And the citizen response. Reporter its one of colorados scenic highways. Now squaw pass road is being tarnished by illegal dumping. You think what a beautiful road. Until you go over the side of a parking area and you look down over the embankment. And you see all the garbage. Reporter tim deegan noticed the problem a few weeks ago when he and his wife pulled over to look at the view on the way to echo lake. Looked over and embankment. And it was full of garbage. Lie. Reporter wednesday he and fellow rotary members organized a cleanup along with dozens of volunteers and police, fire and Forest Service members. They collected truckloads of debris. We had a refrigerator we retrieved out of there. Sofas, shutters from the house. Remnants of carpeting. You name it. Reporter chamber of commerce president betsy hayes says the people caught dumping on Forest Service land face a heavily a heavy penalty. This is not okay. Once you cross the line its 1000 fine. Reporter it can also include up to
So whats the first thing we do . We tax it. We call it earned income. While another category of income called unearned gets a preferential rate. This is a discussion we need to have. Second point, simplification. A few years back we had a Tax Reform Act here, a number of, it was controversial a number of us voted for it, it passed. Before doing that, i decided to run up the road and see someone who lives near where i do, his name is warren buffett. Warren buffett and i have different philosophical approaches on many things, but he was generous to welcome me to his office, we spept about an hour together, and i wanted to get his look at that tax bill and some other things. In an interesting exchange, he turned around to his credenza, pulled out a file, an old file, pulled out a single piece of paper, and said, jeff, do this. Lets do this. Put the tax code on a piece of paper. Simplification. Now, a tax coat in reality cannot always be cut. It has to be optimized. We have to run the gove
Path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. May they trust you in times of adversity and prosperity, knowing that they will reap a productive harvest if they persevere. Lord, keep them from underestimating the power of your great name, inspiring them never to forget that nothing is impossible with you. Give them the wisdom to solve the hard problems of our times and grace to live in harmony with one another. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , may 10, 2016. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable rob portman
I give a little bit about the agenda. I know were going to havet then several debates in this committee on the floor of the subject. Todays was through the meeting because i did not know we have been scheduled for 1130 i would like to finish but 1140. That where we all get a chance to vote. But anyway, we have several bills on the agenda for the 1st time as well as for nominees, three of those are right for a vote. Last week but moving those out of committee. We know we had difficulties between the two parties on that issue. I went over that. The we will hold over the thgislation on one nominee vote on the other three. It has been a lot of discussion about the Supreme Court vacancy last couple weeks. The record is clear about how the senate approachesup vacancies that arise. I spoke at length on the floor about these issues. Y i thought i would spend a few minutes reviewing where we are in dispelling some of the myths that i have heard repeated a number of times. The most appropriate p
[inaudible conversations] good morning. The Armed Services Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on the posture of the u. S. Central command, Africa Command of special Operations Command in the context of our review on oversight of the fiscal year 2017 Defense Budget. We are pleased to welcome our witnesses general austen general rodrigues and general votel. We thank each of you for dedicated for decades of distinguished service and for your leadership of our men and women in uniform. I would like to extend a special thanks to chairman austen and chairman rodrigues as this may be their last appearance before this committee. Our nations most distinguished National Security leaders have testified before this committee repeatedly and we are witnessing the unraveling of a rulesbased International Order and nowhere is this unraveling more than the middle east from north africa to south asia. State authority and the balance of power are breaking down. This emerging vacuum has bee