Discusses the spending proposal at a hearing in the Senate Budget committee. This hearing begins with Committee Chair mike enzi and Ranking Member bernie sanders. Good morning. I will call to order the Budget Committee hearing. Good morning and welcome to the hearing on the president s Budget Proposal for fiscal year 2019. The budget submission comes to us on the heels of a very busy first year for President Trump. Im proud of all of the hard work and leadership that went into passing the tax cuts jobs act and progrowth tax bringing investments back to america and boosting takehome pay for workers. In the new submission i mentioned in the Administration Proposal to build on this momentum into further strengthen the economy. One of my greatest concerns as the United States senators on the countrys National Debt that is now eclipsed 20 trillion. To secure the economy long term for future generations, we must tackle this problem while lowering taxes is proving to bolster the economy that
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A Burmese Military massacre of Rohingya Muslims. The two journalists to uncover the killings have been locked up in the burmese prison for the past two months. We will speak to the Reuters Bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. And budget should reflect our moral priorities. It is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. We need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. A budget that puts working families first. And that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. Amy we will speak with seattle congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Finally, we mark the 20 the anniversary of vday, the Global Movement to stop violence against women and girls. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is emb
Good morning. I will call to order this Senate Budget committee hearing. Good morning and welcome to the Senate Budget committees hearing on the president s Budget Proposal for fiscal year 2019. This budget submission comes to us on the heels of a very first, very busy first year for President Trump. Im proud of all the hard work and leadership that went into passing the tax cuts and jobs act, historic progrowth tax bill thats already bringing investments back to america and boosting takehome pay for workers. With the president s new budget submission im interested in learning how the administration plans to build on this momentum and further strengthen our economy. One of my greatest concerns as United States senator is the countrys national debt, a figure thats now eclipsed 20 trillion. To secure our economy long term for future generations, we must tackle this growing problem while lowering taxes is proving to bolster our economy which will bring in new revenue, we must more closely
In the burmese prison for the past two months. We will speak to the Reuters Bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. And budget should reflect our moral priorities. It is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. We need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. A budget that puts working families first. And that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. Amy we will speak with seattle congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Finally, we mark the 20 the anniversary of vday, the Global Movement to stop violence against women and girls. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is embroiled in need of more controversy over rob porter after fbi director Christopher Wray testified to the senate th