The committee will come to order. Welcome to our first hearing of the day. We discussed the ongoing effort to reform our tax code. We have a distinguished panel of experts to help shed some light on the issues surrounding tax reform. I look forward to a productive discussion and appreciate your attendance. In 1984 resident reagan called for reform of the tax code. He laid out three main goals for tax reform. Fairness, efficiency and simplicity. Those three goals are as relevant today as they were a generation ago. American competitiveness is essential in todays Global Economy we must consider whats happening outside our borders. Addressing tax policy or legislation is very easy to find oneself. I think we would do well to keep focus and frequently remind ourselves of these basic principles. I will repeat them. Fairness, efficiency, simplicity and american competitiveness. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 is generally considered to be a great success. One question people should ask themselves
The committee will come to order. Welcome to our first hearing of the day. We discussed the ongoing effort to reform our tax code. We have a distinguished panel of experts to help shed some light on the issues surrounding tax reform. I look forward to a productive discussion and appreciate your attendance. In 1984 resident reagan called for reform of the tax code. He laid out three main goals for tax reform. Fairness, efficiency and simplicity. Those three goals are as relevant today as they were a generation ago. American competitiveness is essential in todays Global Economy we must consider whats happening outside our borders. Addressing tax policy or legislation is very easy to find oneself. I think we would do well to keep focus and frequently remind ourselves of these basic principles. I will repeat them. Fairness, efficiency, simplicity and american competitiveness. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 is generally considered to be a great success. One question people should ask themselves
Provide a legislative professor, alan arback to discuss the major step towards reform and a panel of experts to discuss the pros and cons of this approach. And well finish up today with doug holtz with his views on the need for Corporate Tax reform. As we go through the program today, i encourage the audience to use the hashtag live at urban with todays event and on webcast, if you want to ask questions of the speakers, go to events urban. Org. Well have someone mon orriitor the email box so they can be folded into the discussion. For people today, the comment cards on your chairs or senator wieden. All others will pass around a microphone. I think thats it for the housekeeping thouchannouncement have, so let me turn to a formal part and introduce senator ron wyden. Senator wyden is from oregon, served two decades after distinguished house career. Senator wyden is currently the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance committee with several trade policy, medicaid, medicare, many other prog
abortion law last fall. the law bans abortions after six weeks. it relies on private citizens to sue abortion providers. however, women receiving care are exempt from the law. for seven months now, texans seeking reproductive care had to travel out of state for a legal abortion. nearly half of these texans had to head to oklahoma for abortion access. the new bill proposed this week in oklahoma aims to ban all abortions, with exception to a medical emergencies. we are seeing setbacks for reproductive rights, we are starting to see a series of winds to keep abortion access legal as a precedent under roe. on friday, the idaho supreme court temporarily blocked estates law banning abortions after about six months of pregnancy. in kentucky, the governor vetoed the states 15-week ban. and earlier this week, michigan s governor filed a lawsuit to protect access. governor greg mitch s move is
15-week ban. and earlier this week, michigan s governor filed a lawsuit to protect access. governor greg mitch s move is expected by summer, the court considering mississippi s 15-week abortion ban directly challenging roe v. wade. despite being confirmed the high court this week judge ketanji brown jackson will not rule on that case. she will take the bench on till after the courts next term. joining us now to discuss gus the fight to reproductive freedom, cecilia richards is also michelle goodwin is the author of policing the womb, the invisible woman and the criminalization of motherhood. it s good to see you both. cecilia, i m going to start with you, and i m going to bring back that map for to see what s texan seeking abortions see. nearly half are traveling to oklahoma. tell me about how oklahoma s new ban is gonna put a strain