Russia and some of our other toughest competitors around the world. When our businesses compete and win, it means better paying jobs here at home, higher wages, bigger paychecks for americans. And so were going to continue to keep focused on tax reform that delivers tax relief to hard working American Families and that creates greater growth in our economy, better paying jobs and higher wages for people in this country. And the focus, of course, of tax reform is to improve the quality of life for American Families. And you do that by lowering individual tax rates so people get to keep more of their hardearned money. You also do it by lowering corporate rates so that businesses can have more money to pay higher wages and to increase the activities of those businesses. Additionally, there is a lot of money in u. S. Companies that is still sitting overseas that wed like to get back here, but the tax code makes it a lot harder because those companies are taxed twice; once in the country wh
Togeth from new mexico and we thought we would come down together and talk about our former colleagues have passed away recently. He was born to italian immigrants in 1932. He was heres a brochure sun, wn attended catholic school, graduated from our own university of new mexico, on the University Team he taught high school mathematics, though they practice and got his start in politics on the city commissiond and was selected in 1973 and became the longestserving senator. He was a husband, father and bur grandfather, he married nancy berg out of law school. She was a good friend of ours and we spent an hour with her iw albuquerque a little of her week ago and as one would expect as a mother and grandmother Pete Domenici was a statesman that worked across party lines to find pragmatic solutions. Nator o one of the strongest fighters our state will ever know. We belong to different Political Parties and we didnt always agree on things but i always put appreciated that he cared deeply abo
Forgive us when we boast about tomorrow, forgetting that our times are in your hands. Today, bless our lawmakers and their staff. Remind them that they belong to you and that you will order their steps. As they wrestle with complex issues, help them seek your wisdom and guidance. Empower them as stewards of your bounty to serve you and humanity, striving to be faithful in the vocation to which you have called them. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of 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. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell the junior t junior senator from New Hampshire delivered a powerful address to our nation this weekend. She spoke about the need to tackle a heroin and prescription Opioid Epidemic thats majori
Somebodys waving their hands in the back, can you hear or not hear . Okay, thumbs up, thank you very much. Welcome to our session this morning at the texas book festival with hw brand. Happy to see such a full tent today. I wanted to let you know im steve, doing a little q a with bill. Fifteen minutes after the session, bill will be signing books in the book signing tent which is between 10th and 11th on Congress Just down the street. Please patronize the book signing tent and the bookstore. As you know, and, please, buy bills book which i think there wont be a problem. [laughter] oh, yes. This is the book. The man who saved the union Ulysses Grant in war and peace. If you buy the book, proceeds from that go to support texas libraries and literacy throughout texas so its a great book to read and a great book to fund a worthy cause. Bill, hw, is the dixon, antedderson allen professor at the university of texas here in austin. His focus has been, for many years, on American History in po
Beula “Bo” West, a resident of Los Alamos, passed away on Saturday, March 16, 2024. At age 96, Bo died peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her loved ones. Bo was born in Del Rio, Texas in 1927. She was preceded in her death by her parents, Frank and Fannie, and her husband of 58…