mr. brown: senator hatch. mr. hatch: yes. mr. brown: thank you, senator hatch. mr. hatch: i didn't yield to you. i would yield for a question. mr. brown: the question is this, and i appreciated the exchange we had in the finance committee the other night. mr. hatch: i felt bad about that. mr. brown: i'm fine. i wanted to clarify something. when we had our little exchange in the finance committee a couple of thurses -- thursdays ago. i wanted to put a number out there and ask your opinion. the senate for budget priorities yesterday -- i believe yesterday -- said that in the bush tax cuts 27% of the tax cuts went to the top 1%. this bill they -- they wrote -- their study showed, their analysis showed that 62% of the tax cut went to the 1%. i know that in the bush days too much thought went to the top 1%, and this one 62% goes to the top 1%. i wonder if you could explain that. mr. hatch: i would like to look at that particular analysis. there are other analyses that would say we could do better wi

blown brown thank you, mr. chairman -- mr. brown: thank you, mr. chairman. tax reform, as we said many times, should be about one thing. putting money in the pockets of working people. if we wanted -- we're going to do middle class tax breaks, we should do tax cuts for the middle class. that's -- it's what this amendment does. it's not something we can all support, it tells the american people whom this bill is really for. instead of giving money to corporations, hoping some of it ends up in the pockets of working people, this money gives directly -- this amendment gives money directly to the people whom we serve. if we want to cut taxes for middle class, then let's cut taxes for the middle class. let's get rid of the middleman. let's quit talking in this committee, we hear the term middle class all the time, that this is a bill from for the middle class. if we're really serious about that cut out the middleman, give tax relief directly to the middle class. that's how we grow the economy. you grow the economy from the middle-out. we know from looking at the

weeping three actors in mrs brown's boys are involved in a tax dodge. actors in mrs brown's boys ares brown's boys are involved in a tax dodge. i could do with some money to get as a place. patrick hoola han who with some money to get as a place. patrick hoolahan who plays mrs brown's son dermot. could have stayed in bed a bit longer? fiona delaney, the real—life daughter of mrs brown star brendan 0'carroll. money, money, good morning, trevor. and her husband, martin delaney. the dodge involves their wages, orfees, going from the production company to auk going from the production company to a uk company, then offshore to accompany each has in mauritius. those companies then loaned money to the actors‘ personal accounts tax—free. take fiona delaney. in 16 months hurt mauritian company lent her over £360,000. none of the actors answered oui’ her over £360,000. none of the actors answered our questions. —— hurt mauritian company. i caught up with fiona delaney. it is richard bilton from panorama, can i grab a quick word? she arrived for filming in glasgow. you get paid in mauritius, do

we think three actors in mrs brown's boys are involved in a tax dodge. some money to get as a place. patrick hoolahan who plays mrs brown's son dermot. could have stayed in bed a bit longer? fiona delaney, the real—life daughter of mrs brown star brendan o'carroll. good morning, trevor. and her husband, martin delaney. the dodge involves their wages, orfees, going from the production company to a uk company, then offshore to a company each has in mauritius. those companies then loan money to the actors‘ personal account — tax—free. take fiona delaney. in 16 months, her mauritian company lent her over £360,000. none of the actors answered our questions. i caught up with fiona delaney. it is richard bilton from panorama, can i grab a quick word? as she arrived for filming in glasgow. you get paid in mauritius, don't you? what is that all about? and do you pay the loans back? i don't think you pay them back, are you a tax dodger? i don't know who you are. i am from panorama, you are from mrs brown's boys and you are a tax dodger, that's not very funny, is i

