The Treasury Department today said the new tax bill will generate 1. 8 trillion in new revenue over ten years, thanks to increased economic growe tha from the nonpartisan joint committee on taxation. As the numbers get crunched, lawmakers are trying to get the final bill across that finish line by resolving differences between the. Those differences include the number of tax brackets, the limit on the mortgage interest deduction, and medical expense deductions, among other things. The negotiations come just weeks before the end of the year, a key time for tax planning, making it also a very confusing time for many americans, but there are some potentially moneysaving strategies you can employ. Sharon epperson joins us now with that tonight. Its always good to see you, sharon. Good to be here. Lets start, first of all, with yearend tax planning. Its always important, but more so this year, righ manager so t. The taxsaving strategies were going to talk about are some of the best gifts yo
Care for 100,000 children in michigan, of working families these are families that dont qualify for health through medicaid or other assistance. Theyre working but maybe at work theyre Getting Health Care but it doesnt cover their children. Or maybe theyre not Getting Health Care and they want to at least be able to cover their children. Thats what my child is all about. Its been 81 days since the september 30 deadline that p stopped the that stopped the federal funding from going forward. Nine million children nationwide, 100,000 children in michigan. In addition to that, Community Health Centers Across the country serve 25 million patients every year, 300,000 of those are veterans, 7. 5 million are children. I had the opportunity last friday to visit one wonderful facilities, one in flint and one in western wayne county. And to see the great work they do and to talk to some of the people that were there to get care, people are counting on Community Health centers and they are countin
I call the committee back to order. Thanks to the first panel and we appreciate your testimony. We welcome the second panel that is with us. Fir, we have mr. Ms. Botts, she is a executive director for the kentucky she was named in 2013, has over 15 years of experience working in agriculture and World Development policy issues and helping individuals in rural areas understand issues related to policy and financing. You could be of help to individual senators i would imagine. Before returning to kentucky to work for kcard, she spent ten areas working on agriculture ask a policy staffer in the house of on representatives, grew up on a farm in kentucky and received a ms and bs in rural economics in kentucky and lives on a small farm right now, with her husband and two children, welcome to you, maam. We look forward to your testimony. Second witness is mr. Elmer general manager, Water Association and kansas america. He is the general manager of the kansas rural Water Association. His career
Members of the committee, i want to briefly comment on the horrific terrorist attack in manchester. Americans are bound to our british friends by a common language, culture, and many other things such as the common law. As a boy i remember the strength it brought to us americans to witness the courage of the british people as they stood strong in the battle of britain. We know the resolve of the british people will once again vanquish a common foe. I think i speak for all members of the committee when i say god save the queen. And god save great britain. We care a great deal for our friends overseas, and we wish them the best. Todays hearing has a dual focus. We will be will we discuss the president s budget for fiscal year 2018 as well as ongoing efforts to reform our nations tax code. We are pleased to be joined here today by treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin who will provide the administrations perspective on these important issues. We welcome you back to the committee, mr. Secretar
National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] Steve Mnuchin testifying now about president trumps budget plan and efforts to change the u. S. Tax code. He answered questions before the Senate Finance committee this morning. I want to briefly comment on the horrific terrorist attack in manchester. Americans are bound to our british friends by a common language, culture and many other things such as the common law. As a boy i remember the strength it brought to us americans to witness the courage of the british people as they stood strong in the battle of britain. We know the resolve of the british people will once again vanquish a common foe. Today i think we can speak for all members of the committee when i say, god save the queen. And god save great britain. We care a great deal for our friends overseas. Mr. Hatch and we wish them est. Todays hearing has a dual focus