the treasury secretary appeared before the senate finance committee, to answer questions on the 4.8 trillion dollar budget, and other issues regarding tax cuts. this is two hours and 20 minutes. we are pleased to have treasury secretary mnuchin, here today testifying about the presidents fiscal year 2021 budget, the president s budget includes proposals to confront a number of important issues, i want to work with the president, the secretary, and others in congress, to address these and other pressing issues, within our committee s jurisdiction. drug pricing, and employer pension crisis are two such issues that must be dealt with, this budget proposal comes at a time when the economy is very strong. especially for working families. better trade deals, less regulations, lower taxes from tax reform, we have translated into wage increases. especially for lower wage earners. and historically tight labor market. over six and seven tenths million jobs have been created since pres
we are pleased to have treasury secretary mnuchin, here today testifying about the presidents fiscal year 2021 budget, the president s budget includes proposals to confront a number of important issues, i want to work with the president, the secretary, and others in congress, to address these and other pressing issues, within our committee s jurisdiction. drug pricing, and employer pension crisis are two such issues that must be dealt with, this budget proposal comes at a time when the economy is very strong. especially for working families. better trade deals, less regulations, lower taxes from tax reform, we have translated into wage increases. especially for lower wage earners. and historically tight labor market. over six and seven tenths million jobs have been created since president trump was elected. with gains occurring since we passed the tax cut jobs act. unemployment has fallen to a 50 year low, 23 consecutive months, with unemployment rate with at or below 24%,
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