brendan o'carroll, alias mrs brown. bbc news has learned, three actors have been getting their fees sent offshore. patrick hoolahan, who plays wayward son dermot. do you not think you could've stayed in bed a little bit longer, marie? yeah, restless night. brendan o'carroll‘s real—life daughter fiona delaney. morning, mammy. good morning, trevor, son. and her husband, martin delaney. this is how it works, the actors get their fees sent offshore tax—free to a series of trust funds based in mauritius. the cash then comes back to the actors, now as a loan, so avoiding tax. take fiona delaney. injust 16 months, the mauritian company lent her more than £360,000. it looks like what's called disguised remuneration. we wanted to ask her about it, but she didn't want to talk. can you tell me about your tax, you get paid in mauritius, don't you? what's that about? and then the loans, do you pay those loans back? i don't think you pay them back, is it a tax dodge. you a tax dodgeer? i don't even know who you are. i'm from panorama

brendan o'carroll, alias mrs brown.most popular comedy shows on tv. but bbc news has learned, three actors have been getting their fees sent offshore. patrick hoolahan, who plays wayward son dermot. do you not think you could've stayed in bed a little bit longer, marie? yeah, restless night. brendan o'carroll's real—life daughter fiona delaney. morning, mummy. good morning, trevor, son. and her husband, martin delaney. this is how it works, the actors get their fees sent offshore tax—free to a series of trust funds based in mauritius. the cash then comes back to the actors, now as a loan, so avoiding tax. take fiona delaney. injust 16 months, the mauritian company lent her more than £360,000. it looks like what's called disguised remuneration. we wanted to ask her about it, but she didn't want to talk. can you tell me about your tax, you get paid in mauritius, don't you, what's that about? and then the loans, do you pay those loans back? i don't think you pay them back, is it a tax dodge. you a tax dodgeer? i don't even

. >> mr. brown? mr. brown, aye. andfinal tally is 12 ayes, 14 nay's. >> this amendment would require a certification by the nonpartisan scorekeepers at the joint committee on taxation and the congressional budget office. they are the people that are doing independent work and that no proposal in this legislation would kick americans off their health care, increase their health insurance premiums and hiked taxes on middle-class americans. after several days of discussions, it has become clear that some members in this room want to deny the consequences of this bill that is focused overwhelmingly on tax breaks for the wealthy corporations. there has been an awful luck of rhetorical gymnastics but the hike onine is the tax $14 million -- 14 million middle-class americans is a tax cut on average across the variety of income levels. somehow a proposal that kicks 13 million americans off their health care clobbers tens of millions of others with training hikes a year after nothing -- a year has nothing to do with health c

i am from panorama and you are from mrs brown's boys and you are from mrs brown's boys and you area aree show‘s star, brendan o'carroll? at all, is it? but what about the show's star, brendan o'carroll? you do not want panorama for company. he told us he pays the actors were a company in the uk and cannot control what happens afterwards and has never been involved with any tax avoiding scheme. brendan o'carroll said, i reserve the right to take the most severe legal action available to me. that is lawyer speak. i would have available to me. that is lawyer speak. iwould havejust available to me. that is lawyer speak. i would have just said (bleep) off. the paradise papers have revealed the secrets of britain's tax dodging empire. it is bad for the reputation of the commonwealth and the uk. we have got to see a clamp—down to stop these loopholes and to stop these jurisdictions doing what they are doing. how we help big companies and the super—rich avoid paying their fair share. i think most people would think there is something wrong here. they are paying higher taxes asa here. they are p

mr. brown. aye. mr. bennett. aye. mr. casey. aye. mr. warner. aye. ms. mccaskill. abstain. mr. chairman. the chairman votes no. >> clerk will report. caller: the final tally is 11 -- the clerk: the final hallly is 11 aye, 14 nays. >> amendment is defeated. warner number three. >> i've got a special deal for you. i would love to speak, i've got two amendments in a row i'd love to speak to number 328 first and not ask for a vote, i just want to inform members and then i want to speak to warner amendment number 1 which i would ask for a vote on. >> ok. >> on warner amendment number 328, warner number 3, one of the things that i did agree with what you did in this legislation is you put back in section 127 that allows mployers to spend up to $5,250 a year to continue employees' education using pretax dollars. i think that's important for our work force to have the training they need. my amendment, which i hope we'll have a chance to discuss at a later date, which has broad bipartisan support which is supported here by 127 different organizations, most of your statesen republican si

