made his announcement. he would see the better in the legislation. clearly he did to further it, and we will continue to be refined, but i think this has a lot of momentum. they have out of the house and the finance committee. it has a lot of steam behind it. it is so important for this economy. as we now know and the president under obama, we languish at one have come at 2% gdp economy which means, paychecks lagged, savings, they were devastated. american dreams were small and timid. and now, we are on the precipice of a 3% plus economy for years and years to come if we can get this passed, and i think we ll get it done, neil. neil: we talked about the revenues and tax cuts that they create. if they don t, one of the things us and working on, sir s provision that would raise taxes in the event that revenue doesn t pan out. how would you feel about that? i cannot think of a worse way
if they want to stay in congress, they re going to do what they have to do. the biggest problem, neil, you have different this for different groups. the democrats vote on anything. i mean, remember nancy pelosi saying she would pass this bill and read it afterwards? that s not the case with republicans. they re kind of independent. it s good that they re independent. but now at this moment the american people need a victory. the american workers need more money in their pocket and not go into washington. remember, it s their money, this tax money, belongs to the american people. neil: but steve mnuchin has said that the markets would be disappointed if this doesn t pan out. oh, i think they will. look, for eight years, the republicans have been promises they re going to give tax reform, going to kill obamacare.
tie. that s just talk. overpuffiery or whatever. you are don t take it at face value. it is just talk. well, rod blagojevich is in prison for just talk. jennifer, give us a sense of the meeting today and what can you report? i think they were trying to do two things. of course they re trying to collect information and fill in the gaps. it sounds like that was only partially successful if it was successful at all. they re also now having a conversation, or taking testimony from donald j. for the first time which means he is, 1,0001 charges are a way to get a charge on someone if the underlying information doesn t pan out and doesn t lead to charges. so i think today was important. now they can use the statements
firearm s are responding. showing emergency vehicles responding, but at this point it is not clear what exactly is happening on the redstone facility. and it s worth remembering in so many cases, thankfully, these prove to be situations sometimes where they prove to be reports where it doesn t pan out thankfully and think is no active shooter but we ve also seen tragedies strike in many places. at fort hood, texas, the washington navy yard. so like civilian society, anytime there s report of an active shooter they take it seriously, lock down, sweep through the areas. law enforcement on all sides respond. governor ivy a short time ago, governor of alabama, issuing a statement that he is monitoring the situation and praying for the safety of the people at redstone. john? we ll keep an eye on it. barbara, busy day at the pentagon. appreciate it being on top of
but there s been no indication that aid is forthcoming. are you saying that they re ignoring you? ignoring maybe is a strong word. i think there are other things going on in the administration and there are other priorities that congress is dealing with right now and we remain hopeful, but as an elected official if that doesn t pan out, i have an obligation to protect our dollars. on the other side an argument that has been made is aren t you make ing a lot of money. the media is spending money. his staff are spending money. are you losg as much money as those straightforward numbers on overtime and security would indicate? that s a difficult question to answer. i ll answer that by saying whether it s president trump or any other president, it s an