[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] the committee will come to order. Before we get started i want to offer our deepest condolences to those impacted by yesterdays tragic shooting. Our hearts go out to the victims and their loved ones. Please know you are in our prayers. Its our honor to welcomes elimination to testify on the 2019 Budget Proposal for the Treasury Department. We appreciate your time and look for to testimony. The annual hearing plays a key role in our work on behalf of the American People. We have important work ahead of us. Last year you said your number one priority was Economic Growth for america. Then and now we sure that priority. Last year working together with you we overhauled our nations tax code for the first time in 31 years. We now have a tax code built for growth to deliver were jobs the bigger paychecks to americans nationwide. Families can keep more of their money until their income exceeds 61000 until their
Country as a host of new surveys more americans see themselves slipping out of the middle class. With us, Jonathan Hoenig from capitalist pig asset management, fox news contributor. Rich lowery, National Review and sam chan done, economist with chandone economics. Sam, i start with you. 200,000 new nonfarm jobs created in the month. An Unemployment Rate that slips to 6. 6 . Do you agree with the consensus number or do you agree it would could be better . I think we could have number better than that. Weve had drag over job creation over past couple months because of bad weather. What that means, although weather isnt a negative issue for us in the march numbers, the march numbers might be inflated a little bit. If there was hiring that wasnt happening in january and february gerri so may be a head fake . Yeah. Gerri jonathan, what do you say . I know you follow these numbers very closely. What do you expect tomorrow . And even if we have something a little better than 200,000, is that