General Qasem Soleimani was [inaudible] to date even in a single strike, the president defended American Life and showed iran and terrorism and most important he spilling american blood is something tham will come at a price unlike what weve been going through with his predecessor and the redline did not mean anything but now everyone knows that it means something in the result is not where the best negotiatinggo position with iran since 1979 and irans escalation which includes saudi arabia and Oil Facilities in the killing of an american citizen that is in its for now. Some democrats would have you believe that a vote for a war powers resolution pretending as though the president is resting or rushing to war and it is just not happening. The facts i are not there and there is no war with iran and the airstrike is not a war and punishing iran for killing an american citizen is not a war nor has the sole money strike started us war as democrats would have you believe. Its been three wee
Predecessor, were in the best negotiating position with iran since 1979 and irans escalation, which includes attacks on tankers, Saudi Arabian Oil Facilities and the killing of an american citizen. At least for now. Yet some democrats would have you believe a vote for a war powers resolution, pretending as though the president is rushing to war. Thats just not happening. But the facts are not there. There is no war with iran. An air strike is not a war. Punishing iran for killing an american citizen is is not a war. Nor has it just hasnt happened. Its been three weeks since the democrats first tried to vote on this resolution and during those three weeks, nothing has happened. Let me just repeat that. Nothing has happened. There have been no new iranian attacks against us. And weve with not attacked them. How can anyone claim that were in some caned of a war . Moreover, nobody wants with with iran. The president has made it clear he doesnt want war with iran, and in fact the president
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, you are high and lifted up, deliver us from estrangement or dissension. Teach our lawmakers to disagree with respect, civility, and humility. Lord, lead them into a deeper reverence for you and one another, as they remember that patriots reside on both sides of the aisle. May our senators celebrate the pleasure you receive when colleagues of faith dwell together in unity. Let the words of their mouths and the meditations of their hearts receive your divine approval. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from a.
Illusions that if they do something now because of a lack of quorum, there will not be any enforcement. It is unfortunate we dont have a quorum. It is inexcusable, in my view. We had two commissioners who resigned, one two years ago, another almost two years ago. Those seats were never felt. Never filled. Host why . Chair weintraub i dont know. That is something i have no control over. The nominations have to be made by the president and senate. It is easy to get over the long vacancies. We should have never been in this situation we found ourselves in. We are down to a quorum of four. Another commissioner decided to resign. That left us with only three. Totakes four commissioners initiate investigations, to authorize penalties and approve conciliation agreements. However, people should know before we lost the quorum, we authorized a number of investigations. We are at a high point in a decade in the number of investigations we have ongoing. As soon as we get commissioners back in, we
That should be the basic ingredients of tax reform. First it should be fair to taxpayers of this country. The tax bill enacted two years ago was certainly not fair. It failed in that test. As i pointed out, who benefited . Well, large corporations benefited dramatically by this bill, but they said look, well pass it on to the workers. But did they pass it on to the workers . In 2018, 1. 1 trillion were used to repurchase stock to make the wealthiest even wealthier and did not go to the benefit of the workers. It benefited the greatest on the personal income tax side to the highest income taxpayers. They are the ones who benefited the most. It was not fair to middleclass taxpayers. Secondly, a tax reform bill should be fiscally responsible. After all, we have taxes in order to raise revenue, in order to pay for services so we dont borrow from the future for our children and grandchildren to pay for what were doing today. The administration said that this would be a fiscally responsible