mr. larson. because after all as mr. larson said, it's their money, moneys that they have entrusted within the social security and medicare trust funds to accrue to their benefit in their golden years. it's not your money. it's not my money. it's not the government's money. it's their money. i think unfortunately all my colleagues on either side have forgotten that premise in the passing of the tax scam last year. while i think we could have a debate on the lowering of corporate taxes, i think there was mutual agreement that that should be looked at and debated. the question is to whether or not it should have been lowered as low as it has become is the issue of skepticism certainly on our side if not outright disagreement. we know that the passage of a tax bill has already shortened the life span of social security and medicare. in the most recent report, it was found that the medicare trust fund had three years of its life eliminated in the last year simply because of the passage of the gop tax scam. so mr. speaker -- s

mr. larson. because after all as mr. larson said, it's their money, moneys that they have entrusted within the social security and medicare trust funds to accrue to their benefit in their golden years. it's not your money. it's not my money. it's not the government's money. it's their money. i think unfortunately all my colleagues on either side have forgotten that premise in the passing of the tax scam last year. while i think we could have a debate on the lowering of corporate taxes, i think there was mutual agreement that that should be looked at and debated. the question is to whether or not it should have been lowered as low as it has become is the issue of skepticism certainly on our side if not outright disagreement. we know that the passage of a tax bill has already shortened the life span of social security and medicare. in the most recent report, it was found that the medicare trust fund had three years of its life eliminated in the last year simply because of the passage of the gop tax scam. so mr. speaker -- s

mr. larson. after all, mr. larson said it is their money. they have entrusted within the social security and medicare trust funds to accrue to their benefit in the golden years. itus is not your money. it's not my money. it is their money. unfortunately all my colleagues on the other side have forgotten that in the tax scam last year. and while i think we can have a debate on the lowering of corporate taxes, i think there was mutual agreement that should be looked at and debated at the question is whether or not it should be lowered as low as it has become is the issue of skepticism certainly on our side if not outright disagreement. we know that the passage of the tax bill has 30 shortened the life span of social security and medicare. recent report across medicare found that the medicare trust fund had three years of it life eliminated in the last year simply because of the passage of the gop tax scam. so mr. speaker or mr. chairman, i have more comments than i would ask in reference to the time constraints we are under that i would ask to

mr. larson? >> yes. >> mr. larson, yes. mr. blumenauer? >> aye. >> mr. blumenauer, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell, yes. mr. crowley? >> aye. >> mr. crowley, aye. dr. davis? dr. davis, yes. miss sanchez? mr. higgins? mr. higgins, yes. miss delbene? miss delbene, aye. dr. chu? dr. chu, aye. mr. roskam? mr. roskam, no. mr. reed? mr. reed, no. mr. renacci. mr. holding. mr. rice. miss sanchez? miss sewell? chairman brady? chairman brady, no. >> clerk will report the vote. >> 14 ayes. 21 nays. >> the amendment is not agreed to. are there additional amendments to the amendment in nature of substitute? if there are none, the questions on the adoption amendment, nature of substitute, all those in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed no. opinion, the ayes have it. agreed to. i'll recognize mr. johnson for the purpose of offering a mot n motion. >> mr. chairman, i move the committee favorably report hr 5767 as amendment ed to the hou representatives. >> as amended. all those in favor signify by saying aye. those oppose, no. the ayes have it. motion agreed to. the roll call is requested. t

thank you. >> thank you, mr larson. are there any questions for chair larson? seeing none, his or any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item three, approve the minutes of the july 24th, 2018 meeting. this is an action item. >> colleagues, before we take a motion to approve the minutes, there was a few typos in there that have actually been fixed and those were posted online. i just want to let everybody know that. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve the minutes for july 24th made by commissioner tang and seconded by commissioner ronan? that item, a roll call, please. [roll call] we have approval. >> all right. the minutes are approved. next item, please. >> item four, a point to members to the citizens advisory committee. this is an action item. >> mr pickford? >> good morning. we have 11 member citizen advisory committee with each member serving a two-year term. the appoints individuals to fill open seats and neither staff nor the c

