Including some turtles. Thats right. Your tax dollars actually paid for a study that put turtles on treadmills. So here we have our turtles on a treadmill. To no ones surprise, it turns out that turtles are really, really slow. Okay. Thats what our tax dollars went to. In fact, this wasteful study found that turtles moved at nearly the same pace as dead turtles on a treadmill. Arent you glad that washington bureaucrats used your hard earned dollars to conduct this study . Good grief, folks. Now how many of your tax dollars went to this study exactly . Well, folks, your guess is actually as good as mine because there is no legal obligation for most federal agencies to publicly disclose the price of government projects even though the american taxpayers are paying for them. Folks, this is your money, your money. So shouldnt you have a right to know how it is being spent . Its been said before, and i sure believe it, government functions best when it operates in the open. This is the basi
A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. A senator thank you, madam president. I rise today because its my honor to introduce my colleague who actually needs no introduction but still for this speech today. Mr. Hoeven i have the pleasure to introduce kevin cramer who will be thriferring his delivering his official maiden speech to the senate. Ive known kevin for many years. Hes always been incredibly diligent worker for the people of north dakota. And he served our state in many different capacities. He served as tourism director and did a tremendous job promoting our state, promoting tourism, and really promoting the beauty and the history of our state in a way that brought a lot of National Attention and really made a difference in terms of tourism for our state. He also served our state as Economic Development director, something that is certainly near and dear to my heart. Ive always believed that job creations are job one. To me thats the engine th
The Senate Banking committee where treasury secretary steve new chin testifying on the treasury mnuchin testifying on the annual treasury report. We called thousands of Small Businesses in the state of nevada. Hundreds were on the line, questions were asked specifically what this new tax bill, what do you anticipate your Business Practices will be for this year . 90 , 90 of the Small Businesses in nevada said they were planning on expanding their business. That they are going to hire more employees. They are going to provide bonuses, pay raise, and increase their minimum wage for their business. The 0 90 said they would do parts, all, or some. It wasnt a professional survey, i was pleased to know that what the white house and what your department attempted to do in december, i do believe were being delivered on what were seeing in the state of nevada. We have had south point casino, said its going to double its 2,300 fulltime workers bonuses. Fountain blue, developers, said they are go
Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin delivered the annual stability Oversight Councils report at a hearing at the Senate Banking committee on tuesday. Topics also included russian sanctions, tax reform, the debt ceiling and cryptocurrency. This is two hours and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Today, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin will testify on Financial Stability Oversight Councils 2017 annual report and the operations and actions of this congress. In december of last year, issued the 2017 annual report in which it provided numerous recommendations, insights into the councils key activities and identified potentially merging threats to Financial Stability. One of the rejss urged congress to reform the Housing Finance system and boost the role of private capital in morning finance. Ive repeatedly stated that the status quo is not a viable option and reforming the Housing Finance system is one of my key priorities. Testifying before the Banking Committee last year, secreta
Year to raise the debt ceiling. We go to the Chairman Committee s senator mike crapo. The chair brings the meeting to order. Today, the secretary of pressure ri Steven Mnuchin is going to testify over the 2017 report. In december of last year, fsoc issued the and report in which it gave numerous re recommendations, and identified potential emerging threats to Financial Stability. One of the recommendations urged congress to reform the Housing Finance system and boost the role of private capital in mortgage finance. I have repeatedly stated that the status quo is not a viable option and reforming the Housing Finance system is one of my key priorities. Testifying before the Banking Committee secretary mnuchin reaffirmed the commitment to work with to us find a solution and stressed the importance of finding a balance of ensuring strong Taxpayer Protection and ample access to credit. Four years ago, a Bipartisan Group of senators passed a Housing Finance reform bill in this committee. We