This man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . I think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous comment, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people doing. Whether were in politics or Something Else, to do the right things. He also said, you know, that in a sense, that the politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. I think that is still something we need to remember, as well. The man known as the great compromiser. A man that forged compromises that not only kept the nation together, but were constructive. Those kind of things i think are the things we need to remember about henry clay, as well as all the things that he
Freemarket economics in judeochristian principles. During this session several members of the House Freedom caucus discussed u. S. China relations and how it impacts their districts. Welcome back to the center. We had an actionpacked day. You are about ready to see the best of the best. These are the heroes in congress from Freedom Caucus and the conservative caucus. My good friends up in d. C. Still fighting the fight, that we are still china today and on going to go one by one. We have three panels of four u. S. Congressman so we are honored to have all of you here today, and lets just start off with brian babin from texas, and bryant, im going to leadoff with the other brothers from congress who can do this in the back room, hello, brothers back there, and sisters. I can hear you in the back room. They are all my friends. Con babbitt, want to ask you all kinds of first hurdle is upon which anything else depends is the sense of how did china send us this virus . Was it intentional in
It looks at how much your asset appreciated and the fact that you can only pay tax on what remains. David you will pay a Capital Gains tax, but it will be inflationadjusted. The president says that will create a lot of jobs. Why would it . Laura economists dispute that point and say it does not do much for Economic Growth and incentivizes old investment, not new investment. In terms of the jobs and when economists model this out, it is mainly. 1 for the long run. David how does congress feel about this . Congress gets to decide about taxes. Is there support for this move at least by republicans on the hill . Laura there are some republicans that supported this. Ted cruz has been putting the Trump Administration to do this. This is not political really viable this is not politically viable in congress. You look at joe bidens tax plan, it would double the Capital Gains tax rate. The president saying he is seriously considering this. If he has the power, why doesnt he just do it . Laura i
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. July 31, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Dianne Degette to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving us another day. We turn to you, much as the psalmist did of old. Though we walk in the midst of dangers, you guard our lives with when our enemies rage. You stretch out your hand, your right hand saves us. And again we are surrounded by enemies who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Show your greatness in the sky, o god, and your glory over all the earth. And yet again look, your enemies are in an uproar and those who hate you have raised their head against your people. They devise deceptive schemes and lot toget
And Commerce Committees on the Coronavirus Relief bill. At a 30, more with representative a member of the Small Business committee. Host this is a wash we will get your reaction to the house voting to remove several statues of confederate historical figures from the u. S. Capitol around. Some republicans joining the democrats in passing this legislation. Heres how you can let us know your thoughts on yesterdays action. If you support removing the statues, call us at 2027488000 , if you oppose it, 2027488001 is the number to call. If you want to text us, you can do so at 2027488003. You can post on twitter or facebook. A breakdown of what occurred yesterday saying a bipartisan vote gave the buildings architect 2 million in four months to complete the job of removing the statues in question braden it past the house by a 305113 vote. Inmainly targets 12 statues century hall the memorialized confederate leaders. While the removal while the chief justices bust does not remove the historical