exactly how much, because we still dont have his tax returns. He has refused to release them. And we would really appreciate and we demand, frankly, that the American People know exactly how much hes going to benefit from
The elimination of the alternative minimum tax paid by the wealthiest americans, this tax plan will hurt our economy and prioritize the top earners in our country. But there is one person, maybe a group of people, that are very, very thrilled about this tax plan, mr. Speaker. Mr. At person is moneybags. Here else. Mr. Moneybags is really going to benefit from this tax plan. And, first of all, the president himself will greatly benefit from the tax plan. Its impossible to know exactly how much, because we still dont have his tax returns. He has refused to release them. And we would really appreciate and we demand, frankly, that the American People know exactly how much hes going to benefit from this tax plan. Mr. Speaker, as the vice chair of the House Budget Committee, i saw firsthand how republicans rammed through a budget bill that paved the way for the massive ryanmcconnell tax giveaway to the wealthy. Frankly, as a new member, i find it an affront to the legislative process, an aff