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  The White House Address  CSPAN  February 22, 2020 6:06pm-6:09pm EST

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on election security and efforts to prevent hacking. the senate needs at 3:00 p.m. willthe wisconsin senator read washington's farewell address. later, the senate continues work on a judicial nomination. a conference on economic policy in an election year held by the national association of business executives. it starts at 8:00 eastern. representative john yarmouth of kentucky as chairman of the house budget committee and he gave the democratic address discussing the trump proposal.tion budget here is a statement from president trump on the economy. trump: look at what is happening with jobs and unemployment right now in our country. we have more people working by far than ever before. 100 60 million people.
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regulations have been cut. taxes have been cut. and the biggest on job i have this really happened because of the obama administration. just the opposite. the obama administration had the worst recovery in history since the great depression. if that concept continued, need in increase in taxes instead of lowering taxes and also many more regulations and we are already stuffed with regulations, people could not move, could not build, you would've had an economy that would've been a disaster. i think it would have gone down by 50% or more. instead, the stock market is up 80%. and in some cases much higher than that. 401(k)s are at record levels. 60%-one hundred percent and more than that.
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i just want to tell you that this has truly been the great american comeback and i am very proud to be associated with it. we have never had anything like this before in the history of our country. thank you. ,> i am john yarmouth congressman for kentucky's third congressional district. president trump released his budget last week for fiscal year 2021 presenting a patchwork of broken promises, destructive cuts, and a rational policies that ignore basic facts that target working families and vulnerable americans. congress already has a budget in place for this year and the next and we will stick to it. just six short months ago, the president signed a bipartisan budget deal into law. now, the president is going back on his word. in contrast to this agreement, his proposed deep cuts to critical programs that help american families and prepare our nation for the future. once again, he is breaking