florida congressman vern buchanan worked on that gift. he also happens to be a member of the tax writing committee in the house. but perhaps the biggest present goes to the accountants. they now get to spend 2018 unwrapping all of those tax reform stocking stuffers. for "nightly business r. >>> mallinckrodt inks a billion dollar drug deal. it says it will buy secampo pharmaceutical adding experimental rare disease treatments to its portfolio, at a time when mallinckrodt is looking to reduce its dependency on its top drug, which has experienced declining sales. mallinckrodt shares were fractionally highe on the day. meanwhile shares of secampo climbed to $18 even. >>> brokefield property partners is reworking its offering for mall owners ggp after ggp turned down an earlier proposal. last month brookfield offered $15 billion for the shares of ggp that it don't already own. "the wall street journal" says creating either a firm is now its cash bid while fering or b still offering some stock. shares of brookfield property partners rose fracti

patrick rooney who talked to us about the devastation, and tom rooney in florida, and certainly vern buchanan who spoke to us about the damage to the crops. lots of big problems. i am going to vote for the other 85%, too, not just the 15% for my home state. i want to thank the gentleman for allowing me time to share my ideas on the floor. judge hastings, merry christmas. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, it's now my great privilege to yield one minute to the democratic leader, ms. pelosi, who spent 2 1/2 hours in the committee fighting on behalf of the dreamers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. and i thank all of the members of the rules committee for the exceptional service they provide to the house in reviewing legislation that will come to the floor. i particularly want to thank my colleagues on the democratic side for ho

this could help tie them over in the meantime one elf who worked on that was vern buchanan who also happensber of the tax writing committee in the house those are a few of the presents that the industry has found in the bill, and i'm sure lobbyists are still unwrapping them all. back over to you >> thank you >> broadway, beer, and oranges where's the avocado industry why didn't they get in on that >> where are they grown? >> california. >> almonds, too. >> why aren't they in on this? >> bob, thanks >> pleasure to be here >> that's it this hour we have a rough start to the week for apple we'll get to that. reaction and reports about slowing demand for the iphone x as we keep you going here on 'rawonhetrt. wee back after this. ♪ working as an emt in a small town usually means hospitals aren't very close by. when you have a really traumatic injury, we have a short amount of time to get our patient to the hospital with good results. we call that the golden hour. there's nothing worse than when we're responding to the hospital, and the hospital doesn't have the right specialist. evaluating patie

so maybe this will help tide them over for a little while, and one elf who worked on that was verne buchananwriting committee in the house. these are just a few of the presents that the industry has found. i'm sure lobbyists are still unwrapping them all. back to you, guys. >> will you find anything in there for agencies, i guess, that -- like talent agent fees >> well, apparently i am still checking through all the fact lists, but apparently it looks like you can no longer write off the fee for your agent >> i don't think you're going to find anything in there >> it's good sear, joe. >> it's okay it's all right >> just calling it talent is -- do you feel weird when you say it, talent >> that's presumptive wu-- presumptive. >> it's like calling a bald guy curly. >> or skinny for an overpetition person >> former cke -- no offense, andy wrrks former cke ceo policy advisor for america first policy we've talked a lot you know what's great about getting your take. you know exactly how carl -- i love carl jr the bacon -- western bacon cheese berg cheeseburger you can speak to a couple of things th