I am one of the coowners of politics and prose. Along with my coowner and husband and our fabulous staff we welcome you to the event at our Nations Capital and on the campus of George Washington university. I mentioned our location because we are an institution named for the first president and assembled on the blocks from the nerve center of the white house and congress. So what better venue for a conversation with tonights guest speaker . Kamala harris spends her days on capitol hill and you are not alone if you think in a couple of years she could be taking up residence at the other end of pennsylvania avenue. [cheers and applause] since her election to the United States senate in 2016 she has emerged as one of the most exciting and refreshing voices of the Democratic Party a california native starting her career. I know im from the bay area as a prosecutor in the bay area and defeated a longtime incumbent to become District Attorney for San Francisco then hardfought race of attorne
A general election. The backdrop a flat lining Economy Millions struggling with the cost of living and polling indicating the Conservative Party is lagging far behind the opposition. Not to mention Financial Markets on edge for anything that might worsen the uks finances. The memory of Prime Minister liz truss s disastrous Tax Cutting Budget no doubt not far from mr hunts mind. So lets remind ourselves what he came up with. The rate of National Insurance paid by employees and the self employed, will be cut again by 2 pence in the pound. That comes on top of an earlier 2p cut mr hunt announced in the autumn. In april, full Child Benefits will be paid to households, where the highest earning parent is getting up to £60,000. The current limit is £50,000. And the non dom tax break for wealthy uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be scrapped raising £2. 7 billion a year for the government. That announcement is highly controversial as it was a key pillar of labour policy.
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Deepest condolences to his family and his friends. Here, here. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The whole house were shocked and so deeply saddened by the sudden news yesterday morning of the death of Charles Kennedy. As you said its a tragic loss to his family, his son donald is 10 years old and i know the thoughts and prayers of the whole house are with his family and his friends at this time. Mr. Speakers right now should come together in a trip to a man whose character and courage inspired us all. And who served serve his constituents so well for almost 32 years. There was something very special about charles. It is good for an Alastair Campbell but yesterday, he spoke fluent human because he had humanity and everything in every cell. Mr. Speaker, Charles Kennedy will be remembered for his success him for his principled and intellect, and above all for his incredible warmth and good humor. I will say a word about each. He was elected as the youngest member of parliament in 1983 at just 23.
Bold and sharp edged economic agenda. Weve already announced our infrastructure bill. This is a great bill, family leave. Senator trained to have had an outstanding piece of legislation, which many of us have cosponsored for a long time and we are proud to make that part of our agenda. We are here also to challenge President Trump in his administration to support this bill. They talked about it in the campaign. No better way to do it than the bill cursed him and my are supporting. I will turn it over to run the press conference and thanks kirsten and tammy and patty and bernie and amy and heidi were expect day. You rang. Has anyone heard Maynard G Krebs . He said the rain. What was called a beatnik. Theyve done a great job. Im proud its going to be part of our hardedged bold economic agenda. Thank you, senator schumer for your leadership. Very grateful. Im also grateful for my colleagues who have been championing this for several years now on the National Stage which really makes a dif