House of representatives has had for the pending legislation. I want to thank our witnesses for joining us. Todays hearing is the first and likely the only hearing on hr one tax legislation. Lets give some historical perspective. 2000 one, when president bush took over from president clinton, cbo estimated the total Budget Surplus would be 5. 6 joined dollars. 5. 6 trillion. What actually happened was the federal government ran deficits totaling 6. 1 trillion. What happened between president taxtons time and federal cuts was simple. Tax cuts in 2001 followed by a tax cut of 120 in 2003. In 2005, there was a tax holiday that also cut back billions of dollars in terms of federal revenue. Each time, like today, republicans promised job growth. They took us to the casino, we win. Ot you really get. The Treasury Department issued a one page and analysis on monday is an 2. 9 growth that entirely contrary to what economists have suggested across the board. The reality is tax cuts do not favor
I invite you to check our website for a listing of events. You may register for these programs online or by calling the 24 hour reservation line. Stevens books, altered genes, trista twisted truth will be for sale in the lobby and hillary will be there to sign books. If you have any friends who wanted to hear this program and were not able to, the podcast should be online in about a day. He is speaking again thursday in palo alto at the community center. If you want to find out more about that online you go to Silicon Valley health institute. In terms of questions today, when you feel the question. So pass them to the aisle. That way i wont have to block the tvs while the recording this. Now i will start the program officially. Greetings and welcome to todays meeting. I am bill grant, cochair of the forum and chair of this program. It is my pleasure to introduce our distinguished speakers. Steven is a Public Interest attorney who initiated a lawsuit that revealed the agency had covered
In 2016 and its aftermath. For more information, check out wer site at booktv. Org. Greeting and welcome to todays meeting from the commonwealth chair of california. I am bill grant chair of this program. It is my pleasure to extend a special welcome to club members. At this time, please turn off all cell phones and noisemaking devices. The event is being video graphed and recorded for pod casts so we dont want extraneous sounds. Many tup topics are coming up and i invite you to visit our website at commonclub. Org or call our 24 hour reservation line. Stevens book will be for sale in the hobby after the program and he is happy to sign the book. If you have friends who want to be here this program and were not able to, the pod cast should be online in about a day. Cspan is here to record it for tv. And he is speaking again thursday in palo alto at the community center. You have want to find out more about that go to the szhi. Com i believe. Schi. Com to find out more information. That
As well as many other topics at the commonwell club, and i invite you to check our web site for a complete listing of e vebls. Call the clubs 24hour reservation line. Steven druers book will be for sale in the lobby after this program, and hell be happy to sign the book. Also for if you have any friends who wanted to hear this program and were unable to, the podcast should be online in about a day. Cspan is here to record it for tv, and hes speaking again thursday in palo alto at the coverly community center. If you want to find out more about that, go to the Silicon Valley health institute, svhi. Org svhi. Com, i believe, to find out more information. But thatll be a good place if you want go there as well. In terms of questions, i put out question cards on all the seats, and what id like you to do is when you fill the question cards out, pass them to the aisle, and then pass them up. Ill be sitting here, that way i wont have to go down the aisle and block the cameras while theyre rec
Has been shot and killed by San Francisco police. They just started reopening some of the roads here. This is in the bayview in San Francisco. This woman was shot one time by one officer who only fired one shot. The confrontation taking place about 9 45 a. M. Police were out looking for stolen cars at the time and they found one on elmira street where it dead ends under 280. Officers tried to talk to her. They say she tried to drive off. At 100 feet away she hit a truck. Officers approached the car and the police chief reports what happened next. We have one witness that says that there was a back and forth with the vehicle, with the officers moving about, at some point in this engagement, one officer a sergeant fired one shot striking the suspect. Reporter officers got her out of the car. They performed cpr. But she died at San Francisco general hospital. The chief says he is not yet interviewed the officers in this case to hear their side of the story. We also dont know yet if there