About the president s 2017 budget. He answered questions about puerto ricos debt crisis, tax code reform and a proposal for a new tax on oil. This is two hours, ten minutes. The committee will come to order. Todays hearing is on president obamas budget for fiscal year 2017. I particularly want to thank secretary lew for providing for appearing before us this morning and providing his time for us. While there are some hints about some of the details in advance, Congress Officially received the president s Budget Proposal yesterday. And as has been the case particularly under this administration, what we received was not a practical vision for the future. Weve going to have to have order here. As has too often been the case, what we received was a not a practical vision for the future but designed to sewuency constituencies. He looks to raise taxes on hard working americans, including some special new regressive taxes that are being packaged as, quote, fees unquote. With all the revenue
Way. Yesterday we made progress advancing two of the major components of the u. N. Resolution. The trucks are lined up. The permissions are being granted. They should flow today or tomorrow. In the wee hours of friday morning, we agreed that the sustained delivery of humanitarian aid will begin this weekend. First to the areas where it is most urgently needed, then all those in need throughout the country, particularly in the besieged areas. The u. N. Has said that the trucks are loaded and ready to go. We established a task force which has met already for the first time in a geneva, and will report regularly on the progress to guarantee the delivery of this aid. The issg also agreed to implement a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin in one weeks time. Why a week . For the simple reason that the modalities have to be worked out. And people have to be communicated to in order to not have it start with failure. This will apply with any and all parties within syria, with the exce
So heres the deal. If a doctor dares to give her patient treatment beyond what those standards allow, that doctor will be punished. That doctor will be excluded from all of the Health Insurance plans qualified under obamacare. Unbelievable. Under obamacare, washington bureaucrats can dictate one uniform standard of health care that is designed to limit what private citizens are allowed to spend out of their own money to save their own lives, but the independent payment Advisory Board isnt the only rationing provision in obamacare or the Affordable Health care act. If only. However, obamacare also has a cadillac tax for having too much health care coverage. Patients all across america need to know that there is a provision of obamacare that punishes them and their employer if they provide coverage that is above the arbitrary limits imposed by the federal government. This is an additional 40 tax on individuals who need more expensive treatments and coverage, oftentimes essential to battl
Issues of personal data so that needs to be worked out. I do want to followup and the chairman is generous with time that we are deeply concerned about privacy with lawabiding american with the right to privacy. Texans are passionate how do you do that . How is it in this era of the internet with the cellphone how should day approach this problem to attack protect the lawabiding citizens is to identify those like hassan did to talk to the site go overseas . Why cant they do to help you do your job to protect the privacy rights when they use their cell phones . This is so ubiquitous as a quick side story that the cell phone is so ubiquitous i have to see my wife she sobbed that neither she used to resent all the autograph seekers and she said for the first time in my life i walked past the long line and most of them never looked at me and they were all doing this. The ones that did spot her appointed a selfie. How do we protect our privacy but still allow to spot with the psycho communi
From this traffic jam . Republicans, 202 5853881. Emocrats, 202 5853880. Ndependents, 202 5853882 new jersey residents, 202 585 3883. Let me begin with the front page of the New York Times. Christie faces scandal on traffic jam. Mystery of who closed two lanes on the George Washington bridge. It goes on to say this. That is in the New York Times this morning. Front page of the Washington Post also with the story. Lets show you what the governor on to say about this december 19. He had a press conference where he talked about it. [video clip] i . Why would why would i . I know you guys are upset with this. Obsessed with this. I am really not. It is not that big a deal. Just because the press writes that it, lets not pretend it is the gravity of the issue. Host this is the statement that he put out yesterday. We turned to all of you this morning to get your thoughts on this. Is there some political or other fallout for the new jersey governor . Bill in massachusetts. Republican. Caller g