Attorney, maybe i do not suffer the tragedy of knowledge that this is more complicated than it seems. We seem to be in violent agreement. We have a 67page opinion. It seems to me if we put as much work and focus into the fix, we will have something in the end of august to act on and if we fail to do it, i think it is a failure on the part of all parties. Thank you for your testimony. We appreciate your time here today. We will bring forward the next panel. Thank you. Thank you. Actually, before we have the will havesit down, we you remains standing so you can be sworn. Actually, i will give them an opportunity welcome. If you will please raise your right hand. Do you affirm this testimony youre about to give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god . Thank you. You may be seated. The panelists arm is danielle bryan. , afessor paul liked professor of Public Service at the Robert G Wagner school of Public Service at you new york
Have your back in terms of all people in our country, including people of color. This spending bill, it does just the opposite. I hope the members will understand the message that were sending to communities of color in this bill and rectify some of the problems. You have a chance to reject further institutionization of any quality and injustice and recognize how painful these cuts will be to people of color and women. Im going to give you my examples and my amendment shows what im talking about. The jackson Lee Butterfield amendment, this would increase funding by 16 million for the office of job corps. This amendment is fully offset with the department of Labor Administration funds. I offered a similar amendment in committee, and while that amendment failed, i believe that this amendment before us is not subject to point of order. Its critically important. You know that many minority youths and disadvantaged youth who have benefitted significantly from job corps will be locked out of
Programme they will be. The Paradise Papers show how britains off shore empire helps the rich and powerful dodge tax. You have an non transparent system dodge tax. You have an nontransparent system we do not have a non transparent system. Nontransparent system we do not have a non transparent systemlj cant see it. You dont count. How were all losing out because of it. Every time they close a school in your neighbourhood. Every time they have to close a hospital, a lot of that happens because rich individuals and corporations are not paying theirfair share individuals and corporations are not paying their fair share of the costs of society. We expose the british tax havens happy to help people beat the taxman. Will you apologise, if a law was changed here to help tax dodgers . If that has happened as youre stating, yes, i will apologise. Weve found a new tax dodge used by the worlds most Profitable Company. You can see them as this fantastically innovative it company but you can also se
Thank you. I want to thank everyone coming out today and those joining us this morning via cspan. My name is jamie horowitz, im on the Headliners Committee here at the National Press club. On behalf of our president , jeff, and our 3,000 members, were honored today to have mr. Walter shaub jr. With us. I want to say that yesterday as i was driving perhaps more accurately, stuck in washington traffic listening to radio news and despite all the drama going on about health care, i was taken by the fact that so many of the news stories had words like, emoluments clause, thics, rich peoples problems, legal precedent, those kinds of phrases in story after story after story. All those stories had to do with President Trump and his relatives. One had to deal with the new White House Communications director and the pending sale of his company to chinese investors. So the question today, are these just rich peoples problems or are they serious challenges to our democracy . Our speaker today hope
Good morning. I want to thank everyone coming out today and those joining us this morning via cspan. My name is jamie horowitz, im on the Headliners Committee here at the National Press club. On behalf of our president , jeff, and our 3,000 members, were honored today to have mr. Walter shaub jr. With us. I want to say that yesterday as i was driving perhaps more accurately, stuck in washington traffic listening to radio news and despite all the drama going on about health care, i was taken by the fact that so many of the news stories had words like, emoluments clause, ethics, rich peoples problems, legal precedent, those kinds of phrases in story after story after story. All those stories had to do with President Trump and his relatives. One story trending yesterday had to do with the new White House Communications director and the pending sale of his company to chinese investors. So the question today, are these just rich peoples problems or are they serious challenges to our democra