Call to order this session of the Senate Budget committee. Good morning and welcome to our first day of the Senate Budget Committee Markup of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. Which is focused on growing americas economy through tax policies that put more money in the hands of hard working americans. Before we begin, id like to take a moment to remember one of our former colleagues and a former member former chairman of this committee who recently passed away. New mexico senator. He was a true fiscal conservative who consistently pulled members of both parties together to reach consensus on the budget including two balance budget agreements in the 1990s. I know we all appreciate his service and sacrifice as a member of this great committee. This budget resolution begins the senates process of pursuing long overdue tax reform that will jump start Economic Growth. It starts with creating the fiscal framework to eliminate the stifling tax policies that are Hold
Ive been in the senate a while and i can only remember a few times when the white house, and Senate Leadership were in agreement on an issue as complicated as tax reform. The current state of affairs is remarkable. Clear in the document, this is only a statement, not the product. The taxwriting committees will be taxed with putting together legislation with meeting the goals and principles outlined in the framework. Ofrefore it is the chairman the finance committee, my job is to produce a comprehensive tax reform bill that can get at least 14 votes in the committee. Without that, there likely wont be any tax reform. Before we get to that point, we need to pass the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution. Make no mistake, the budget resolution is critical to our tax reform. If we are going to move a tax reform the vehicle in the current environment, we need a resolution in place with a workable reconciliation instruction that will allow us to produce a bill of sufficient to give scope middle
In the world. Im convinced that the story helped me get the job at the post. American history tv all weekend every weekend only on former equifax ceo, richard smith, testified today before the House Financial Services committee. Its the fourth time hes been before lawmakers this week. Theyre looking into the equifax data breach, which exposed private information from nearly 146 Million People. All four hearings are available in our Video Library at cspan. Org. [ banging gavel ] the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time, and all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extraneous material to the chair for inclusion in the record. The hearing is entitled examining the equifax data breach. I now recognize myself for threeandahalf minutes to give an opening statement. September 7th, equifax announced what it called a, quote, Cyber Security incident at its business. That potentially aff
To defend themselves from acts of violence. We will talk or about that on our you can see the last few minutes of this washington journal segment on our website, cspan. Org. Were going live to the capitol for a brief pro forma session of the house of representatives. Live coverage on cspan. 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. , october 6, 2017. I hereby appoint the honorable mark meadows to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, the reverend hillip ganir, gonzaga jesuit community, washington, d. C. Pray. Aplain let us loves god, source of all healing and hope for the people we represent, thank you. For strength of mind and body, thank you. For the gift of freedom in our country, thank you. Send your spirit to guide our del
[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone, welcome to Carnegie Endowment for international peace. I think ive known just about everyone in the room one way or another and ill keep the introductions short. I handle the program here and its my opportunity on behalf of carnegie today to host a pair of panels that includes some of the people i admire the most in the field of contemporary china studies. We at carnegie and i think throughout the chinawatching community have had tremendous admiration for the leadership and the protection of the china leadership monitor, which is organized by professor alice miller at the Hoover Institution at stanford university. They have established a terrific record for hearing the facts as opposed to trends, feelings, things like that. So, whenever you want to touch base with reality i like to go online to the china leadership monitor and do precisely there. Today well give you a sample of writings in form of presentations working ahead in the 19th