Proposal. As well as Economic Growth and the impact of the tax cuts and job that jobs act. Jobs act. Todaym pleased to be here to discuss the budget. Trumps Economic Freedom agenda is working. Reform andegulatory trade deals are improving the lives of hardworking americans. Unemployment remains historically low. And it is at or near alltime lows for africanamericans, hispanic americans, and veterans. The Unemployment Rate for women reached its lowest point in 70 years. Before President Trump came into Office Experts were predicting that we would grow by 14,000 jobs for month per month. We averaged 175,000. Wages for unsupervised workers in 2019. 3 which meant that roy wages rose faster for workers than it did for their bosses. Last months Labor Participation rate prime age adults reached 83. 1 . An 11 year high. American families are earning more each year, thanks to the tax cuts and jobs act, paying significantly lower taxes. They also have more Career Opportunities than ever before.
Tour takes you to amarillo, texas. The treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin testified to congress. Theielded questions about 4. 8 trillion proposal and Economic Growth and the impact of the jobs act signed into law december, 2017. [camera shutters] sen. Grassley we are pleased to have treasury secretary mnuchin, here today testifying about the president s fiscal year 20202021 budget, the president s budget includes proposals to confront a number of important issues, i want to work with the president , the secretary, and others in congress, to address these and other pressing issues, within our committees jurisdiction. Drug pricing, and employer pension crisis are two such issues that must be dealt with, this Budget Proposal comes at a time when the economy is very strong, especially for working families. Better trade deals, less regulations, lower taxes from tax reform, we have translated into wage increases. Especially for lower wage earners. And historically tight labor market. Over six
Mooppan said that was state action. I was going to go on from there but you seem to be contesting that. Thank you all for joining us, all of you in the audience and members of this committee, the fentanyl crisis is one of the greatest threats facing all of our communities every year. 5000 ohioans, one state alone, 5000 died from unintentional Drug Overdoses in 2022, staggering 110,000 americans lost their lives as a result of unintentional overdose a moment ago, mr. Deferred said it was equivalent of a 747 going down every day. Imagine each year, losing a city nearly the size of dayton, ohio or north charleston, or billings, montana or wellington. Behind those numbers, most tragically are stories of families torn apart, of parents losing a teenager before they graduate high school, of grandparents stepping into rays grandchildren. No matter where you come from, pretty much everyone has a fentanyl score, we have all lost someone or know somebody who has lost someone. It is a crisis that
Announcer coming up tonight on cspan, a look at the fentanyl epidemic and possible legislation to stop opioid smuggling, and former President Trump speaks toaud trial in new york city. Later House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on the legislative agenda, including efforts to find the federal government beyond a january 19 deadline. That and more tonight on cspan. Announcer musician jason deford appeared before a committee to testify on how opioid addiction is affecting communities, advocating for fentanyl awareness. This is just under 2. 5 hours. The committee will come to order. Thank you all witnesses, all ofe audience and members of this committee. The fentanyl crisiisthe greatesl of our communities every year. 5000 ohioans, one state alone, 5000 died from unintentional Drug Overdoses in 2022, staggering 110,000 americans lost their lives as a result of unintentional overdose. A mome ago mr. Deford said it every day. Imagine each year, losing a city nearly the size of dayton, ohio
Night, kennedy and lincoln are sort of bookends, where i soon i assume everyone knows about who lincoln was and who kennedy was. I wont talk much about kennedy and did not talk about lincoln. I assume most people dont know much about garfield and mckinley, so we will talk more about garfield and mckinley more than the actual assassinations. The assassination of lincoln by john wilkes booze and of kennedy by lee harvey oswald, we were in they were able to get away from the scene of the murder all sorts of conspiracy theories cropped up. Who did it, did they get away and did we get the right guy . In the cases of garfield and mckinley, they caught the guy right away. There was no question. Charles the toe was was captured right after shooting garfield and leon was grabbed immediately after shooting mckinley. They both freely admitted they did it, so there was no question about that. Today, we will look at William Mckinley. Mckinley is a figure who is neglected in american history. Garfie