mr. brown, aye. mr. bennett, aye. mr. kasey, aye. mr. warner, aye by proxy. ms. mccaskill, aye. mr. chairman, chairman votes no. ms. stabenow aye by proxy. mr. chairman, the final tally is 2 ayes, 14 nays. >> mr. chairman, this amendment is listed as brown modification to brown amendment number 20. as we've learned, this bill -- we've painfully found out in the last -- well, the only been given a day and a half or, so this bill is not just a tax bill but a health care bill. as we've learned from expert witnesses here today and yesterday, this bill effects medicaid and medicare and will cause 13 million americans, think of that, 13 million americans to lose their health insurance. mr. brown: despite all this, you insist this committee continue to rush the consideration of this badly crafted bill. something you never would have allowed to happen in any other congress. a bill which the joint committee on taxation has said will actually end up increasing taxes on everyone within the next 10 years.

mr. chairman. >> senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is listed as brown casey bennett number one. for the past four days, democrats, one after another, have had one piece of advice for a republican colleagues. if you want to cut taxes from the middle class, then cut taxes for the middle class. we started with a bill that gave most of the tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy. then in the middle of the night, mr. chairman, you gave us a bill that made the tax cuts for corporations permanent and the tax cuts smaller, of course, but the tax cuts for working families temporary. now you have a bill that raises taxes on every working family in the country and takes away health care for millions. it's all to finance permanent tax cuts for corporations and as we've demonstrated from the questions and answers we've had with the professional staff, many of these tax cuts go for corporations that outsource jobs as this new bill accelerates the outsources of jobs. there's another bipartisan way. this amendment, the brown casey bennett amendment does three things. to put more money back in

three actors in the bbc‘s mrs brown's boys are shown to have diverted their fees through mauritius — so cut their income tax. and tech giant apple has tens of billions of pounds injersey where it pays no tax. officials say the gunman who killed 26 people at a church in rural texas had sent threatening texts to his mother—in law. she wasn't in the church at the time. a british charity worker is killed in nigeria, three weeks after he was kidnapped by militants. three others have been freed. a man is found guilty of murdering his 18 month—old daughter, just two weeks after formally adopting her. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... we'll look at how millions of leaked documents — dubbed the paradise papers — have exposed how the rich and famous avoid taxes. coming up in 100 days, president trump's meeting with japan's prime minister shinzo abe,

we think three actors in mrs brown's boys are involved in a tax dodge. as a place. patrick hoolahan who plays mrs brown's son dermot. could have stayed in bed a bit longer? fiona delaney, the real—life daughter of mrs brown star brendan o'carroll. good morning, trevor. and her husband, martin delaney. the dodge involves their wages, orfees, going from the production company to a uk company, then offshore to a company each has in mauritius. those companies then loaned money to the actors‘ personal accounts tax—free. take fiona delaney. in 16 months her mauritian company lent her over £360,000. none of the actors answered our questions. i caught up with fiona delaney. it is richard bilton from panorama, can i grab a quick word? she arrived for filming in glasgow. you get paid in mauritius, don't you? what is that all about? and do you pay the loan is back? i don't think you pay them back, are you a tax dodger? i don't know who you are. i am from panorama, you are from mrs brown's boys and you are a tax dodger, that's not very funny, is it? more names from

we think three actors in mrs brown's boys are involved in a tax dodge.money to get as a place. patrick hoolahan who plays mrs brown's son dermot. could have stayed in bed a bit longer? fiona delaney, the real—life daughter of mrs brown star brendan 0'carroll. good morning, trevor. and her husband, martin delaney. the dodge involves their wages, orfees, going from the production company to a uk company, then offshore to accompany each has in mauritius. those companies then loaned money to the actors‘ personal accounts tax—free. take fiona delaney. in 16 months her mauritian company lent her over £360,000. none of the actors answered our questions. i caught up with fiona delaney. it is richard bilton from panorama, can i grab a quick word? she arrived for filming in glasgow. you get paid in mauritius, don't you? what is that all about? and do you pay the loans back? i don't think you pay them back, are you a tax dodger? i don't know who you are. i am from panorama, you are from mrs brown's boys and you are a tax dodger, that's not very funny, is it? more n

