to grow and the rise of black lives matter and covid has only intensified this. and more to that point, having elected leaders, political leaders talk about these issues, donald trump spent four years just poking at america s deep racial wounds. and now we have in president biden a president who is the complete opposite. how much of an impact do you think having a president of the united states who doesn t pick at our racial wounds but celebrates the diversity of our country, will that have an impact on the anger, on the hate out there in the country? we certainly hope that it will. and i have to say that this administration, the biden administration, efforts to really lift up the threat of white nationalism, the threat of
circumstances change. it essentially puts the carbon tax beyond democratic accountability, doesn t it? well, representative francis rooney who is the lead republican sponsor from florida says that he likes this bill because it s market-based. it actually let s the market determine how we get to the new energy economy. i think that s a lot of what mr. fitzpatrick one of the republicans on the bill also said is you put a fee on carbon based emissions. you give the money back to households so the government doesn t pick what to do with it you don t pick winners and losers up to you and i to determine what we do what the dinksdz. that s why they like it so much. mark: what did you think of the ci institute it will actually kill america s new energy independence which is a phenomena of the last few years what we see with tracking and so forth and means we are no longer
station if you don t like it. it essentially puts the carbon tax beyond democratic accountability, doesn t it? well the lead republican sponsor says that he likes this bill because it s market-based. it actually lets the market determine how we get to the new energy economy. i think that s a lot of what mr. fitzpatricfitzpatrick, one republicans on the bill, said. you give money back to household so the government doesn t pick what to do with it. it s up for us to determine what to do with the dividends. but it ll be a free-market bill. what do you make of the competitive enterprise institute s objection to it, that it will kill america s new energy independence, what we see with fracking and so forth, and means we re no longer dependent
to prevent the intelligence agencies of this country from protecting us from attack. you re referring to the irs looking into different political action groups to see whether or not they were fulfilling their mandate, that was called out by politicians who wound up being investigated internally and they did find some curious things. but that s the reference there. trump s counter argument is, professor, they spied on me, though, obama s fbi spied on me because they were out to get me and they didn t have any reason to do it. the counter. right, and chris, there s no basis for that. what if trump doesn t like what you say about him and he says, chris cuomo spied on me i want you to investigate him criminally. that s not the way our system works. the president doesn t pick targets for political reasons. he s doing it to amazon because he doesn t like what the washington post says about him and now he s doing it to his own justice department.
to abolish the special tax exemption that the nfl enjoys and that all other professional sports leagues enjoy. i think that s fair for folks on main street and folks in the middle class. how much do you think this reflects colleagues within your side of the caucus there in the house, and i do note that this particular legislation, isn t the the same one jason chaffetz proposed but since he left, you re picking up the ball? that s correct. the pro sports act was sponsored by jason chaffetz. it had been orphaned on his departure from congress and it s an orphan no more. there s no rational reason why league offices of professional sports leagues that collectively generate about $2 billion in revenue should get a special tax benefit. i think it s in line with the overall objectives of the tax reform that the president wants to see and that the congress wants to see. we want a tax system that doesn t pick winners and losers, that has lower fair flat rates