Middleclass families and borrows trillions of dollars to give massive new tax breaks to the wealthy and especially to their friends, Corporate America. The American People deserve real, bipartisan tax reform that ,uts the middleclass first create good paying jobs, and lowers the deficit. The republican plan does not do anything that. It is a giveaway to corporations and the wealthiest. They brag about saying if you have a simple family and you make as much money, you get a tax break what is important to know is what they give you with one hand, they take away with the other. They are raising taxes again on the liens of middleclass families, hoping the American People will not figure it out because theyre going to brace this through. We know there are some members today on the ways and Means Committee that never had even seen the system. If you are a middle class family, have you judge this . If you own a home or want to one day, you lose. If you have a sick child or a Family Member wit
Call it the thud or the lead sled. It was the f105 thunder chief, and during the veietnam war, it was a workhorse. Im oliver north and this is war stories. Between 1961 and 73, over 3,000 aircraft like this one were shot down or destroyed in southeast asia. 1968, the last year of Rolling Thunder and 652 men piloting these planes lost their lives. From march of 65 to october of 68, air force navy and marine airmen dropped nearly a half million tons of bombs. Rolling thunder was far from a triumph. As youll see and hear, orders straight from the white house forced the men flying these missions to fight with one hand tied behind their backs. And those restrictions inevitably cost american lives. Join us tonight as we pay tribute to the heroes of operation Rolling Thunder. Took this huge hit. Every warning light came on. Nothing to do. Could this war have been won . Of course it could. It could have ended any time we wanted it to. In 1965, vietnam was divided and at war. The south was demo
That same day, house and Senate Democrats reacted to the gop tax reform bill by suggesting it offered to many too many tax breaks to corporations and wealthy individuals at the expense of come americans. This is about 40 minutes. That afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here. As you know, today House Republicans unveiled a bill that raises taxes on millions of middleclass families and borrows trillions of dollars to give massive new tax breaks to the wealthy and especially to their friends, Corporate America. The American People deserve real, bipartisan tax reform that ,uts the middleclass first create good paying jobs, and lowers the deficit. The republican plan does not do anything that. It is a giveaway to corporations and the wealthiest. They brag about saying if you have a simple family and you make as much money, you get a tax break what is important to know is what they give you with one hand, they take away with the other. They are raising taxes again on the liens of middl
The house ways and Means Committee begins its work on the republican tax reform plan monday. Watch live coverage monday starting at noon eastern on cspan two and cspan. Org. Listen live using the free cspan radio app. President trump spoke on the latest effort on tax reform. This statement to the media is about 15 minutes. Pres. Trump thank you very much. I would like to thank the republican members of the house ways and Means Committee who are here today to discuss the credible plan to cut taxes. It is reform and lots of other things but were cutting taxes. It will be the biggest tax cut in our history. There is nothing more important to our economy. You see how well our economy is doing . This can really bring it to the next level. Before we begin, i want to make a brief announcement. I had an excellent meeting today with chairman grassley and other lawmakers on Immigration Reform following the terrorist attack in new york. I am calling on congress to immediately terminate the visa d
Exemption certain micro offerings of Registration Requirements and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on pass afpblgt bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 232, the nays are 188. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 7 of rule 2, i present a privilege red port. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report a tite the title. The clerk conference report to to accompany h. R. 2810, authorize military activities for the department