Now, mr. President on an entirely different matter, the ongoing revelations about planned parenthood are more than just disturbing. They literally shock the conscience. A democratic colleague called them quote very troubling. End quote. Extremely troubling and highly troubling. Next week every member of this party will have a chance to join us in reaffirming the senates commitment to genuine compassion and to Womens Health. We introduced legislation last night that would ensure taxpayer dollars for Womens Health are spent on Womens Health. Not a scandalplagued political lobbying giant. Its a simple choice. Senators can either vote to protect Womens Health or they can vote to protect subsidies for a Political Group mired in scandal. I know planned parenthoods entrenched lobbyists have been close allies of democrats in recent years but this moment calls for senators to rise higher and to think bigger. Lets not filibuster Womens Health in order to protect special subsidies for one scandal
What explains the delay . One of a hammering out at this point . What are they hammering out at this point . It sound like they are still turning the dials. They dont have the answers yet to some of these key questions, specifically how to make what is about 6 trillion in tax cuts reduced to about 1. 5 trillion by finding ways to pay for it, so they are looking at things like ending the state and local deduction, changing text breaks for retirement benefits, a variety of things and they have not fully come up with the answers yet in a way that makes that work with the mathematical number. Next steps are the here, presuming it comes out tomorrow . Layout the next several weeks of the sausage making, so to speak. Sahil it is going to be an extremely busy few weeks. If all goes to plan, the bill comes out tomorrow, the ways and Means Committee sends it to the floor of the house. They pass it out of the house and the basin intends to operate on a parallel track. Theyre not going to wait fo
[inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order we will have testimony from the secretary treasury on domestic and International Policy issues thank you for attending today. This is the first hearing since being sworn in as treasury secretary in february in record to our discussion many of these priorities ball to the jurisdiction of the department including Housing Finance reform to encourage a healthier economy. We look forward to working with you and your staff to improve the lives of americans Housing Finance reform is most significant piece of Unfinished Business following the crisis and it is important to build bipartisan support we received a hearing last week that it we were advised Congress Needs to iraq to determine the future of housing of finance reform by the conservatorship is unsustainable mainly gse having zero capital taxpayers on the hook for losses in the government taking all risks. The number of groups that receive proposals for reform in recent months inc
This hearing will come to order. Today well receive testimony from the secretary of the United States department of treasury on domestic and International Policy issues. Thank you mr. Secretary for attending today. This is secretary mnuchins first hearing since being sworn in as treasury secretary in february and we look forward to our discussion. Many of this committees priorities fall within the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department, including Housing Finance reform and development of policies to encourage a healthier economy. We look forward to working with you and your staff on these priorities and improving the lives of americans. Hou housing reform means the most significant piece of business following the crisis. Its important to build bipartisan support for a path forward. Last week we received testimony from the federal Housing Finance director mel watt. He emphasized its congress that needs to act to determine the future of housing reform. The hearing reinforced why its uns
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