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Lets give them a good round of applause. [applause] its a chock full day. Youll start hearing people give you insight to Social Security and a lot of it in depth of the actuarial perspective which are the lifeblood of the Social Security so youll be hearing but the key to this day, in my view and i hope to be here the whole day, is the last session real have a chance to put together a Social Security long term solvency program. Youll hear a lot of the options discussed and to do it yourself. This is an amazing city. I relocated here last july from new york, you might be surprised to think im from new york and what i love about the city is that everyone is connected. Im taking over this morning and my driver says where can i take you and my driver said i told him the barber center. Barbara jordan, theres a center named after Barbara Jordan and i said yes, did you know who she was. He said not only do i know she was but i had a radio show in washington, 50 years ago on the station it doe
Vote proom are there any senators wish the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, theas are 89 the yeas are 89, the nays are 9, and the amendment is agreed to. The senator from wyoming. Mr. Enzi unanimous consent that the votes following this vote, the one we just finished, be 10 minutes in length for all of the rest of them. There was a request for five minutes in length, but a unanimous consent request for ten minutes in length. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment number 1119, offered by the senator from wyoming, mr. Enzi, offered for the senator from vermont, mr. Sanders. Mr. Sanders mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that senator cantwell be added as a cosponsor to amendment number 1119. I ask unanimous consent that senator stabenow be added to amendment number 1120 as a cosponsor. The
Should receive one, were interested in hearing what you would do with it. Would you save, would you spend it, invest it, do other . Let us known our first hour. What would you do with a tax cut . Weve divided the lines differently. If you make under 50,000, call us, 2027488000. If you make between 50,000 and 100,000, 2027488001. And if you make over 100,000, 2027488002. You can also reach us at twitter and give us your thoughts, cspanwj. Several people posting on facebook this morning, facebook. Com cspan. Washington post features a photo with President Trump and members of the Senate Finance Committee Meeting at the white house yesterday in his effort to try to sell members of the committee, particularly democrats, on the republican plan for tax reform. During that time with the committee, the president laid out specifics of what he hopes to see and how it might benefit americans. Heres the president from yesterday. President trump we are doubling the amount of income that is taxed at
Well the Social Security provides benefits that millions of americans rely on forget as we will hear again today Congress Needs to act so we can be sure those benefits will be there for our children and grandchildren just like they are for seniors and individuals with disabilities today you hear from the chief actuary about the report and while it did have good news for the Disability Insurance program make no mistake Social Security faces serious challenges the Trustees Report tells us that this was a Security Trust fund will be exhausted in 2034 and at the point those across the of board the congress does not act once the funds are exhausted Social Security can pay 77 percent of benefits that is wrong and unacceptable. The trustees also tell us today it would take 12. 5 trillion to make Social Security solvent over the next 95 years that is not a little number in the number gets bigger every year and in 2011 when i first told of hearing on the Trustees Report it was 6. 5 trillion. Fi