Before on our topic today. Let me introduce them one by one. First, madam president of the National Conference of state legislatures representing illinois 47th district, senator tori hutchinson. [applause] former United States senator and former governor of the criminals of virginia, george allen. [applause] former governor of South Carolina, jim hodges. [applause] leader of they u. S. House of representatives, eric cantor. [applause] and finally, a former Senior Adviser and deputy chief of staff in the white house for george w. Bush, the amazing karl rove. [applause] ms. Compton doesnt always seem that the moment we are living in is the most chaotic, the most dysfunctional that we have ever seen in american politics . Though looking back in history, it is really not. What you all to explore what it is at the federal level and at the state level that has made this government so dysfunctional and so problematic, and how, looking forward, are there ways that all of you can help get past
Give a snapshot of the economy and as it pertains to issues running for reelections and becoming president of the u. S. Mr. Green, your first. Mr. Green this economy has been performing very well for the top and working americans are barely scraping by. They have peanuts here and there. Benefits of the economy, particularly last couple of years have gone to the very top. It is an economy that sees an increasing amount of risk. Financial deregulation going on and we see a growing concentration of monopoly power and tariffs on consumer goods. Cash being handed back to the largest aggro businesses that are squeezing family farmers. It is not an economy that is working for working families. I think that ordinary people are feeling that. Morici the economy is doing well compared to recent history. It is growing at a reasonable pace. The gains at the bottom have been more robust than in the recent past and that is good. The basic problems of Trump Administration faces is that a lot of the ac
And doing another tax cut specifically for the middle class. At one point he floated a 10 tax cut. This is a political tax cut for the president saying if you elect republicans to the house and keep them in the senate, then you have a united republican government we will deliver another tax cut. That is certainly something possible if they win back the house, but difficult. Even under a divided government that is certainly not likely to happen before the next election. Host is this an effort to help at least with the economy as it stands or are there other factors besides politics involved . Guest politics seems to be the driving factor behind this trump has floated this is a way to get voters on his side and say the democrats are going to raise them, i will lower them. But also the issue of whether we will have a recession or some sort of slowdown is a point of contention the white house. You of the president talking abut a tax cut last week. Saying its great, there was a lot of mixed
Richard thank you. Lets begin. I want to welcome everyone to hudson. My name is richard price. Today, we are honored to talk about an important report and an important subject, that is congressional efforts to oversee the u. S. Nuclear security efforts. We are specifically going to talk about a report, copies of which are outside, by the partnerships to secure america and the Arms Control Association, blueprints for a new generation. I want to particularly welcome the cspan audience for joining us. To make everything easier, if people could silence any cell phones you have now, that would be helpful. The report and other work we have been doing with partnerships to secure america and the Arms Control Association has been continuing over years. It is an independent project, but we collaborated with these two organizations, doing two events on the hill, congressional briefings on the Nuclear Threat and tools of the trade, how do we encounter the threat, and Global Security architecture .
Announcer today, President Trump and french president Emmanuel Macron held a joint press conference at the end of the g7 summit. Announced he is open to meeting with the United States and iran regarding nuclear security. Mr. President , madam first lady, ladies and gentlemen, following this g7 meeting we have just held, and we have been discussing for two days now, i am going to report back to you. First of all, i would like to thank President Trump and all the heads of state of government. They are here for the extremely Productive Work and productive discussions that have been had since saturday evening together. There was a lot of nervousness at the outset, a lot of expectations, a lot of tensions, and a lot of conflict. I can say that what we really keen to convey a positive and joint message following our discussion. Discussions on several topics. We havent negotiated a very long text as promised and you will get a one page declaration. It is just one page that covers some of the