Around 600 billion annually. And if it continues about, 7 trillion of Tax Revenue will be lost over the next decade. There is testimony from a number of Tax Policy experts. Good morning, good Afternoon And Welcome to everyone. Thank you for joining us today. Were holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for remote committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution eight. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help you navigate this platform. First, consistent with the regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or are recognized for 5 minutes. Second, witnesses must have their cameras on when they are present for the hearing. If you need to step away from the proceedings, please turn off your Camera And Audio rather than logging out. In the event that i have technical difficulties or need to step awa
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something extraneous to the facts of the investigation just to get them to lie. that is clearly not what s going on here. mueller has 100 valid reasons to want to talk to trump. what we have here is a perjury risk. it s a great risk. that s because trump isn t capable of telling the truth, and particularly when he knows he is in trouble if he does. so if itt s not a perjury trap, which is a technical term. this audio leaked of devin nunes, it s not surprising he is carrying water for the president, but it is surprising he would say on the record out loud, out loud to a number of donors, that it ultimately doesn t matter what mueller comes out with, that sessions won t unrecrews ause and it s j. it s just up to us to protect the president. that s saying if robert mueller comes back and says we found conspiracy, we found whatever, it doesn t matter for the republicans? is that a widely held belie
Brian Williams examines the day s top political stories and current political-campaign news. washington post also reports tonight the white house is preparing an executive order that authorizes the president to punish foreign interference in u.s. elections. the post writes, quote, the eight-page draft order appears to be an effort to stave off aggressive legislation, including a bill introduced in congress this month and to quell criticism that trump seems to give more credence to russian president vladimir putin s denials of interference than to u.s. intelligence agencies conclusion to the kremlin sought to undermine the 2016 election. that comes to us as florida democratic senator bill nelson, whose running in a tough reelection fight, tells the tampa bay times, quote, russian operatives have penetrated some of florida s election systems ahead of the 2018 mid terms. he said any further information is classified. today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on
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Brian Williams examines the day s top political stories and current political-campaign news.
Brian Williams examines the day s top political stories and current political-campaign news.
he said, any further information is classified. today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on russia, but not for election meddling. the administration is penalizing the kremlin for using chemical weapons against an ex-spy and his daughter in the uk, a decision that congress had to push the white house to make. meanwhile, republican senator rand paul is in moscow this week, of all places, apparently on his own summer outreach mission to the kremlin. the senator had been one of the few open defenders on capitol hill of president trump s overtures to vladimir putin, the only defender at times. today he wrote this about his visit. quote, i was honored to deliver a letter from president trump to president vladimir putin s administration. the letter emphasized the importance of further en
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represents what trump s lawyers expect to be their last word on mueller s request for a sit-down interview. the letter from trump s lawyers leaves open the possibility of having trump answer some questions in writing. according to the two people familiar with the negotiations. earlier today during a live radio call-in show, conveniently hosted by his co-counsel jay sekulow, rudy giuliani called on mueller to end his investigation, but declined to get into details about these negotiations about the interview. we don t have an internal deadline. we are moving i use the phrase expeditiously through this, and understand the significant constitutional issues that are raised. but mayor, i know you ve said and i ve said, we want the see this come to closure soon here. mayor? yeah, we do. it s about time that it ends. i also think and i hope the special counsel is sensitive to it as we are. we