Things, you know, id threat cant agree with all of your points but i agree with your basic will go because there is always a disconnect between what is provided to folks, whether it is the gas tax that goes to building roads and highways that people use every day but not realizing that they are paying for that. A variety of other things that people use that the tax system paid for but not realizing that connection. So the whole idea you bring up, stephen, that you believe that to connect the taxes they are paying with what they are getting in some respects, i agree with you and that is one of the challenges. On the first point, i take exception to you saying that my request for raising the cap on Social Security is a kneejerk reaction. Kneejerk reaction is a description of Somebody Just sort of making a decision without thinking about it. I have put a lot of thought on the issue. You and i may disagree on the best solution but i put a lot of thought into it and i think it is the best s
Theaters, our businesses in our offices. In the only thing consistent and all of them is the guns. I would like to introduce one of our cosponsors of the legislation we hope to introduce a lot with the house of representatives, the senior senator from the greek state of connecticut going the great state of connecticut going through a difficult time. Thank you. Let me first thank you for your leadership going back to 1993 and before when i was speaking to advocate in the state of connecticut a similar law to the one adopted here banning assault weapons. This has been a heroin, terrific week in the state of connecticut, culminating in todays moment of silence at 9 30. The end of the week and i spent the better part of the time meeting with first responders, families, going to funerals and wakes and speaking with ordinary people of newtown and the state of connecticut. The refrain i have heard over and over again from newtown and connecticut and all the run the country is you need to do s
He would sign a bill before january to extend tax cuts for most americans. His remarks came as congress leaves washington without a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. The president said he hoped any deal to avoid the fiscal cliff would also include and extension of Unemployment Insurance and lay this is about 7 minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. For the last few weeks, i have been working with the leaders of both parties on a proposal to get our deficit under control, to avoid tax cuts to avoid tax hikes on the middleclass. And to make sure we can spur jobs and economic growth. A balanced proposal that cuts spending, but also ask the wealthiest americans to pay more, a proposal that will strengthen the middle class over the long haul, and our economy over the long haul. In the course of these negotiations, i offered to compromise with republicans in congress. I met them halfway on taxes and more than halfway on spending. Today, i am still willing to get a comprehensive package done. I st
We will figure out where we go from here. Lets started off with nicole petallides. She is at the new york stock exchange. Nicole no panic. The nasdaq was down nearly 2 . Lets take a look at the dow. The fiscal cliff remains front and center. We heard from john boehner today. We are not seeing bipartisan agreement at all. We are off of the lows of the days. Names like bank of america among the biggest losers. While you see a few trying to give it a go in the green, the truth is, you are seeing broadbased selling. The s p 500 is down a full percentage point. While there are some select winners, the truth is, you have many affected. Connell thank you very much. You heard a moment ago from the speaker. You did not hear this morning from the mayans. Brian wesbury is here and he is his usual optimistic self. You are always relatively optimistic about the economy, but even after last night and what we in washington . Sure. You know, yes, the fiscal cliff is coming. We have known him for a lon
Offenses in 2012, only 880 faced command action for sex crimes. Of those 880, 594 faced courtmartial and 302 of those courtmartials resulted in convictions. So all in all, we have a situation in which 880 people faced any kind of discipline for a sex crime out of the universe of 26,000 potential incidents. Thats only 3. 4 of total incidents in which someone was held accountable and only 302, or 1. 1 , were actually convicted of a crime. That is not a good set of numbers, mr. President , and it sums up why this problem has been fest experg why we need action this year. But i think we also know that were not all here because of the statistics. Were here because of real people. Because each and every one of the numbers is a personal story of grief and we know them all too well. Whether it was a Sexual Assault scandal last year at Lackland Air Force base in texas where a dozen or more basic Training Instructors were accused of sexually assaulting female trainees, or the more reason case at