democrats are not only paying for this $700 billion tax and spend package by raising taxes, super sizing the irs to bring more muscle on so they can go after taxes. the tax reduction act the senate passed over the weekends gives the irs $80 billion to add agents to their roster spending money to bring in more money. this is six times the current annual budget of the irs. half of the $80 billion goes to inflation efforts, having auditors pour over taxes with a fine tooth comb to make sure they re paying their fair share. we also empowered the irs to go after wealthy tax cheats so that we collect taxes that are already to you and owing from very wealthy people that try to hide their income. not contribute to the country. the white house and the irs commissioner insists that audit rates for anyone making less than $400,000 will not increase. but last year half hoff all irs audits were people making $75,000. republicans say there s no way that the irs can guarantee that a bee
In modern history is the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, to now be head of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights, she has always been guided by her sense of justice and she always leads with her heart and her values. Shes one of my closest and dearest friends. Shes also someone i look up to and consider a hero. Im so very, very proud of her and i love for her to join me on the stage right now. Thank you. [applause] hi. Good morning, everyone. A very warm welcome from my dear friend, nick. I am so glad to see everyone here today. I know the panelists are joining us on the stage right now. I just wanted to open up with a couple of framing remarks about the incredibly extraordinary time that we are in and i dont mean that in a great way. This is i think its so important that all of you are gathered here this morning. This is an extraordinary time in our country and its a time when baseline norms are being turned on their head and when were reminded,
As part of the conference in washington is about 90 minutes. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] 90 minutes. Lets get ready for this next panel which i am excited about. First, i want to introduce our next speaker. My good friend. Almostknown bonita for 20 years now. For every step of her career, fighting at the wrongful defense fund, fighting in texas, fighting for immigrant rights, andng mass incarceration running the most active and effective Civil Rights Division in modern history is the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, to now be head of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights, she has always been guided by her sense of justice and she always leads with her heart and her values. Shes one of my closest and dearest friends. Shes also someone i look up to and consider a hero. Im so very, very proud of her and i love for her to join me on the stage right now. Thank you. [applause] hi. Good morning, everyone. A very warm welcome
Lets get ready for this next panel, which i am really, really excited about. Ourt, i want to introduce next speaker, my good friend i have known her for almost 20 years now and every step of her career, whether fighting at the Legal Defense fund to wrongfulng a texas, running the most active and effective Civil Rights Division in a modern history as assistant tourney attorney general of the Civil Rights Division, she has always ofn guided by her values justice and fairness. She keeps about people, especially the most vulnerable in our country, in a way i have rarely seen. She always leads with her heart and her values. She is one of my closest and dearest friends. She is also somewhat i look up to and consider a hero. I am so very, very proud of her and i would love for her to join me on the stage right now. Thank you. [applause] hi. Good morning, everyone. That was a very warm welcome from my dear friend, nick. I am so glad to see everyone here today. I know the panelists are joining
It capital just be rhetoric. It has to be sincere heartfelt. Um, feeling and action. Im almost numb after all these events of this week. Just being down here and seeing all these people, feeling these emotions, im just standing here with you. We just grabbed one another. We both were crying at the same time. Obviously were all feeling the same things right now. Yes. I dont have any answers. I dont know who could possibly have answers. But just upset about this happening. Its too much. [ crying ] im sorry. Thank you. Thank you. Reporter yeah. The truth is, nobody knows the answer. Those ladies hit it on the head. But the fact that they were embracing, the fact that this community is coming together, that says a lot. Joe, those ladies were saying it cant happen again but 60 minutes ago we were hearing about a possible new threat against officers. You were telling us about it. So what happened and whats the latest . Reporter right. Well, the latest is that Dallas Police say they have rece