Much. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of the republic of india. President trump thank you very much. Prime minister modi, thank you for being here with us today. It is a great honor to welcome the leader of the Worlds Largest democracy to the white house. Ive always had a deep admiration for your country and for its people, and a profound admiration for your rich culture, heritage and traditions. This summer, india will celebrate the 70th anniversary of its independence and on behalf of the United States we i want to congratulate the indian people on this magnificent milestone in the life of your very, very incredible nation. During my campaign, i pledged that if elected, india would have a true friend in the white house. And that is now exactly what you have, a true friend. A friendship between the United States and india is built on shared values, including our shared commitment to democracy. Not many people know it, but both the americ
Senate and i wanted to ask you about one thing in particular we have seen this past week, which is more senators talking about changes to the taxation element of that bill. In particular were hearing , senators saying we may not want to repeal all of the obamacare taxes, especially the 3. 8 Investment Income tax. How concerned are you they will go backwards on the tax policies bill and whatat will it mean for the policy of the bill and for its passage in the house . Rep. Brady first, the senate is experiencing much what the house is members want a role say in the Health Care Bill and wanted time to work on it. I am confident that will pass a Good Health Care legislation. On the investment side, i think senator tumi said it come it would be a mistake. Getting it out of this economy would stop punishing people from investing in the local community and will trade 130,000 jobs and we need to them and to help grow paychecks as well. I also believe the current 1 trillion in taxes and the Cur
[applause] so before we begin te discussion, its worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law. The concept of rule of law goes back a long way. The greeks and romans talked about it and its meaning has evolved over time. But eventually what its come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. Internationally, the understanding is that it has several requirements. The most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. And the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators that are independent of the forces that be. With that, i will begin by asking our commentators
Senate and i wanted to ask you about one thing in particular we have seen this past week, which is more senators talking about changes to the taxation element of that bill. In particular were hearing , senators saying we may not want to repeal all of the obamacare taxes, especially the 3. 8 Investment Income tax. How concerned are you they will go backwards on the tax policies bill and whatat will it mean for the policy of the bill and for its passage in the house . Rep. Brady first, the senate is experiencing much what the house is members want a role say in the Health Care Bill and wanted time to work on it. I am confident that will pass a Good Health Care legislation. On the investment side, i think senator tumi said it come it would be a mistake. Getting it out of this economy would stop punishing people from investing in the local community and will trade 130,000 jobs and we need to them and to help grow paychecks as well. I also believe the current 1 trillion in taxes and the Cur
Joining us from new york is Alexandra Pelosi, she is the director and producer of the new hbo film premiering on july 4. Thank you for being with us on cspan. Guest thank you for having me. Host what is the premise behind the film and what did you learn putting it together . Guest started this the day after the election. The idea was, going into the election, i knew that no matter who won, half of the country would be disappointed. Plugin was what i could do to bring everybody together the idea was what can i do to bring everybody together. Hbot down with my boss at and we thought of ideas to make all democrats and republicans come together. We thought the founding documents were the one thing we could get everybody to read. President ough all the askedcretaries and everybody to read the passage from the constitution so we could have one thing we could show on july 4 that there is some connective tissue that keeps this country together. Democracy is a fragile thing. That 240 years late