mr. larson, you are recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. you know, i thought it was, this is like deja vu all over again. it's doubling down on double taxation. it's hard to sit here and listen especially when you see people in your own state who are going to pay more in taxes so that the very wealthy among us can borrow three trillion dollars, have working families in connecticut pay for it and tell them not to worry they are going get a break. oh, oh, oh, maybe not you if you are in a blue state o the east coast or west coast. somehow, you are a different american if you happen to live in one of those states. you are, you don't qualify for that. i thought settled law was something that we talked about in supreme court cases. but apparently settled law with the irs and they are recognizing for states who pay their share, who step up to the plate, and make sure they fund education, and their health care systems, and maintain their roads and bridges, that they would not be double taxed. there's going to be a revolt across this country. and t

mr. larson of connecticut. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the motion to recommit. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 226, the nays e 180 -- on this vote, the yeas are 184. the nays are 226. pursuant to house resolution 1084, yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.

mr. larson? yes. mr. blummen houryes. mr. kind? aye. mr. krouly? aye. dr. davis? yes. ms. sanchez? aye. mr. higgins? aye. dr. choo? aye. ms. black? no. mr. holding? mr. rice? ms. sooul? mr. brady? no. >> mr. chairman. >> clerk will call the roll. excuse me. will report the vote. >> 15 ayes, 21 noes. the amendment is not agreed to. any. >> mr. chairman? >> i know you're going to give me a chance. >> yes, sir. >> mr. thompson, do you wish to be recognized? >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> i reserve a point of order. >> point of order has been reserved. the clerk will distribute the amendment and ask the gentleman to suspend while the clerk distributes. >> jgentleman from california i recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in october my district suffered the most destructive fire in history. this august another fire ravaged through northern california. it was the largest fire in california history. folks in my district aren't the only ones to see these sweeping and devastating fires. the car fire, which we did a moment of silence for on the floor yesterday, was in representative la

mr. larson has worked on cutting taxes on social security and seeing those who have been more successful pay the same rate on all their income that those who are not at the the of the economic ladder pay on theirs. he has a plan to ensure that social security will be solvent through the end of this century. those are the kind of createtive proposals that we've advanced, but we can't get a hearing on them, can't get an opportunity under today's bills to offer an amendment to add them. the only way we are going to have an opportunity to address those creative proposals and do something for a universe that we define includes all americans and not just those perched up comfortably on the economic ladder, the only way we will do it with a new congress and people willing and caring to listen and try to come up with a truly american answer to resolve this retirement security problem. i believe that those americans who are working out there today trying to make ends meet, want benefit from this bill are worried about the tax breaks that have gone to those up at the top, how they will threatened,

i would like to thank jesse larson and helena mendoza for staffing this meeting. mr clerk, do you have any announcements. >> thank you. please ensure you have silenced your electronic devices. completed speaker cards and any documents to be completed as part of the files to be committed -- given to the clerk. >> chair mandelman: great. mr clerk, please call the first item. >> agenda item number 1 is a hearing to consider the promise to premise transfer of a nonsale general public liquor licenses doing business at a pub located at 1706 post street. it will serve the public convenience and necessity of the city and county. >> chair mandelman: great. i don't believe we have a representative from the sfpd here but we do have the recommendation for approval. >> hold on but we do have the police department's recommendation for approval with conditions and we also have the applicant. go ahead. >> thank you. mr chair, supervisors, i'm here today -- >> chair mandelman: please state your name. >> my name is mark and i'm here with my client who is the owner of the pub at 1706 p

i would like to thank jesse larson and helena mendoza for staffing this meeting. mrdo you have any announcements. >> thank you. please ensure you have silenced your electronic devices. completed speaker cards and any documents to be completed as part of the files to be committed -- given to the clerk.