China t was legal to manufacture fentanyl up until early march. Fortunately our state department and others, you heard from omdc earlier helped to change that so we can get cooperation to reduce the flow t hasnt reduced yet but we have a ways to go. Fentanyl is 50 times more powerful than heroin. One gram is like 50 grams of heroin. It can be shipped in the mail. Shipped in commercial carriers. Fancy way of fedex, dhs, not Postal Service but other ways you ship packages across borders. It is shipped directly to the states or it is shipped to the canada and mexico. The wall street journal, you know theyre all about business, reminds us this is a business. The raw products cost about 1000 for fentanyl can be sold on the streets in the u. S. For about a million dollars. Thats pretty big profit margin and that motivates a lot of behavior. So i think as much as we can focus on the supply we better do something to help people in recovery so there is less of a demand for these products. I wan
House, an International Organization with a mission to provide sober living environments for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. This is one hour and 10 minutes. Good morning again, everyone. 20 11 20. 11 00 so we will go ahead and get started. Taylor and irtis am a person in longterm recovery. It means i have not used alcohol or any other drug in almost 15 years now. [cheers and applause] isase understand that strictly by gods grace and receipt. Like marty walker, i take no credit whatsoever for all the good things god is doing in my life today. Is what myular panel passion is. My life at this moment is dedicated to what we call reentry. In other words, i am dedicated to helping men and women transition from a cursorys and in a successful manner, such that they never, ever go back to prison. Is. Is where my heart and by gods grace and mercy again, that is what i get paid to do today. Imagine that. Over three quarters of the oxford house population has done some jail or
We will discuss ways to improve the business provisions of the u. S. Tax code with an eye toward creating jobs and boosting wages for American Workers and improving our countries overall business climate. This hearing is part of our ongoing effort following years of tax hearings and last weeks hearing on individual reform. To report comprehensive tax reform legislation later this year. Members of both parties recognize the need to reform the way we tax businesses in the United States. As a former president as former president obama noted when discussing his own framework for Business Tax Reform, the Current System, quote, does too little to encourage job creation and investment in the United States while allowing firms to benefit from incentives to locate production and shift profits ov overseas. Ent kwoed. As we know, many elements of a particular businesss tax burden depend on the companys organizational form. For example, C Corporations are taxed at the Corporate Tax rate. According
We will discuss ways to improve the business provisions of the u. S. Tax code. With an eye towards creating jobs and boosting wages for American Workers and improving over all business climate. This part of the ongoing effort following years of tax hearings and last weeks hearing on individual reform. To draft and report tax reform legislation later this year. Members of both paerts recognize the need to reform the way we tax business in the United States. As a former president obama noted when discussing his own frame work, the Current System quote does too little to encourage job creation and investment in the United States while allowing firms to benefit from incentives to low cat production and shift profit over sea. Unquote. Many elements of a particular business tax burden depend on the companies organizational forum. For example, sea corporations are taxed at Corporate Tax rate. The top federal statutory Corporate Income tax rate has been 35 . Since 1993. And with state taxes ad
We will discuss ways to improve the business provisions of the u. S. Tax code. With an eye towards creating jobs and boosting wages for American Workers and improving over all business climate. This part of the ongoing effort following years of tax hearings and last weeks hearing on individual reform. To draft and report tax reform legislation later this year. Members of both paerts recognize the need to reform the way we tax business in the United States. As a former president obama noted when discussing his own frame work, the Current System quote does too little to encourage job creation and investment in the United States while allowing firms to benefit from incentives to low cat production and shift profit over sea. Unquote. Many elements of a particular business tax burden depend on the companies organizational forum. For example, sea corporations are taxed at Corporate Tax rate. The top federal statutory Corporate Income tax rate has been 35 . Since 1993. And with state taxes ad