Leeway, freedom and human rights issues and chairs the institutes Human Trafficking advisory coup. Mrs. Vicki kennedy is both an accomplished attorney and not for profit leader, the senior counsel of greenberg and she advises clients on government issues and regulatory issues. She is the president of the board and the cofounder of the edward m. Kent institute for the study of the senate and a nonpartisan and nonprofit dazzlingly beautiful billing right here in about at the Columbia Point that educates the public but the unique role of the United States senate in our democracy. Tonight they will belling be in conversation with will both by in conversation with kerry healey,. Those in massachusetts know of her public leadership well. The was former Lieutenant Governor, the President College president as well and with pride a former resident fellow here at the institute of politics. So join me in welcoming Lieutenant Governor healey, with mrs. Mccain and vicki kennedy. [applause] thank yo
Start for little children. Big oil, over little children. Instead of closing tax loopholes for corporations that shipped jobs overseas, 750,000 jobs will be lost here. Because of the sequester and the continuing resolution that contains the sequester and the fix were in because of the refusal of the Republican Leadership to close those loopholes. Instead of ensuring americans pay their fair share, our military readiness will be impaired. Unless the defense we have kids who wont get proper training to take them into harms way an health care for americas military families will be cut. There is an answer to all of this, that is we need to close, stop the tax, the spending in our tax code. Everybody talks about reducing spending as our colleagues on the other side of the aisle do. And we all adepree we need to reduce it. Thats why 1. 6 trillion in spending cuts and we can try to find more. But why cant we stop the spending on the tax code, the spending of tax giveaways. Theyre called tax e