Taxation in europe, 76 labor mps voted at a different lobby then his. The party in this. The senate about to open todays session. We will take you to the floor in just a moment. Senators expected to recess after leaders give their opening remarks to break for a meeting as President Trump is the presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, you are the source of life and peace. Praised be your name forever. We know it is you who can turn our thoughts toward peace and unity. Use your power to transform our minds and hearts. Lord, as our senators face the challenges of today and tomorrow, give them a faith that will find opportunities in every adversity. May they cast their burdens on you, trusting your loving kindness and tender mercies. Give them an understanding that puts an end to strife; mercy that quenches animosity, and forgiveness that overcomes resentment. May each day be for them a
The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Lankford mr. President , i want to be able to address this body to talk about an issue that we dont talk about enough, the deficit. Its an issue for whatever reason weve stopped talking about in washington, d. C. Were talking about tax policy, as we should. Were talking about Disaster Relief areas, which we should. Talking about health policies, which we should. A lot of other things. We have stopped talking about debt and deficit. I think thats a mistake for us. See, as the trend has moved, since 2011, at a high point when the deficit spending that year was 1. 3 trillion in overspending in a single year. Since that point, deficits have gone down a little bit each year until 2015. In 2016, our deficit number, thats a single year overspending started going back up. It went up in 2016. It went up again in 2017. Turning the wrong direction. As you will recall and as many people in this body would recall, deficits were a major topic for us starting in
Judge, a guy named greg katsis. He had been a Supreme Court clerk for clarence thomas. He had worked in the george w. Bush Justice Department. He had worked at the big Republican Law Firm jones day. When the Trump Administration started, greg katsas work the white house. He worked as a deputy under don mcgahn who also worked in the george w. Bush administration, who also worked at that Republican Law Firm, jones day. Gregory katsas was not particularly more controversial than any other trump nominated judge. If you squint, he kind of look likes all of them, but with his kind of resume and the kinds of connections that he had and his 100 hardline conservative record, he really was the kind of guys that republicans in the Trump Administration have been living to put on the courts. And in this case, the reason katsas nomination was little more high profile than most is they wanted him for a particularly important court. They wanted to put katsas on the federal Appeals Court that sits in w
Law firm jones day. When the Trump Administration started, greg katsas moved into the white house, the White House Counsels Office to work as a deputy in that office under don mcgahn, who also worked in the george w. Bush administration who also worked at that Republican Law Firm jones day. Gregory katsas was not particularly more controversial than any other trump nominated judge. If you squint he looks like all of them. But with his kind of resume, the kind of connections that he had and his 100 hard line conservative record, he really was the kind of guy that republicans in the Trump Administration have been living to put on the courts. And in this case, the reason katsas nomination was more high profile than most, they wanted to put him on the federal Appeals Court that sits in washington, d. C. There are federal Appeals Courts around the country in all the geographic circuits. But the one that sits in d. C. Is sometimes called the Second Highest Court in the land because that Appe
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