Joining me now to talk about that and more is congressman ro khanna. He represents the 17th district covering much of silicon valley. Congressman, nice to have you here. Great to be back. This week the house passed a gopled tax reform bill. The senate is now working on its own version. What do you think of republican efforts to change the tax code . Well, theyre basically giving tax cuts to corporations at the expense of middleclass families. That is their priority. Theyre eliminating deductions for graduate students. Theyre eliminating deductions for medical expenses. Theyre eliminating deductions for state or local property taxes to pay for what . To pay for tax cuts for corporations. You have proposed your own tax idea. Right. Its a 1 trillion plan, though. What would it do . Heres the difference. Theyre theory of the case is youve cut taxes for corporations, and somehow thats going to raise wages or create jobs. My point is if you want to raise wages, just raise wages. What we ough
Joining me now to talk about that and more is congressman ro khanna. He represents the 17th district covering much of silicon valley. Congressman, nice to have you here. Great to be back. This week the house passed a gopled tax reform bill. The senate is now working on its own version. What do you think of republican efforts to change the tax code . Well, theyre basically giving tax cuts to corporations at the expense of middleclass families. That is their priority. Theyre eliminating deductions for graduate students. Theyre eliminating deductions for medical expenses. Theyre eliminating deductions for state or local property taxes to pay for what . To pay for tax cuts for corporations. You have proposed your own tax idea. Right. Its a 1 trillion plan, though. What would it do . Heres the difference. Theyre theory of the case is youve cut taxes for corporations, and somehow thats going to raise wages or create jobs. My point is if you want to raise wages, just raise wages. What we ough
Joining me now to talk about that and more is congressman ro khanna. He represents the 17th district covering much of silicon valley. Congressman, nice to have you here. Great to be back. This week the house passed a gopled tax reform bill. The senate is now working on its own version. What do you think of republican efforts to change the tax code . Well, theyre basically giving tax cuts to corporations at the expense of middleclass families. That is their priority. Theyre eliminating deductions for graduate students. Theyre eliminating deductions for medical expenses. Theyre eliminating deductions for state or local property taxes to pay for what . To pay for tax cuts for corporations. You have proposed your own tax idea. Right. Its a 1 trillion plan, though. What would it do . Heres the difference. Theyre theory of the case is youve cut taxes for corporations, and somehow thats going to raise wages or create jobs. My point is if you want to raise wages, just raise wages. What we ough
Tonight, a ceremony honoring former secretary of state and former senator john kerry. President obama and massachusetts senators elizabeth born in Edward Markey pay tribute. Heres a preview. Senator warren think about where we are. As any who follow the news and friendly those who do not, it is deeply worrying about the dangers around the globe a Nuclear Showdown with north korea, destruction of the deal that has prevented iran from already developing a nuclear weapon, russian interference in u. S. Elections, the growing andr of china, neverending war in afghanistan, and on and on and on. People are worried from and they are right to be worried. I want to be clear about this. Stronger is a safer, place because of john kerry. [applause] watch the rest of the ceremony here on cspan eating at 9 40 p. M. Eastern beginning at 9 40 p. M. Eastern. Weekend, saturday on cspan, former president ial sunday, hows, and your zip code impacts your help. , Christopher Bedford on his book, the art of t
Learn, debate, and celebrate the greatest vision of human freedom in the history of the u. S. Constitution. You that we can engage in this meaningful work. On behalf of jeff rosen and the team at the Constitution Center, fornt to thank all of you everything that you do to bring the United States constitution to life. There are friends of the Constitution Center whos dedicated support helped make a night like tonight possible. I would like to invite them to join us on stage. Please help me welcome cynthia mcleod, superintendent. [applause] chairman. [applause] dan fitzpatrick. [applause] chairman ronan. Devos. [applause] howard schultz. [applause] dr. Amy gutman, president of the university of pennsylvania. Wanture that many of you to share tonights program on social media. When you do, it we invite you to use the Liberty Medal. Please silence your electronic devices. I will give you a moment to do so now. A few of our special guest support. Messages of please turn your attention to the