So theyre not showing up for the meeting. I will say this, in light of the Missile Launch much, probably they will be here fairly quickly, or at least discussions will start taking place fairly quickly. I think that were in a very good position in terms of the meeting we just had over at the capitol with the republican senators. It was outstanding. I think we have tremendous support. I was just informed by mitch had a unanimous vote from the republican side at least. We had a unanimous vote on the tax bill, and it goes now, the next step. I think were going to get it passed. I think it will be passed. The senate will be very popular. It will have lots of adjustments before it ends but the end result will be massive, largest in the history of our country, tax cut, and lots of good things are going to happen, including the, bringing back to our country of, probably will end up being, over 4 trillion, money offshore thats stagnant, that companies and just not able to bring it back. So i t
House saying about this . White house officials are essentially saying that the president can do this, that its legally up to the president to make this decision. They cited the vacancies act of 1998 which gives the president broad powers to make these kinds of appointments. That now is being disputed by people like senator Elizabeth Warren who was one of the architects of dodd frank, which, in part, created the cfbb, and theres a statue in the agency which essentially says if the director is unavailable to act on the agencys behalf, then the Deputy Director steps in. Thats what it appears that Richard Cordray was doing by naming english director before his resignation. Thats the legal dispute. Theres also a controversy because of who the president appointed. The director of the omb, Nick Mulvaney, has been a very vocal critic of this agency. Heres just a taste of what he said previously. Its a wonderful example of how a bureaucracy will function if it has no accountability to anybody.