Root of this problem, and i hope you succeed. The secret service has an immensely incredible job, very important job as you know. One of the most important jobs we have out here with our forces. Good luck to you. Were here for you as well but we do demand some accountability. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Young our boys are atwill employees. Their boys are not atwill employees. Thats one of the differences. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I knew you would find that answer. Mr. Fleischmann. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Director, thank you for your distinguished career in the secret service and for stepping up and taking over this agency at such a difficult time. When i was a young boy i always looked up the secret service, wow. I always think of the Important Mission that you all have. And i share the sentiments with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. We want you to succeed. This is something that is important for our country, and its a difficult time. Weve heard about the different problem
Stagnation. Thats what they said, that that he recognized people were working hard but feeling like they werent getting ahead. Thats what they said. Problem is that their budget makes it much harder on working families around the country. In fact, it will make life more difficult. It will make it harder for people to get ahead. And i think it is important to look at what it actually does. One of the things it does is greenlights, paves the way, for the romneyryan tax cut plan for the very wealthy. Again, that plan would drop the top tax rates for millionaires by a full onethird. So if youre already doing great, the republican budget is good for you. But everybody else gets those tax breaks at the expense of everybody else in the country. And the groups who are represented here today know what the impact will be. So it actually raises taxes on working families. They get rid of the Higher Education tax credit all together. Gone. They get rid of the bumpup for the Child Tax Credit. They g
Based on that, what policies account for the other 20 billion . We had the repeal of the expansion of the income base program. Over 10 years, that is 16. 3 billion. As you mentioned, it is the in School Interest subsidy for undergraduates. We eliminate the publicsector loan forgiveness program. That is a tenyear savings of 10. 5 billion. As you mentioned, the social Services Block grants which would be 16. 5 billion over the tenure. Over the 10 year period. I have a couple questions on medicare. As i look at the budget over a tenyear window, there is a net medicare reduction of about 184 billion. Is that correct . Yes. Rep. Van hollen thank you. Does the budget assume what is being discussed as a potential agreement on sgr. . That is at 168 billion . Yes. Rep. Van hollen that means if we have a net reduction of 184 we are talking about gross reductions of 359 billion. I want to get a sense of what those reductions in the medicare account are. First of all, as i understand, a piece of t
Illinois. She was watching an ad with her son that showed the devastating effect of smoking on a North Carolina woman named terry. Kim said the commercial scared her and that her son turned to her and said mom, you have just got to quit smoking. Kim called the illinois tobacco quit line run by the American Lung association, and was connected to the nicotine replacement match program. C. D. C. s antismoking campaign is one of the many Tobacco Control and prevention measures that saving lives and shows that we must continue investing in effective Tobacco Control measures. This is a tough habit to break. One of my best friends in politics happens to be the president of the United States who used to be a smoker. Hes not now, thank goodness, and his familys thankful, were all thankful that he isnt, but he still takes a little nicotine gum to crew from time to time to deal with that craving that is there. Its tough, but if people work at it and work hard, they can get it done. This week, we
Good afternoon. Im rebecca jones. Millions more people have seen covid 19 rules tighten, as areas including london, york and essex have moved up englands new three tier alert system. But theres still stalemate between politicians in Greater Manchester and the government over the introduction of stricter coronavirus measures there. Local leaders have denied a claim by downing street that talks have been arranged to resolve the row. Latest government figures show that 150 more people have died in the uk after testing positive for covid 19 in the past 28 days. Daniela relph reports. This is one of prestons oldest pubs. It doesnt serve food, so under the new restrictions, it will now shut. If you see how many cases are only linked to hospitality, we are the biggest problem. Yet, for the second time, we are the ones that get punished first. Its the same story across lancashire. As well as pubs closing, there is now also a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor