Members of the committee, i want to briefly comment on the horrific terrorist attack in manchester. Americans are bound to our british friends by a common language, culture, and many other things such as the common law. As a boy i remember the strength it brought to us americans to witness the courage of the british people as they stood strong in the battle of britain. We know the resolve of the british people will once again vanquish a common foe. I think i speak for all members of the committee when i say god save the queen. And god save great britain. We care a great deal for our friends overseas, and we wish them the best. Todays hearing has a dual focus. We will be will we discuss the president s budget for fiscal year 2018 as well as ongoing efforts to reform our nations tax code. We are pleased to be joined here today by treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin who will provide the administrations perspective on these important issues. We welcome you back to the committee, mr. Secretar
National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] Steve Mnuchin testifying now about president trumps budget plan and efforts to change the u. S. Tax code. He answered questions before the Senate Finance committee this morning. I want to briefly comment on the horrific terrorist attack in manchester. Americans are bound to our british friends by a common language, culture and many other things such as the common law. As a boy i remember the strength it brought to us americans to witness the courage of the british people as they stood strong in the battle of britain. We know the resolve of the british people will once again vanquish a common foe. Today i think we can speak for all members of the committee when i say, god save the queen. And god save great britain. We care a great deal for our friends overseas. Mr. Hatch and we wish them est. Todays hearing has a dual focus
Investigation. Those teams have been work and theyll continue to work and they have not been altered in any way. But there were a number of very strange comments that mr. Comey testified last week that you could have, i believe, shed some light on. But well continue. Thank you, sir. General sessions thank you again for your willingness to be here. Not sure that you sue 23450u it but your replacement sat through most of this, had strains hes played us regret that we dont have intermural basketball teams. Big luther ask i good round ballplayer, two lane. Youve been asked a wide range of questions, and i think youve answered things related to claims about the meeting at the mayflower, youve answered questions that surround the reasons of your recusal and the fact that you had never been briefed since day one on the investigation. But you made clear that you cant think of any other conversations that youve had with russian officials, youve covered in detail the conversation that you had, t
Debt limit and potential tax breaks for highincome taxpayers. This hearing is just over 90 minutes. Ill call to order this hearing for budget and revenue proposals. Good morning and welcome to our hearing on the president s fiscal year 2018 budget and revenue proposals. I want to thank you, mr. Secretary, for agreeing to testify today on the budget. Your agency, the department of treasury, as responsibility for fostering our nations Economic Growth and ensuring fiscal stability across our financial system. Our countrys growing debt and underperforming economy should be front and center in these conversations. America is faced with a mammoth nation debt that is over a patrol dollars and an economy thats holding back growth. We had a modest 2 rait over the next 30 years pro protections doubled from 77 in 2017 to 150 in 2047. In order for congress to tackle this enormous fiscal challenge it must reduce spending and ensure outlay growth does not outpace our economy. But wels must focus on
Debt limit and potential tax breaks for highincome taxpayers. This hearing is just over 90 minutes. Ill call to order this hearing for budget and revenue proposals. Good morning and welcome to our hearing on the president s fiscal year 2018 budget and revenue proposals. I want to thank you, mr. Secretary, for agreeing to testify today on the budget. Your agency, the department of treasury, as responsibility for fostering our nations Economic Growth and ensuring fiscal stability across our financial system. Our countrys growing debt and underperforming economy should be front and center in these conversations. America is faced with a mammoth nation debt that is over a patrol dollars and an economy thats holding back growth. We had a modest 2 rait over the next 30 years pro protections doubled from 77 in 2017 to 150 in 2047. In order for congress to tackle this enormous fiscal challenge it must reduce spending and ensure outlay growth does not outpace our economy. But wels must focus on