Bus 50 capitols tour with wendy davis and Texas Republican Party chair james dickey. Hell be our guest on board the bus. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 eastern wednesday morning join the discuss. The tax reform discussion proposal is expected to be released wednesday morning. Next, the Cato Institute hosts a discussion on the prospects for the tax reform agenda. Panelists include americans for tax reform president Grover Norquist, American Enterprise Institute Fellow alex brill, and Cato Institute tax policies studies reported Chris Edwards. This is an hour. All righty. I think were going get started here. I want to welcome you all today. Im peter russo, the director of Congressional Affairs at the Cato Institute. And i want to thank you all for coming today. This is a capitol Hill Briefing entitled the home stretch for a major tax reform. And of course we crossed a big hurdle today in the house as they agreed to the Senate Budget proposal which of course paves
Coming elections that we are diverting o our attention away from the many other reissues that are causing violence in congot and we are wasting the opportunity to tackle these other issues. Based on 18 years of research, including several years living and working in congo, i believe and i will show you in my statement that there is effective ways to help the conflict. The approach to the congolese crisis by realizing that there are many other causes of violence beyond the political issues and the democracy and peace do not always go together. The two most important measures congress can take are to increase the United States support to local peacebuilding and to put vocal actors in the driver seat. The delay in Holding Elections is only one among the many issues that fuel the ongoing violence in congo and importantly local conflicts at the village or district level also feel fuel expense of violence. To be clear, national and International Leaders regularly manipulate vocal arm groups,
Help our citizens to live for your honor. Increase our faith, hope, and love that we may receive your promises. Lord, be merciful to our nation, for you are our hope. Today inspire our lawmakers with the music of your wisdom that they may bring hope out of despair and joy out of sadness. Teach them to celebrate even in the darkness, because you are the god who saves us. Give us all the strength to not become weary in doing what is right, knowing that in due season a bountiful harvest will come. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer 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. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C, november 14, 2017, to the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of t
[ room noise ] the committee will come to order. Today, this is the time and place for the hearing to offer some alterations and advice and consent process as required by the constitution for mrs. Linda mcmahon to head the sba. Linda, thank you so much for being here. And we have senators blumenthal and murphy to introduce mrs. Mcmahon. And both of these gentlemen have run against mrs. Mcmahon and vice versa. So i hope they i hope they didnt bring their files on weve been trying to forget, mr. Chairman. In any event, senator blumenthal, the floor is yours. And thank you so much for gracing us with your presence. Thanks, mr. Chairman. Thanks to you and Ranking Member senator shaheen. I am pleased to join my colleague in introducing our fellow resident of connecticut Linda Mcmahon. We know her as a fellow citizen of connecticut, but also as a successful business leader, as the cofounder and former ceo of the wwe. And also as a contributor very generously to many significant philanthropic
[ room noise ] the committee will come to order. Today, this is the time and place for the hearing to offer some alterations and advice and consent process as required by the constitution for mrs. Linda mcmahon to head the sba. Linda, thank you so much for being here. And we have senators blumenthal and murphy to introduce mrs. Mcmahon. And both of these gentlemen have run against mrs. Mcmahon and vice versa. So i hope they i hope they didnt bring their files on weve been trying to forget, mr. Chairman. In any event, senator blumenthal, the floor is yours. And thank you so much for gracing us with your presence. Thanks, mr. Chairman. Thanks to you and Ranking Member senator shaheen. I am pleased to join my colleague in introducing our fellow resident of connecticut Linda Mcmahon. We know her as a fellow citizen of connecticut, but also as a successful business leader, as the cofounder and former ceo of the wwe. And also as a contributor very generously to many significant philanthropic