His speech is about half an hour. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, my goodness. Thank you. Thank you all. Please be seated. Lieutenant governor kegel, speaker ralston, speaker pro tem shaffer and speaker pro tem jones, members of this great general assembly, constitutional officers, members of the consulate corps, and my fellow georgians, in 1944, georgias own Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics of a song titled accentuate the positive. The most memorable lines from that song are, youve got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, dont mess around with mr. In between. Now, that was great advice for our nation as world war ii was drawing to a close. And its great advice for all of us today. For the past six years, ive had the opportunity to report to you on the state of our state. And i do so again today. The first year was 2011, and i was just entering the office of governor. Our state was s
See it changing patterns ive think every now and again that transformation is very. We feel invigorated at the moment. Side, they are on the most significant increase in data and broadband use in our history, that will roll out in the next couple of years rid will be new and external interfaces like apps. Entertainment of like comcast, there really innovative. I think all of them including see the top strategy as what the environment is like. Really haveo innovation. How many people get cable today . Changes always inevitable. Had 19 of the entire market in 1992. That is now below 50 . That is the reality of evolution in the market. I think there are alternatives that may deter people based on internet providers that is real. This duent like is main threat, i think that is overrated. Will have many ways to customize how they want their content. I think a huge percentage of americans are still subscribing to paid tv options. I think when you try to cobble together a lot of that. As long
To address our concerns and the priorities of democrats on this side of the dais. I remain confident we can find a way to have a positive and strongly bipartisan markup of mr. Lighthizer. And ill wrap up by saying my sense is this place cant have enough comity. Thats comity with a t. And i thank you for your efforts to work with us. I look forward to our hearing, of course. I thank you for your efforts. Its been a pleasure to work with you in the past. I look forward to working with you in the future. I think we make a good team. Well continue with our hearing on taxrelated matters. Every year, a committee holds a meeting on the tax Filing Season. It provides us with an opportunity to discuss and examine the operations of the Internal Revenue service the Agency Charged with implementing our tax code and collecting taxes from workers and employers. With each passing year, taxpayers face new challenges as they file their tax returns. Including, but not limited to protecting their private
Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. I. R. S. Commissioner John Koskinen testified about Agency Operations and their impact on taxpayers. Including tax refund fraud, phone and Online Services and talks assistance centers. Senate Financial Committee chair orrin hatch begins with remarks on a scheduled vote on the nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be u. S. Trade epresentative. Senator hatch the committee will come toured to order. We are in a scheduled executive session in order to consider and hopefully report the nomination of Bob Lighthizer to be the u. S. Trade representative. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, it is apparent we will not be able to obtain a sufficient quorum to vote on this nomination today. This is a nominee who enjoys bipartisan support here in the committee. My hope is we will be able to move on this matter shortly after the Senate Returns on recess. So for the time being the executive session will be in recess subject to the call of the chair. Co
The threat that you face caused by the fear that youve identified and very often its not, particularly when it comes to issues of undocumented immigrants and their impact on the economy. You can watch this event tonight beginning at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Irs commissioner spoke recently about his agencys operations and the impact on taxpayers including stolen identity tax refund fraud, phone and Online Services and tax Assistance Centers. He gave these remarks before the committee. The committee will come to order. We are in a scheduled executive session to consider and hopefully report the nomination for the u. S. Trade representative. Unfortunately due to scheduling conflicts it is apparent we will not obtain a sufficient quorum to vote on this nomination today. This is a nominee who enjoys bipartisan support on this committee. I hope we can move on this matter after the Senate Returns from recess. The executive session will be in recess subject to the call of the chair. Can i make a