Watching, but there are a significant number of people in my whole state of florida on Social Security and on medicare. As i said, my mother is one of them. Im an enormous supporter of these programs. I also look at these programs and i look at the number of people going into it and how long they are going to live, and the math tells you these programs are going to have some big problems in the years to come which threaten not just to take them down but threaten to trigger a debt crisis in america. So we have to deal with the spending side and create a more disciplined way of spending in the future years to bring some certainty, but we also have to grow the economy. In essence, if you just take a stagnant economy, no cuts in the world are going to get you there. You cant just simply cut your way and cant simply tax your way. The only solution to our debt problem and it happens to be good for america all around is the combination of discipline on future spending combined with rapid, rob
Consent that my intern be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Merkley thank you, mr. President. Our nation was founded on a principle encapsulated in the first three and most important words of our constitution we the people. Our founders wanted to have a nation that didnt work for the benefit of the powerful and the privileged, but for decisions by the people, for the people, as president lincoln so eloquently described our nation. Not a nation by and for the powerful, not a nation by and for the privileged, but by and for the people. Tomorrow, a bill is coming to the floor that couldnt be more of a buy and for the powerful bill than we have seen on the floor of the senate before. A bill completely contrary, the fundamental values embedded in our constitution. Now, this bill is a budget bill, and at its heart it says were going to do 5 trillion of tax cuts almost completely for the richest americans, and were going t
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The subcommittee on courts, intellectual property and the internet will come to order. We welcome everyone here today for todays hearing bringing justice closer to the people, examining ideas for restructuring the ninth circuit and i now recognize myself for a short Opening Statement. Its been more than a decade since we last considered a bill to if you will split the ninth circuit. The ninth circuit is by far the largest circuit of the 12. Additionally, the ninth circuit hears more or less 20 of the appeals and some would say from this side of the doois throughout the various states it also is the most reversed circuit. Notwithstanding that, it is my circuit. It includes my state. And im deeply concerned today and will be until we find resolution that stripping away the other states of the ninth circuit would still leave california as by far the largest circuit. So, when we come together today we come together with two challenges. One, that there is no way without splitting a state to