brendan 0'carroll, alias mrs brown.lar comedy shows on tv. but bbc news has learned, three actors have been getting their fees sent offshore. patrick hoolahan, who plays wayward son dermot. do you not think you could've stayed in bed a little bit longer, marie? yeah, restless night. brendan 0'carroll‘s real—life daughter fiona delaney. morning, mummy. good morning, trevor, son. and her husband, martin delaney. this is how it works — the actors get their fees sent offshore tax—free to a series of trust funds based in mauritius. the cash then comes back to the actors, now as a loan, so avoiding tax. take fiona delaney. injust 16 months, the mauritian company lent her more than £360,000. it looks like what's called disguised remuneration. we wanted to ask her about it, but she didn't want to talk. can you tell me about your tax, you get paid in mauritius, don't you? and then the loans, do you pay those loans back? i don't think you pay them back, is it a tax dodge. you a tax dodgeer? i don't even know who you are. i'm from

mr. brown, aye. mr. bennett, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. mccaskill, aye. mr. chairman, no. ayes, 14 nays. >> thank you mr. chairman. i called my amendment number three cosponsored by senator brown and senator casey. i thank them for their help with this. the amendment would improve the credit that is available for retirement savings. let me explain the reason for this. this would make the credit refundable, and index it, and make it available to all. the challenge for individuals being able to contribute to the retirement, particularly lower income, is that the tax incentive, the pretax aspects of it, for some is just not enough. what is happening with this itl, with reducing rates, even makes the tax advantages of contributions a little bit less inviting for those to put in money for retirement. if your employer puts money on the table, that could be very helpful. the number of participants is pretty high. an if you do not have employer putting money on the table, it is challenging to get lower income people to retire, put money away for the retirement. savers credit provi

it's all right, mr brown. this is my friend, knuckles.the snitch, t—bone, the professor, squeaky pete, double—bass bob, mad dog, johnny cashpoint, sirjeffrey wilcox... i hope i can rely on your vote. and charlie rumble. it's so wonderful to meet you all. it's a relief that paddington has made such sweet friends. would you excuse us for a moment. what are you doing? talking to the nice men. nice men!? we cannot trust these people. look at them, talk about a rogues gallery, hideous. as for that bearded baboon, he hasn't got two brain cells to rub together. we can still hear you, mr brown. that was the light you turned off. the microphone is on the other side. it's got microphone written on it. you laughed at least four times in that clip! because it's funny! before we went on air you said is itjust a family film, in a way that sort of implied that "just" a family film was... the thing is, making a great family film is really hard. it made me laugh and i'm 5a. it will delight the kids because the character of paddington is so beautifully rea

it's all right, mr brown. this is my friend, knuckles. this is fibs, spoon, jimmy the snitch, t—bone, the professor, squeaky pete, double—bass bob, farmerjack, mad dog, johnny cashpoint, sirjeffrey wilcox... i hope i can rely on your vote. and charlie rumble. it's so wonderful to meet you all. it's a relief that paddington has made such sweet friends. would you excuse us for a moment? what are you doing? talking to the nice men. nice men!? we can't trust these people. look at them, talk about a rogues' gallery, hideous. as for that bearded baboon, he hasn't got two brain cells to rub together. we can still hear you, mr brown. that was the light you turned off. the microphone is on the other side. it's got "microphone" written on it. you laughed at least four times in that clip! because it's funny! before we went on air, you said is itjust a family film, in a way that sort of implied that "just" a family film was... the thing is, making a great family film is really hard. it made me laugh, and i'm 5a. it will delight the kids because the c

