Ramaswamy and talking and remarks. Please help me welcome vivek ramaswamy. [applause] thank you. Its an honor to be here. I recognize the team for putting this on. I chose to be here for a reason. For delivering the speech that we are about to today. I think this will be quite possibly the most consequential speech about how we will get this shutting down the Administrative State. The reason i wanted to recognize many of the people in the audience today is you have been on the leading edge of this fight. This is not an individual sport. This is a team sport. There will be no political messiah coming from the white house to save us. We will save ourselves and that is the mentality i respect about this institute. And i thank brook for leading this great institute. Thank you, brook. I want to kick this off on a reflection on National Unity. We are deeply divided as a country today. And i think the way to summon both Political Parties and get to National Unity is through compromise. It wou
Vote the presiding officer on this vote the yeas are 52. The nays are 48. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the bill. The clerk calendar number 266 h. R. 1 an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles 2 and 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate that senator wyden or his designee be recognized to offer a motion to commit the bill, text of which is at the desk. I further ask that the time until 8 00 p. M. Be equally divided between the leaders or their designees and that at 8 00 p. M. The senate vote in relation to the motion to commit with no intervening action or debate and that following the disposition of the wyden motion, the majority leader be recognized. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Wyden mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Wyden i ask unanimous c
Never worked anywhere in the world, and its not going to work here. Their answer to everything is big government. Well, there are two different points of view here, and i have to tell you i used to be on their side when i was a young fellow, when i was raised in poverty and came up the hard way and learned a trade and became a journeyman metal lather, which was one of the most Skilled Trades at the time. I have to say that these haunting refrains were used by democrats back then too, but look at this country and the mess its in, and its in a mess because of their philosophy. Weve got to change it. I admit with him that the Business Committee isnt always right and they are not always the best to spend our money, but the best to spend our money, but. The senate will soon vote on legislation on the broken tax code. And to provide significantie relief for tens of millions of middleclass families. And as we move to consider this legislation we will take another step that is a bipartisan goa
I recognize the senator from utah. Mr. Hatch i thank the presiding officer. I listened to the minority leaders remarks. If anybody believes that were going to be able to Work Together closely when they just want a they had us right there at the instance of socialism just a month ago and were still right on the cusp of socialism. I hate to say it, but our democratic friends are pushing us towards socialism which has never worked anywhere in the world, and its not going to work here. Their answer to everything is big government. Well, there are two different points of view here, and i have to tell you i used to be on their side when i was a young fellow, when i was raised in poverty and came up the hard way and learned a trade and became a journeyman metal lather, which was one of the most Skilled Trades at the time. I have to say that these haunting refrains were used by democrats back then too, but look at this country and the mess its in, and its in a mess because of their philosophy.
Walmart, the nations largest employer, 1. 5 million workers boosting their wages, 11 an hour. And extending Maternity Leave for maternal benefits and adoption benefits. Joining me, david nelson. Steve, let me start with you. You wrote an article yesterday, President Trump and the administration should be touting the economy more than the stock market. What we are seeing with this economy is probably going to keep going for some time. Dont get me wrong, im not against stocks rising. But we should focus more on whats going on upon main street. The stock market did well under President Trump but the economy did not. When we look at the situation, the opposite is the case. Pelosi, nancy pelosi, the congresswoman from california said recently that these are quote crumbs from Corporate America. And they are pathetic is a quote she made. In her San Francisco and washington world. Maybe these are crumbs to give a 1,000 or 2,000 bonus. But for most of of america it can be life changing. If she