A morning ive asked the committee to consider 3196 pending military nominations. All these nominations have been before the committee for the reset required length of time. All in favor say i. The motion carries. The Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. This Committee Thanks you for your decades of service to our nation, we are grateful to your wife for the support she has provided to into all hers urination in uniform. I also want to welcome your son patrick, you look like your mother who is joining us this morning. I know your other children, joe and kathleen send their support, even as i bet they are relieved that they do not need to sit through your interrogation. To exercise the legislative responsibility its important that this committee are able to receive testimony, briefings and other communication of information. Have you here to applicable laws and regulations . I have. To agree to give yo
Were going to get to tax reform, because thats a very big issue. Set in motion by the president yesterday. But i want to talk about a couple of issues that are also related to the Treasury Department, because theyre an important part of what you do and the country is trying to achieve. Specifically with north korea. David petraeus was just on the stage a few moments ago saying he and others are discouraged by the recent trade numbers indicating that china is still trading with north korea. New sanctions were applied last week. What is your level of confidence those sanctions will change materially . The chinese behavior . And can you clarify, because theres been different reporting about this, what exactly chinese banks are and are not doing Going Forward with north korea . Sure. So first of all, thank you for bringing that up. Because i think its a very important topic. I did have the opportunity to go with the president to the u. N. General Assembly Last week. It really was an incred
[inaudible conversations] as all of you know we are heading into the markup that started yesterday and i wanted to ask senator scott and senator portman who were in the middle of all of that and some of the leaders on the tax reform effort to say a few words. The good news on tax reform we have spent a lot of time talking about the numbers and tax reform and the reality of it is those numbers translate to real peoples lives who will benefit from tax reform and as we start discussing ways to use some of the revenues perhaps from the individual mandate to lower taxes for the middle class this is a classic example of a powerful mechanism for us to address those folks in the middle class, the hardworking americans living paycheck to paycheck who are looking for a way to bring home more of their takehome pay. Our approach provides relief, significant substantial clear relief to those folks working hard every single day in the middle class. Thank you. The middle income folks that i represent
The Committee Meets his way to receive testimony on you as policy ends strategy in the asiaPacific Region. I am pleased to welcome our panel of expert witnesses come all with deep knowledge and experience in the region. The Senior Adviser and korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies. Aaron friedberg who is the professor of politics and International Affairs at princeton university. And the former Principal Deputy assistant secretary of defense for asia pacific security irs and senior fellow am having trouble with my enunciation. Strategic affairs at the endowment for international peace, an old friend of the committee. Americas interest in asiaPacific Region are deep and enduring, that is why for the past 70 years we have worked with our allies and partners to up hold a rulesbased order based on principles of free peoples and free markets, open skies, theen resolution of disputes. The challenges are mounting. Thehey threaten not just nations of the Pacific Regi
The Committee Meets his way to receive testimony on you as policy ends strategy in the asiaPacific Region. I am pleased to welcome our panel of expert witnesses come all with deep knowledge and experience in the region. The Senior Adviser and korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies. Aaron friedberg who is the professor of politics and International Affairs at princeton university. And the former Principal Deputy assistant secretary of defense for asia pacific security irs and senior fellow am having trouble with my enunciation. Strategic affairs at the endowment for international peace, an old friend of the committee. Americas interest in asiaPacific Region are deep and enduring, that is why for the past 70 years we have worked with our allies and partners to up hold a rulesbased order based on principles of free peoples and free markets, open skies, theen resolution of disputes. The challenges are mounting. Thehey threaten not just nations of the Pacific Regi