Honorable kelly craft, currently the ambassador for canada and nominated to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. First we have two distinguished guests, distinguished and celebrity guests i might add today. And they are going to introduce our nominees or were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. Usually i do senator menendez and i do our Opening Statements first but were going to postpone because i know our guests introducers have important business to do. Were privileged to be joined by ambassador krafts home state senators today, majority leader mitch mcconnell, senator rand paul will be here soon to also introduce the nominee. Senator mcconnell, welcome to the United States foreign Foreign Relations committee. Long known for its kindness to its witnesses and for civility. Your steady and thoughtful leadership inspire us all as you sail this ship through the heavy seas we encounter daley here and we welcome hearing your considered judgment regarding th
Nations. Well show you as much of this hearing as we can until the house comes back into session at noon eastern. Mr. Menendez i find the Staggering Amount of time away from post troubling and an abdication of leadership. If confirmed, you would be serving alongside some of the most experienced, seasoned and sometimes ruthless diplomats from all over the world. Were confronting myriad challenges in the world today, including multiplying conflicts, Climate Change, Nuclear Proliferation that cut across borders, which the United States cannot meet alone. While the u. N. And its subsidiary bodies are far from perfect institution, they have the power to facilitate remarkable achievements and leverage partnerships. If you are confirmed, i hope you address the following priorities. First, we must actively seek so balance chinas influence. This administrations pullback from the u. N. Risks enabling china to fill the vacuum by ceding diplomatic ground. China is eager to undermine u. N. Human ri
The answer is yes. We have a tax system right now in place and we have a tax system right now and when i hear my colleagues of course we dont like the taxes and we particularly dont like it if states we like mine where the Companies Shut down production in line in springfield and move to get a tax break for doing it. We ought to close that loophole, but this bill explodes that because as i said a few minutes ago if a plant shuts down in kenya or zanesville there would be a 20 on profits and if it shuts down and moves to asia it can build a factory and get a Tax Deduction while moving a [inaudible] very briefly. I y have not in three years heard my colleagues on the other side of the aisle say that Economic Growth of 1. 5 for almost ten years is good for the country, workers in ohio. Heres my question i was yielded to the question if it is a question. Reclaiming my time. T i d. I do not believe itld t is te new normal. Nobody believes that. Of course we dont think 1. 5 is a new normal b
With these tax increases while the wealthy continue to get more tax bracing. Ill yield the floor. Mr. Wyden mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Wyden mr. President , i brought with me to the floor a copy of the justreleased analysis by the joint committee on taxation. These folks are the independent tax referees for the congress. I pushed very hard for several weeks in order to get this dynamic score for the republican tax bill because as the Ranking Member on the finance committee, i heard my colleague say week after week that all we need to get is a dynamic score and people will see the value of our bill. Well, we got the score, and the score ends the fantasy about magical growth, about unicorns and growth fairies suddenly showing that tax cuts pay for themselves. In fact, this report shows that this bill would lose more than a trillion dollars even with the dynamic score. It slows the growth of the American Economy after 2025. It is the total opposite
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