Peter well, good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you today. Im peter russo. I want to thank you all for coming. You are at a capitol hill Hill Briefing major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin, if youre watching via cspan or via the live stream and would like to join the conversation, wed love to hear from you so please tweet comments and questions to our panel at catoevents. Again, thats catoevents. Further, this spring the Cato Institute released the handbook for policymakers. Copies were available on the tables as you came in. If youd like additional copies, please contact me after the program. I will be happy to hook you up. D p. D. F. s are searchable at cato. Org and there is a chapter on federal tax reform and many others, also, covering the tax treatment of health care as well as the importance of preserving global tax competition. With that i want to introduce catos chris edwards, the director of tax policy studies nd editor of www. Downsizinggovernment. Org. Before j
Peter well, good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you today. Im peter russo. I want to thank you all for coming. You are at a capitol hill Hill Briefing major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin, if youre watching via cspan or via the live stream and would like to join the conversation, wed love to hear from you so please tweet comments and questions to our panel at catoevents. Again, thats catoevents. Further, this spring the Cato Institute released the handbook for policymakers. Copies were available on the tables as you came in. If youd like additional copies, please contact me after the program. I will be happy to hook you up. D p. D. F. s are searchable at cato. Org and there is a chapter on federal tax reform and many others, also, covering the tax treatment of health care as well as the importance of preserving global tax competition. With that i want to introduce catos chris edwards, the director of tax policy studies nd editor of www. Downsizinggovernment. Org. Before j
Peter well, good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you today. Im peter russo. I want to thank you all for coming. You are at a capitol hill Hill Briefing major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin, if youre watching via cspan or via the live stream and would like to join the conversation, wed love to hear from you so please tweet comments and questions to our panel at catoevents. Again, thats catoevents. Further, this spring the Cato Institute released the handbook for policymakers. Copies were available on the tables as you came in. If youd like additional copies, please contact me after the program. I will be happy to hook you up. D p. D. F. s are searchable at cato. Org and there is a chapter on federal tax reform and many others, also, covering the tax treatment of health care as well as the importance of preserving global tax competition. With that i want to introduce catos chris edwards, the director of tax policy studies nd editor of www. Downsizinggovernment. Org. Before j
This is 3. 5 hours. The committee will come to order. Welcome to the ways and Means Committee hearing on increasing u. S. Competitiveness and preventing american jobs from moving overseas. Before we get started, i want to take a moment to speak about the evil terror attack that occurred last night in the united kingdom. Our deepest condolences go out to the victims, to their families and their loved ones. Please know that you are in our prayers. Today, were continuing our work on pro growth tax row form that will improve lives all americans. This mornings hearing is strengthening americans pro competitiveness and preventing jobs from moving overseas. For years americans have watched as our manufacturing plants, middle class jobs and longstanding u. S. Companies have moved overseas devastating communities and the families that depend upon them. Hundreds of thousands of goodpaying american jobs have left and continued to leave to china, mexico, ireland, and other foreign countries. Some
This is 3. 5 hours. The committee will come to order. Welcome to the ways and Means Committee hearing on increasing u. S. Competitiveness and preventing american jobs from moving overseas. Before we get started, i want to take a moment to speak about the evil terror attack that occurred last night in the united kingdom. Our deepest condolences go out to the victims, to their families and their loved ones. Please know that you are in our prayers. Today, were continuing our work on pro growth tax row form that will improve lives all americans. This mornings hearing is strengthening americans pro competitiveness and preventing jobs from moving overseas. For years americans have watched as our manufacturing plants, middle class jobs and longstanding u. S. Companies have moved overseas devastating communities and the families that depend upon them. Hundreds of thousands of goodpaying american jobs have left and continued to leave to china, mexico, ireland, and other foreign countries. Some