She is an active soldier. She was able to step down from her position in congress to serve as a soldier. She is somebody who often does not follow the current. She speaks up, and has the strength to do that. And i believe she could be a very strong voice in the white house, to be able to become a begin of democracy and decency in the white house. So i am very grateful to the representative and candidate Tulsi Gabbard to join us here. We are very grateful, and we welcome her to be with us today here. [applause] ive been talking in spanish all day. And i am stuck with the language. But the open of appreciation for you being with us here, we want to give you this tshirt. New hampshire, first in the nation. Rep. Gabbard thank you very much. If there is anything you didnt understand what i said, i can explain it to you later. [laughter] rep. Gabbard muchas gracias. Can we give alejandro a round of applause, please . [applause] rep. Gabbard thank you, alejandro, for your kind introduction an
Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] i remember when i testified when i was running the cfpb to the house and the senate, some of the most fun ive ever had when i was on the hill, well do whatever the president wants us to do is what it comes down to. If the senate decides to take live witnesses and the president directs us to do it, we will. If it directs us not to, we wont. Thats how it works especially when youre in the white house. Youre at an agency outside the white house. Theres a little bit of distance but yoor inside the white house. You do what the president tells you to do. It doesnt bother me to do that. If he says go ahead, hes changed his mind on these things in the past, including whether hes going to testify for previous investigations, the russia investigation. If he asked you to testify, what would you say . Mr. Mulvaney i wouldnt say that at all. Part of me really wants to. One of the things we deal with, people ask me all the t
[applause] there is a bit of news. I was trying to remember. We will do whatever the president wants us to do. If he decides to take live witnesses, we will. Thats how you work in the white house. If you are in an outside agency, theres little bit of distance, but inside, you do what the president tells you to do. Ahead,e says to go depending on previous investigations. If he asks you to testify, what we say . What would you say . People asked me how i would handle this, and this is what its like. I want you to imagine the on tv going through the worst possible divorce you have ever heard of. And then your spouse gets to go on tv and give his or her side and you have to sit home and take it. The thats wrong, thats not even close, and you do want to go out and tell your side. Consider this your opportunity. Folks will say, why dont you testify . First, the president told us not to. But number two, who would go without your lawyer . Not knowing the rules. When you go to court, you know w
[indiscriminate chatter] rep. Neal will members and their guests please take their seats . The ways and Means Committee will come to order. That morning and welcome. We are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation and that is how to care for our loved ones as they age. It is certainly appropriate that we work to address this matter in november which is alzheimers Awareness Month and u. S. National family caregivers month. It is a deeply personal issue for many of us in the room, for those of us who have not personally struggle to ensure an older relative receive the care they need, you most certainly know someone in your life who has. Fragmented and insufficient longterm care system not only be confusing and emotionally taxing but also enormously expensive, indeed, even unaffordable. Inhome careock costs about 180,000 a year, it costs over 80,000 a year to live in a nursing home and assisted living causes 43,000 a year. These high prices certai
Ministration reacted to the news that democrats are moving forward with articles of impeachment against President Trump. Chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and attorney general william barr were both scheduled for a wall street journal event in washington, d. C. They were asked about impeachment. Were going to talk now with mick about the white house expectations for this next year but there is a lot of news to cover as well. So please welcome mick. [applause] there is a bit of news. [laughter] lets maybe start with the news. Then we can get into the agenda for the white house. Not just for this next 12 months, for a possible second term. So the congress is very busy drawing up articles of impeachment. They designed two of them, one of them has to do with ukraine and the president putting pressure im ukraine to investigate this political rival. President trump has said that he would like to see you and secretary pompeo testified in the senate. Will you and partly. Mr. Mulvaney part of me rea