mr. brown: thank you. i want to thank my colleagues for joining me on the floor today to stand for american workers. we organized a group of close to a dozen senators who have heartfelt and strong views about the dignity of work, about who understand so well that workers are working harder and smarter but earn less and less money in spite of their hard work, in spite of their commitment. i've been joined on the floor already by senator schumer from new york, senator murray from washington state, senator duckworth from illinois, senator warren of massachusetts, senator casey from pennsylvania, senator peters of michigan. and speaking after i speak will be senator whitehouse of rhode island, senator merkley of oregon and senator durbin of illinois. i thank them for standing up for american workers. people in ohio, in my state and around the country, as i said, work harder. they work longer than ever but they have less and less to show for it. over the last 40 years g.d.p. has gone up, corporate profits have

mr. brown, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. mccaskill, aye. the chairman votes no. >> the amendment is defeated. next amendment. senator cardin. -- number 1 can ask consent that3 senator stevan out -- senator stabenow is a cosponsor. this would set back the corporate reductions if the secretary of treasury cannot certify that the coverage for mental health and substance abuse and health insurance coverage has not been diminished . the concern here to my colleagues is that we have the resources to deal with the opioid crisis that is affecting every community in our country. my concern is that, if you look at the underlining bill, the cbo in a joint tax committee at a $1.5 trillion addition to the national debt. my concern is that we know the casualties from the opioid crisis. we know we need to have the resources in order to deal with it. we know that there has been an abuse of opioids in every community that has led to heroin addiction. unfortunately, the use of fentanyl, which has caused significant overdoses and all of our communities. i hav

mr. brown. mr. bennett. mr. casey, no. mr. warner, no. the chairman? aye.hairman votesa passed.mendment has note, i want to thank all my colleagues on both sides for their participation, particularly today. this is a good bill that delivers on a promise to provide middle-class tax relief and grow the economy. most of poorly, this will allow hard-working middle-class families to keep more of their hard-earned paychecks by nearly deduction,e standard lowering rates, and doubling the child tax credit, we have made good on our promise to produce a bill that will improve the lives of average americans who have been hit i nearly a decade of sluggish economic growth. working and middle-class families will also see gains in the form of higher wages as the result of a more vibrant economy. this is a bill i think both parties can support. as i've said many times throughout this debate, both republicans and democrats have long supported the key elements of this bill. for example, the bill lowers the corporate tax rate to 20% in line with high proposals that have

hello mr brown skinned can you hear us. yes someone we know. mr ramsey are you great mr brown's going to the question we want to ask is why are you challenging the results from the first round what we like to work really big. thousands and thousands of liberians which is their constitutional right to all those frauds that's a fraud committed all over the country and this gross irregularities the election commission. are riposte job mr brunson what proof do you have of these irregularities there were international observers on the ground and they did not raise any major concerns after the first round what the difference is that i am alive. and man concerned about the future of our country the international observers come here and to do what they have to do in the least i have met with carter center the national democratic institute of the guys of america and i said to them in a month of school elections the feeling that something is of elections are not the . only deals the likes him but it's a process i also indicated to be careful because the p

mr. brown. aye. mr. casey. aye. chairman? no. >> chairman votes no. >> the amendment is defeated. next amendment? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would ask scent to call card on amendment number 13 and asked -- thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment would step back the corporate rate reductions if the secretary of the treasury cannot sert fight thcertify thae for mental health substance and mental health coverage has not been diminished. the concern here to my colleagues is that we have the resources to deal with the opioid crisis that's affecting every community in our country. my concern is that if you look at the underlining bill, the cbo has scored it at and joint tax committee at 1.5 trillion addition to our national debt. my concern is we know the casualties from the opioid crisis. we know we need to have the resources in order to deal with it. we know that there's been an abuse of opioids in every community that has led to heroin addiction and unfortunately the use of fentanyl which has caused significant overdoses in all of our communities. i've had town hall meetings and r

