And the opioid crisis. Senate minority leader Charles Schumer opens the 25 minute briefing. Schumer good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming here it i want to thank my colleagues for joining me this morning. We are almost at the end of the year of this Republican Senate under President Trump. And the republican credo can be summed up this way, help the rich, hurt the middle class. The whole year can be summed up in that one sentence. Republicans have spent every waking hour catering to be wealthy and special interest, leaving the middle class and those wanting to get there as an afterthought. Republicans have cemented their legacy as the party of the rich. If you ask the top 1 how Senate Republicans did this year, they would give them an a. If you ask the wealthy corporations how they did this year, they would give them an a if you ask the americans how they did this year, they would give the republican senators an a. But if you ask middleclass americans, they would give them a bi
Republicans have spent every hour catering to the wealthy and special interest. Leaving the middle class and those wanting to get there as an afterthought. In doing so republicans have , cemented their legacy as the party of the rich. If you ask the top 1 how Senate Republicans did this year, they would give them an a. If you ask the wealthy corporations how they did this year, they would give them an a if you ask the wealthy americans who have taken advantage of tax loopholes how they did it this year, they would give the republican senators an a. But if you ask middleclass americans, they would give them a big fat, red f. This week crystallizes the last year and a half in the senate than any other. In the same week they lower the tax rate on wealthy americans, they are failing to reauthorize the ship program that provides health care for millions of six kids. In the same week may voted to slash corporate taxes they are , shortchanging millions of middleclass americans who lost their
Discusses the spending proposal at a hearing in the Senate Budget committee. This hearing begins with Committee Chair mike enzi and Ranking Member bernie sanders. Good morning. I will call to order the Budget Committee hearing. Good morning and welcome to the hearing on the president s Budget Proposal for fiscal year 2019. The budget submission comes to us on the heels of a very busy first year for President Trump. Im proud of all of the hard work and leadership that went into passing the tax cuts jobs act and progrowth tax bringing investments back to america and boosting takehome pay for workers. In the new submission i mentioned in the Administration Proposal to build on this momentum into further strengthen the economy. One of my greatest concerns as the United States senators on the countrys National Debt that is now eclipsed 20 trillion. To secure the economy long term for future generations, we must tackle this problem while lowering taxes is proving to bolster the economy that
Presided over this chamber with such force and grace. Tip oneill liked to call himself a man of the house. And he surely was that. But even more, he was a man of the people, a bricklayers son who helped to build the Great American middle class. Tip oneill never forgot who he was, where he came from, or who sent him here. Tonight hes smiling down on us for the first time from the lords gallery. But in his honor, may we, too, always remember who we are, where we come from, and who sent us here. [applause] if we do that we will return over and over again to the principle that if we simply give ordinary people equal opportunity, quality education, and a fair shot at the American Dream, they will do extraordinary things. We gather tonight in a world of changes so profound and rapid that all nations are tested. Our American Heritage has always been to master such change, to use it to expand opportunity at home and our leadership abroad. But for too long and in too many ways, that heritage wa
My fellow americans, im not at all sure what speech is in the teleprompter tonight, but i hope we can talk about the state of the union. I ask you to begin by recalling the memory of the giant who presided over this chamber with such force and grace. Tip oneill liked to call himself a man of the house. And he surely was that. But even more, he was a man of the people, a bricklayers son who helped to build the Great American middle class. Tip oneill never forgot who he was, where he came from, or who sent him here. Tonight hes smiling down on us for the first time from the lords gallery. But in his honor, may we, too, always remember who we are, where we come from, and who sent us here. [applause] if we do that we will return over and over again to the principle that if we simply give ordinary people equal opportunity, quality education, and a fair shot at the American Dream, they will do extraordinary things. We gather tonight in a world of changes so profound and rapid that all nation