When the economy goes into recession, some of these programs they are like 1. 75 benefit for every 1 we spend on s. N. A. P. So to block grant this, we are automatical automatically cutting gdp. I dont have much time. Mr. Chairman, i just want to say you dont have any time. Im talking to you now. Im not asking any more questions. The gentle ladys time has expired. Okay. We will now hear from the gentleman from South Carolina for five minutes. I was asking about the process. I think, chairman, a couple observations and a question. One, i was struck by my colleagues conversation from new jersey on Social Security and raising the payroll tax. As we all know, there are unintended consequences and politics is ultimately what drives washington, d. C. As we remember, you know, Social Security was put in place as a social insurance program. If you lift the caps, you really move it to a social Welfare Program. People like to link it between i pay in, therefore i get more over the years. If you
Stream of people coming in to vote. Fantastic weather and a closer than expected governors race, looks to have gone up. My precinct was packed this morning. Bruce leshan is live where Anthony Brown is hoping to celebrate. Hey bruce. You got it jan and lesli. There are many more democrats here in maryland than there are republicans, but democrats turn out in far fewer numbers in elections where there is no president ial candidate at the top of the ticket. And so Anthony Browns campaign has been working for months to lay out a massive get out the vote effort, especially here in prince georges. Anthony brown working the crowd until the last minute. The weather is beautiful. Theres absolutely no reason not to come out and vote. In Silver Spring, one of the busiest precincts in the state, there were lines down the hall and by late morning, 163 democrats had voted and fewer than half as many republicans. Im very excited. Its important that we get out and voice our vote. We need more democrat
Im mike hydeck. More election news coming up. But first, investigators looking for the cause of a house fire that killed an adult and a child, a mother and her sevenyearold daughter. Delia goncalves has more. Reporter firefighters say when they arrived the flames shooting out of the first floor of this home were so intense that they were not able to climb the ladder up to the second floor when they tried to get in the house. I was shaking, you know, because i know them. They are my neighbors. Reporter santos salvador woke to his neighbors screaming. The man was standing outside with his 12yearold daughter, their house engulfed in flames, the rest of the family trapped inside. Reporter what did he say . What did he look like when you saw the dad outside . Well, i was the first one who saw him outside. He was calling 911. Then everybody come out, and he say, my wife is inside. Thats what he said. There are reports of people trapped. They thought they could put a ladder up to the second f
Referred to on sanctions is in the context of the additional more severe sanctions which were imposed by the United States and by europe late this summer in response to the intervention in donbass. And these should be understood as separate baskets. Vice President Biden and others have been very clear that for the United States, a prerequisite for discussing the relaxation of sanctions is full implementation of the minsk agreement to include the withdrawal of all russian fighters and heavy equipment, the restoration of ukranian control over the border monitored and the release of all prisoners. Russia has not done any of those things. To the contrary, as we have said, as recently as last week, secretary kerry pointed out that since september 5, since the signature of the minsk agreement, hundreds of russian tanks and heavy military equipment items have moved into ukrainian territory. And we know that Russian Troops have remained in donbass providing command and control to the separatis
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