to help us answer that question, we turn to mr. browned his share of money laundering cases. mr. brown, thank you very much for joining us. first off, should we be concerned about this? >> well, any u.s. real estate company that makes a decision to do business in a high-risk jurisdiction where money laundering occurs, you know, needs to be careful, needs to take a number of precautions. >> does it seem to you that those precautions were taken or do we not know at this stage? >> well, i don't know based on your reporting, but i can tell you what the real risks are in a situation like that. basically, the u.s. company needs to be careful both in terms of going into the deal and on the way out. so going into the deal, you need to worry a little bit about whether money is going to grease the skids for any foreign politicians, which is a violation of u.s. law, and then of course when it's time to sell the condos you do have to be cautious about whether the people buying those condos are criminals looking to wash their money. >> so here's the

out not to be able to and in such situations the voters the sovereign have to reset the situation mr brown and. mr told me to a question or listen to change your attitude towards a grand coalition. where a. leading candidate of. what about you personally and in case of a fresh election would you be running as candid as again. do you see as you. start it with a candidate. and presented. as they are counted so it was ms merkel who got it from the voters now to. have a party bodies take a decision to exchange the top kind of did i think that's not the way democracy works so there is i believe a reason to turn to voters again you know that i am the. head of a party bald and i will apply for this position again on the next occasion. a chairman of the board has a record have to make a proposal regarding the top candidate and i will make use of it. can you imagine. except my. and tolerate a minority government run by america and what do you make of the statement of the. international community needs clarity as fast as possible regarding how germany is going to go on. regarding your second questio

mr. brown? aye. mr. bennett? aye. mr. casey? aye. mr. warner? aye by proxy.r. chairman? >> no. count the result. >> 12 ayes, 14 nays. >> senator casey you're next i believe. >> this amendment relates to individuals with disabilities across our country. i know that in our work on both sides of the aisle, we hear from people with disabilities on a regular basis. in a state like pennsylvania we have by one estimate, 9 1/2% of people under the age of 65 with a disability. based upon that number, it's well over a million people in our state even under the age of 65 that have a disability. this amendment will make it possible for those with disabilities to have access to health care coverage and reasonably priced health care premiums. according to the cbo, repeal of a key provision of the aca, in this case, the shared responsibility section would cause 13 million americans to lose their health insurance coverage over the decade. 4 million of those in the first year meaning 2019 and premiums to go up by some 10% a year over a decade. this provision if to go into eff

mr. brown: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. right now as we all return from thanksgiving, the american people, those that didn't have to work over thanksgiving weekend, as many, many people in this country do, and struggle, and continue to work two jobs. and as we, congress, returns from thanksgiving, the priorities of this congress are becoming pretty darned clear to the american people. people want to know the fundamental question. we all in this body, we all stand up for election every six years -- in some cases a little more often. and people fundamentally want to know which side are you on. are you on their side? are you on the side of wall street or the side of corporations and outsource jobs? the question is: whose side are you on? the question is are you going to stand with multinational corporations that ship jobs overseas all to pad their own executives' fat bonus checks? are you going to stand with banks that rip off consumers, that steal their information and that get off scot-free? maybe some of these ex

asked: 0thers targeted in the investigation, or hounded as several viewers saw it, were actors from mrs brown'sdonor lord ashcroft, us commerce secretary wilbur ross and formula 1 driver lewis hamilton. the latter case prompted sandra lipscomb to record this video. i was really incensed the other morning, listening about lewis hamilton and his avoidance of vat. all of us, no matter who we are, it's human nature. if we can save a few pennies, we will. why aren't they going, or you going after the likes of these financial experts, who are being paid lots of money by celebrities to help save them money? and also, hmrc. they need some whizzkids to sort out these loopholes. with me now to explore coverage of the paradise papers story is james stephenson, news editor for bbc news. welcome to newswatch. we kept hearing the phrase "none of this is illegal", so who exactly were you targeting in this investigation? well, it's perhaps worth saying that, as you and many of your listeners will know, this was an enormous project over a long timespan and only began with the leak of the documents. after that,

