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Well see if anyone can get below 60 degrees this morning. Your commute for the day today, a very easy go from the weattr departm theres only the tiniest chance for a stray mid afternoon shower or two. No thunderstorms, no heat, hasz or midity. On the whole, Melissa Mollet a finelooking day coming our way for today and looks like the great weather will hang arou to the weekend. Ten day forecast later in the half hour. No troubles. Today, mollet im trying. Wouldnt i love to tell you no troubles. We have a brand new problem right w. No inner loop near van dorn street two left lanes blocked. So warning for you if youre headed out some time soon, we have a little bit of a slow down from t bottomf the belt road. Brandywine street, tree down. Still have that road closed right now. As you look at,washington northbound 295 between the beltway and overlook avenue southwest there two le lanes getting by that milling project. Adam . Melissa, thank you very much. This morning, Fairfax County police
Down near 50 there. Northwest broad branch at brandywine, still have the tree down, roadclosed. The work speaks for itself. Any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. And the report is my testimony. That, of course, former special Counsel Robert Mueller and he will do the thing today he clearly said back in may there he did not want to do. He will testify befo congress about that russia investigation. Thats right. Mueller will be a reluctant witness today but his tel imony wiame discussions about collusion for the foreseeable future. Nbcs casey hunt takes us inside the room where its all goingo go down today. Elporter when robert muer sits down here, it will be the 89th time hes testified before congress over a long career in public life. Tomocrats know this might be their last chanconvince the American Public on impeachment. So they tell us they plan to keep their questions sharp and targeted. Er now his what you will and you wont hear today. Justice department sen
We will come to order. Oury, we will consider consideration of the tax cuts and jobs act. Promised, wes delivered to members a modification that we will incorporate this morning. After that, all we will walk through the modification. Members will get an opportunity to discuss and ask questions about the modification. Once that is complete, it will be open for amendment. I want to thank my fellow committee members. Include a number of their amendments in the modification in the mark. I think the market will be better for it. Process,outset of this producing this legislation has been a group effort. I want to thank all of you for your hard work. Lets talk about the modifications. These are not see changes. The core remains the same. Complaints that the walkthrough was a waste of time were misplaced. One modification of the initial mark which will benefit american is a greater expansion of the Child Tax Credit. Bring it to 2000 per child. In addition, we will lower tax rates even lower th
And youre turning around and cutting 185 billion from the same people then youre cutting i believe 179 billion from medicaid. Now, im pretty sure those people dont make 50 now dollars a year. So youre cutting 364 billion. There are no cuts to medicaid in this bill. I beg your pardon . Im reading off of the cbos form. 179 billion in medicaid subsidies. Thats where the money is coming from. Where do you think the 300 billion is coming from . Is there a fairy dropping it on the senate . The money youre spending is coming out of medicaid to people that make less than 50,000. Youre trying to shop this like youre giving a 43 billion savings . Just so you know cbo, thats people who are leaving medicaid. Mr. Chairman and what they estimate is going to happen. You have spending 318 billion to make tax cuts for corporations permanent. That money is coming from the very people you say youre saving by eliminating 43 billion in tax penalties. All these people and you know whats going to happen . Th