What solution is there . Even if you had a fair tax or flat tax, youve still got to have an i. R. S. And i love Arthur Laffer, reagans economic advisor, he said, you dont have to have the i. R. S. Do away with it. The problem with the i. R. S. Is of course theyre going to get arrogant because they pick who theyre going to audit, just like weve seen with all these abuses, they put they pick what all they are going to audit, just as weve been hearing, they get so intrusive, so personal, and then they decide what your punishment is going to be. Theres no other area in america, and i sure dont think the think the founders anticipated that the i. R. S. Or any entity would exist that could be the prosecutor, the judge, the jury, and the executioner all. And thats why Arthur Laffer says, you need to get rid of the i. R. S. And have an Auditing Agency thats a fraction of the size of the i. R. S. , they dont get to pick who they audit, thats done completely at random they never get to pick who
Taking over and he still is our. Image pushing the kennedys out of the way. Lyndon johnson was very lucky to help them with that. And when to to say say. What did she do during those first weeks . She said she was on skates. In fact, it would be hard to find a first lady that is repaired and she was. She merely started taking notes. Notes while she was still in planning to hear it president kennedy had died. Started making plans me for putting her Radio Station line draw to some kind of line trust so they would not be used in marketing. She really took over fast. A quick study. Theest she could play off idea of and for taking notes. This was an history with document itself defensively as you. There was a daily dialer diary. There were also Lyndon Johnson phone things. This hates. There was also a Television Crew that followed and documented. Is this new to the administration . Had this been going on for a allowing collects the of documentation was new. She did not report everything. So
In the implant mentation implementation of that to this day. First, at of the gift as evolutionary as you think. We still try to believe we are protecting the National Security. We still know the events that occurred on september 11, 2001, could happen again. And of course, that was written in the close aftermath of that. But it was also carefully crafted and vetted. It has been reauthorized with some changes over that time will stop over that time. But nonetheless, the majority of the provisions in that are valid and important. And theres still some is agreement about some of the provisions, but not most of the provisions in that legislation. Our trouble here, and i will let Jim Sensenbrenner address this because he can do so better than i can, but our trouble here is be carefully considered what section 215 should be used for. They used it for purposes different than what i believe congress intended, and certainly the vote here today reflects that. If that same question were asked ba
Well, you know, mr. Speaker, i think something that c. S. Lewis once said will help with that. He said if you read history youll find that the people who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since people who largely ceased to think of the other world that she have become so ineffective in our world. I think joni understands this. Her mind is truly set on another place. Her life has been extraordinary. So, again, on behalf of the house of representatives, id like to recognize and celebrate the life of jon jon tada, a tada of oni eareckson and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The chair recognizes ms. Bonmuchey for five minutes. Ms. Bonamici, for five minutes. Ms. Bonamici i call attention to historic legislation that has for decades served as a lifeline to our countrys seniors. The Older Americans act is responsible for Critical Services like housing, nutrition and employment a
About beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman, and a savvy political partner to her husband, our 36th president , Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening and welcome to cspans first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird. The wife of our 36th president. Here to tell her story tonight are two guests Cokie Roberts, political commentator for abc news and npr. Shes also the author of two books about womens political history founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Thanks for being here. Betty karolyi is a first ladies expert. Shes the author of numerous books including first ladies from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. And shes currently working on a new biography of Lady Bird Johnson. Ladies, i want to start with the beginning, where we were 50 years ago this week. This is an administration birthed in national tragedy. What were the immediate chal