administration will come to the conclusion that an overwhelming majority of congress has, and that is that we need to sanction russia for their meddling in the u.s. election. that, i think, will pass probably overor whenningly, again overwhelmingly, again, in the senate and with a veto-proof majority. so the president i think it s in his best interests to sign it, and i believe he will. of. chris: senator cardin, do you share your colleague s confidence the president will sign it, and what if he does veto it? well, chris, this is a very strong bill with. it imposes mandatory sanctions on russia, it provides for congressional review. if the president wants to wait or eliminate sanctions, it s very bipartisan. senator corker and i on the senate foreign relations committee drafted a good part of it. senator crapo and brown from the banking committee. it has broad support in the senate and in the house.
administration will come to the conclusion that an overwhelming majority of congress has, and that is that we need to sanction russia for their meddling in the u.s. election. that, i think, will pass probably overor whenningly, again overwhelmingly, again, in the senate and with a veto-proof majority. so the president i think it s in his best interests to sign it, and i believe he will. of. chris: senator cardin, do you share your colleague s confidence the president will sign it, and what if he does veto it? well, chris, this is a very strong bill with. it imposes mandatory sanctions on russia, it provides for congressional review. if the president wants to wait or eliminate sanctions, it s very bipartisan. senator corker and i on the senate foreign relations committee drafted a good part of it. senator crapo and brown from the banking committee. it has broad support in the senate and in the house.
turning his ambitious agenda into action. the strong relationship between president and congressional leaders will beey as the budget process movesalong, as director mulvaney has been saying, our budget blueprint will be released in mid-march and the president is working collaboratively with his cabinet and congress to create a budget that keeps the president s promises to secure the country and make the most efficient use to taxpayer money. in attendance are senator crapo, the chairman of the senate banking committee, chairman cochran, senate chairman of the appropriations committee, senator mike enzi of the budget committee, bob corker, member of the senate budget committee, congresswoman black, chairman of the house budget committee, congressman thornberry of the armed services committee, congressman jim jordan of ohio, congressman meadows of north carolina, the chairman of the house freedom caucus, and congressman of indiana. later this afternoon the president will meet with former
so you would support closing loopholes? i would support changing the tax laws to make sure they re simpler and more effective, yes. thank you. senator crapo. thank you very much, senator hatch. i appreciate your willingness, mr. mnuchin, to go through this and serve the american people. we truly need the kind of vision that president trump has enunciated for the country and that you ve committed to help work with him to achieve for the country. as a part of that, one of the things that you ve already mentioned today is that and i m paraphrasing you here, i believe you said in essence, we have a regulatory excess in the united states in many circumstances that can and is inhibiting lending and inhibiting capital formation, two very important things that i
finding by the court of appeals that he didn t commit a crime, just like we had concluded originally. so, these are tough calls. sometimes i ve not always made them right, but i do believe you have to put the law first, senator crapo, and i have tried to do that, tried to teach my people that. and none of us are perfect, but we should strive to get it right every time. well, thank you, jeff. i knew that answer as i said, before i asked the question. but one of the other senators here today said it is important to get your record out and i think it is important to get your record correctly understood. and i think that there unfortunately is too much inaccurate reporting about your record. another instance in that context, as you know, i am the republican sponsor of the violence against women act that we passed recently here in the u.s. senate and the congress. you have been criticized for not supporting that act, but i want