And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex
Whether its a special interest loophole in the tax code, to special interests, many of those tax expenditures do not create growth and they increase the deficit. And they are just like spending. Theyre called an expenditure because theyre giving a tax break to certain special interests. How does that fit in here . We want to go to the table, put everything on the table subject it toing a notic s a toing a noes tick scrutiny to to agnostic scrutiny that has fairness, simplicity and transparency. What the republicans are proposing this week is totally in opposition to our being able to do that effectively. What they are saying is let us take 800 billion permanently unpaid for out of the mix and then we have less to negotiate on. And then in terms of what we can do on the other side of the budget, which are investments into the future. I have always said, and i think that most economists would agree that the best nothing brings more money to the treasury or reduces the deficit more than i
To sustain this force . I think the small investment for the Afghan Security forces continues to provide the ability to protect our country and provide for a more stable afghanistan. A safer afghanistan is a safer United States. I dont know what 3. 8 billion is of the total federal budget, probably not a lot but it is a lot to me but i think the return on that investment is a norm us. We keep their army is enormous. We keep their army intact and they will keep fighting. The president suggested that when he visited the United States he would like the opportunity to thank the American People and suggested whether or not a joint session of congress appearance would be possible, you think that would help the overall relationship . President ghani thanks the American People everywhere, if he had the opportunity to do that with the joint session of congress that would be good. A lot of us were on the trip will send a letter, this is the one appearance i think we would all support. I cannot t
And this has been alluded to a little bit weather today too, theres been some discussion about what are the goals attached. One of the things i think that separates us here, which makes it kind of hard is that there are folks who look at this as an exercise to raise revenue, its something the president wants to do, a lot of us believe the best way to get revenue is through greater growth. And that tax reform the goal of tax reform ought to be how do we generate Economic Growth in the economy. Which addresses a lot of those income disparity issues that were mentioned earlier as well. Speak a little bit about growth as an objective, and how you think that plays into the deliberations that should occur here. Growth, obviously, everybody wants growth. But i remember russell long, who is chairman of this committee for 16, 17 years. And one meeting going, ive been here for 30 years. Three times we have put the investment tax credit in in tax reform. Three times weve taken it out in tax refor
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