The book has [inaudible] thank you very much and appreciate you coming out. Thank you. [applause] thank you leslie and thank you to aubrey jenkins. The book, copies of the book are available outside, and please join us for a reception to celebrate the new book and to meet each other. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] every weekend booktv offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2. And watch any of our past programs online at booktv. Org. Michael tanner talks about the growing National Debt next on booktv. In his latest book, going for broke, the Cato Institute fellow argues for sweeping solutions to the u. S. Debt problem which focus on restructuring Social Security, medicaid and medicare. Host michael tanner, nice to be with you. So today were going to discuss your book going for broke. Maybe you could just start by talking a little bit about what prompted you to write this book. Guest well one of the things thats fr
Blessings and have a picture of my grandson hanging in my office and it was so he got to sit on the floor with me. Host would you like to say one of your kids or grand kids run for office . Guest that is up for them. I dont know. My children i am kind of wondering whether my son he is 34 and an attorney with four children and knows the strain it puts on the life. I would be very proud but i dont know i would push them that way. Illinois of the 12th district in illinois, thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. Coming up on cspan2, booktv features afterwards interview about books on economics. Next, Michael Tanner discusses going for broke deficits, debt, and the entitlement crisis then americans for tax reform president Grover Norquist book on end the irs before it ends us how to restore a low tax, high growth, wealthy america. Books about economics at 8 p. M. Eastern on booktv cspan2. Author of going for broke is interviewed by Maya Macguineas president of the committee for a r
Straight tos get stories, these arrests in saudi arabia. What we have his shocking news out of the kingdom. Chart 9472,off with stories not situation normal. Profilest of high individuals. Of. 3 . Gain the chart showing the situation allnything but normal below coverages. Kingdom holdings is the company who wasg to the prince taken into custody. He is the worlds 50th richest man. That stock was down as much as 8 . People looking very closely at the situation there. We will continue looking closely and the implications or investors as we look ahead to this aramco listing. One of our analysts that we spoke to pointing out the domestic perception of what this is is different to the international reactions. We will big deeper into that story. The markets are waking up to a brandnew week. Some pentup demand having been away on friday. Sophie after that three day weekend, japanese stocks mixed to start for the region after u. S. Stocks capped the longest streak of gains since 2013. Earnings
Remarks earlier from senator cotton and european strategy. Take you live to the floor of the house gaveling in for speeches and taking up house atve work in the 2 00 eastern time today. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. July 17, 2017, i hereby appoint the honorable scott taylor to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally parties between the debate event shall continue beyond 1 50 p. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the
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