you re not just putting out fires today. you are trying to ignite and bring people together. talk to us about what you re trying to do today. introduce your bring jobs home act. thus far, people keep saying, that s what president trump wants to do. but this act is aimed at ending those tax loopholes for companies that continue to outsource jobs overseas. i know you introduce this legislation twice in the last few years and it went nowhere. talk us through where we are today. well, stephanie, i guess i want to hold the president to his words and what he says he wants to do. you re right. i ve had this bill and introduced it several times. it s been voted down through filibusters by republicans and now today, we are having a press conference myself and other colleagues with a group of bills that would close loopholes and hold companies accountable that ship jobs overseas. mine is very simple. right now the tax code says if you close up shop, taxpayers, the workers, the community pay
infrastructure and medicare on the two polls. if he really wants an infrastructure bill, the democrats have wanted one for years. guess what, there was a bill that debbie stabenow had, a democrat from michigan in 2014 that was called the bring jobs home act and it taxed corporations that shipped jobs overseas and rewarded corporations that brought jobs home. exactly the carrier deal today. and republicans killed it. he should reach out to debbie stabenow right now and say, senator, join with me and we ll get carrier to take it nationally. why is it when democrats propose that stuff, it s called socialism, and when you propose it, it s called patriotism. it s the same thing. medical savings accounts, dick gephardt at one time was a co-sponsor and supported it, but when obama got into power, oh, msa, medical savings account, horrible thing, and all the
it s not an effort to marginalize the minority party. with 386 filibusters from republicans, these rule changes are simply a way to make the senate work again. that s what you pay them for. let s turn now to senator debbie stabenow of michigan. there s been a lot of conversation in the liberal community in this country about this. and democrats seem to be chomping at the bit. is this going to happen? are we going to see change? yes, i believe that we are going to see change. we have the support to make the changes and i think it s clear the public wants us to get something done. of course, we re going to work across a shouldn t be able to hold up the department of defense bill or in the case of my bringing jobs home act, which is so important for shipping jobs overseas, we
in the process, mccain gave credence to filibuster reform. his comments step all over mitch mcconnell s claim. it s not an effort to marginalize the minority party. with 386 filibusters from republicans, these rule changes are simply a way to make the senate work again. that s what you pay them for. let s turn now to senator debbie stabenow of michigan. there s been a lot of conversation in the liberal community in this country about this. and democrats seem to be chomping at the bit. is this going to happen? are we going to see change? yes, i believe that we are going to see change. we have the support to make the changes and i think it s clear the public wants us to get something done. of course, we re going to work across the aisle, but one person shouldn t be able to hold up the department of defense bill or in the case of my bringing jobs home act, which is so important
mcconnell s claim. it s not an effort to marginalize the minority party. with 386 filibusters from republicans, these rule changes are simply a way to make the senate work again. that s what you pay them for. let s turn now to senator debbie stabenow of michigan. there s been a lot of conversation in the liberal community in this country about this. and democrats seem to be chomping at the bit. is this going to happen? are we going to see change? yes, i believe that we are going to see change. we have the support to make the changes and i think it s clear the public wants us to get something done. of course, we re going to work across the aisle, but one person shouldn t be able to hold up the department of defense bill or in the case of my bringing jobs home act, which is so important for shipping jobs overseas, we