the gop tax scam. with the kitty tax, republicans took half a billion dollars from working and middle-class families and gave it to big corporations and the wealthy. a half a billion dollars. the kitty tax. it s unacceptable that surviving children of our fallen heroes who have suffered so much are now forced to pay thousands of additional dollars in taxes on their benefits. they cannot be forced to sacrifice twice. as democrats take action to protect military families, we also are hard at work to protect our workers in stark contrast to republican special interest agenda. today, in the same legislation that contains the kitty tax act, the tax fix, to fix what the republicans did in their tax scam, we re passing the secure act. we re passing strong measures to help workers have a secure retirement. and yesterday, congressman
act, passing strong measures to help workers have a secure retirement. and yesterday congressman s first act reversing administration s destruction of a consumer bureau, which, the consumer bureau returned nearly $12 billion to 30 million seniors, service members and veterans before being gutted by the trump administration. also to honor our oath, we re hoping to have disaster supplemental bill passed before we leave for the district road trip. that was our hope, what we ve been working on into the wee hours last night. however, we had sent legislation bipartisan legislation passed in the house to the senate. it would be helpful for those in the disaster stricken areas if the senate would just pass the bills and send them on to the president. we passed a bill a while back, months ago, and then in light of other disasters that occurred in the spring, we then passed
waters consumer first act reversing the administration s destruction of the consumer bureau, which the consumer bureau returned nearly $12 billion to 30 million seniors, service members, and veterans before being gutted by the trump administration. also to honor our oath, we re hoping to have a disaster supplemental bill passed before we leave for the district work period. that was our hope, what we have been working on into the wee hours of the night last night. however, we had sent legislation bipartisan legislation passed in the house to the senate that would be helpful for those in the disaster stricken areas if the senate would just pass the bills and send it on to the president. we passed a bill a while back, months ago, and then in light of the other disasters that occurred in the spring, we then passed another bill that expanded the areas that were affected. that s sitting over at the senate.
ask your healthcare provider today about once-weekly ozempic®. hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. thank you for joining me. at any moment, we ll be hearing from house speaker nancy pelosi. she s fighting fights on two fronts. facing down the president who declared yesterday during this show that he won t work with congress on anything. until the house ends its investigations into him. he was lashing out after nancy pelosi declared publicly that the president is engaging in a cover-up. remember these words, to quote the president, i don t do cover-ups. the other front for nancy pelosi right now is with her own party. house democrats remain divided on whether or not to move toward impeachment of president trump. are they now after meeting this morning, are nay now closer together, are they now further apart? where do things stand? and will any legislation be getting done any time soon in the midst of all this? we ll bring you speaker pelosi s