Passed for strengthening manufacturing in this country because the wto hobby was violative of the wto. So we try to replace the pen that was also found to be wto violative. So then we passed the present action. At the last minute, oil and gas was placed in the air. It had nothing to do with manufacturing. It was done in the wee hours. We were stuck with days you want a replacement which will have manufactured this country, including oil and gas are you going to vote against the whole dang thing . Accepted a compromise. It has to be extracted talking about oil and gas. Not the last question. Im sorry, francine. [inaudible] everything you run out of tax reform process has been out with a has to measure to make them maybe not impossible, but much less likely to tax reform goes forward this year. Is that basically what you believe . If you could say a word about why tax reform should go forward. What do you see as the upside of that . Im not saying that. What im saying is they think we too
[applause] mayors and ladies and gentlemen, it is, of course, my distinct honor and pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce our good friend, my good friend, Vice President joe biden. Throughout his career as a public servant, the Vice President biden has championed issues that are critical to the prosperity and growth of americas cities and he has engaged directly with the u. S. Conference of mayors on a regular basis. During our annual meeting this past june in orlando, Vice President biden pledged the Obama Administration would make sure that the future Infrastructure Investments are more targeted to local areas. In november, last year, the Vice President hosted our leadership in the white house, to discuss the fiscal cliff and the concerns of mayors regard boast inrestor programs programs progt financing. Whenever theres major issue that demands attention, again and again and again, Vice President joe biden has shown the leadership and courage needed to help move our nation in
He managed to care for those residents. We are talking about 100,000 customers. There are only 600,000 people in the district and hundred thousand people need this care. How much money did Jeffrey Thompson get from the District Of Columbia on all the friends that he helped fund for his company . The d. C. Chartered contract million. 322 onetime . No, per year. By the and it was up to 322 Million Dollars. We are talking about a company that he bought in 2000 four 4 million. At that time, the company made about 26 million a year. This is a person who really built the company up. Some may believe that it was through corrupt means, but other folks say that he was very savvy, he was very smart. He built this company up. One of the things that i found in reporting my story is that this is basically a circle of money. He would get the money from the city and then he would give to his charities, to his family and his friends. Somehow that money would circle whond to the candidates would approv
Questions you submitted online. Its never been a more important or difficult time to be a mayor of a big city. Over the last month, mayors have faced unprecedented channels, a once in a century pandemic thats forced mayors to make timely and difficult decisions under tremendous pressure. Decisions that if they get wrong, could cost thousands of lives. Then, in the wake of the Police Killing of george floyd, we have seen a once in a generation movement. Huge street protests and calls to end police brutality, but more deeply to fundamentally reorder the priorities governing the agendas of cities, to undo systemic racism. All of that is happening in that fraught moment. Because big city mayors are navigate thing, they are negotiating the calls for safety and health, equity and justice being made. Its been over a month since george floyd was killed by a Minneapolis Police officer. There are still people protesting in the streets across america, night after night for a month. The protests a
This is something that we simply have got to move forward on. I was happy in 2012, i was able to get language in their that put a cap on this Publicprivate Partnerships. And there are folks around this country where theyre moving forward on that. Its really critical. And mr. Bishop rod of foreign manufacturing possibly taking place possibly take the place of domestic manufacturing. Thats something we havent talked about here but thats really critical. 40 balance in trade, for our economy, for a number of reasons. I guess what i would like to ask all of you, but mr. Jones if he would start out, how are Publicprivate Partnerships going to be affected by sequestration and the c. R. . What kind of longterm effects are we talking about . I agree with you, Publicprivate Partnerships are absolutely critical, protect the critical capabilities in both the public and private sector now more than ever as we are seeing significant downsizing. Capacity within the national sustained and daschle base