we can still hear you, mr brown. that was the light you turned off. sign microphone next to it. you laughed four times in that clip! before we went on a you said is it just a family film to sort of implied that... the thing is making afamily implied that... the thing is making a family film is real hard. it made me laugh and i am 5a. it will make kids laugh. ben whishaw‘s voice is perfect. there is a mixture of childish and old beyond the years. there are lots of slapstick sequences. there are lots of slapstick sequences. paddington is trying to raise money for the book. there is a scene in the barbers were it all goes hideously wrong. their action sequences where paddington is in peril. you don't notice the interaction between the cgi and the physical world. it was not until the end of the film where i thought they blended it really well. i think making a really good family film is rulli hard and i thought this was really charming. the fact it was the second one i expected the law of diminishing returns to kick him, it didn't. the bit where you see t

mr. chairman? >> are we ready to vote? >> i think senator brown. >> one brief comment, mr. chairman. >> i would like to make a quick close, and senator carper. >> senator brown? >> okay, thank you, mr. chairman. i will be brief. you know, i listen to all of this, and i don't think my colleagues are thinking much about individual people that -- how this is going to affect their lives. i'm -- i'm puzzled my colleagues on the other side of the aisle just can't help themselves. this is at least the fourth time -- this is a bunch of people sitting around a table, all of us have government health insurance. have good insurance paid for by taxpayers. and it seems my colleagues are just sitting around, just -- these unrelenting efforts to find ways to take health insurance from people in our states. in my state, 200,000 people are getting opioid treatment right now, because they have insurance under the affordable care act. and we sit around here as privileged members of the senate with great titles and good pay and insurance paid for by taxpayers, scheming up ways this comes out of

apart the government's case and his partner was a former prosecutor turned advocate for justice and mr. brown whose insights were invaluable and his associates who gave their total commitment to our cause. and also to the defense team for their valuable roles. also to the jury the most well from new jersey who saw through the false claims to use common sense and reject the appreciate their service and sacrifice and their time away a lot to think my colleague cory booker supporter from day one and was here on the first day of trial who came in testified was a profile in courage. many urged him not to testify period but not only using his personal reputation to take a rest to see justice done but is the public servant of unlimited potential and the highest office of all of the land will never forget it and you have my gratitude also senator lindsey graham red friends and colleagues for coming to testify with my character and while he came as a friend to testify on behalf of a democratic colleague that is rare with today's politics also thinking the clergy of different denominations who stood an

the sun have the story about mrs brown's ploys it says. mirror, that the tax dodge parasites, lewis hamilton's 3. 3 million vat back on his jet. apple side steps billions with channel islands tax route and three stars of mrs brown's boys invested £2 million offshore. more on the paradise papers tomorrow. that's all we have time for. evan is here then. until then, good night. well, the weather has changed certainly in the last few hours. it has warmed up a little bit. we had beautiful weather across so many parts of the country during the course of the day. the clouds have started rolling in and this is bringing the warmer weather overnight. i say warm, warm relatively speaking to what we had. this weather front which will be in place across the uk tomorrow is going to bring some pretty damp, cloudy, unpleasant conditions. but it does mean the morning will be a lot milder. this is what we had around 12 hours ago, more than that, 18 hours ago. by the end of the night this weather front will be in place across the country, and the temperature

quorum call: mr. brown: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. today i rise to speak in opposition to the nomination of joseph otting to be come croarl of the curntion -- comptroller of the currency. i appreciate his interest to enter public service. in a -- that said he is not the person we need in this very important financial watchdog role. we have learned lessons from the attitude and the work of the person in this office, and i'm sure he's not the right person here. we' we have made a lot of progress in the last seven years since we passed wall street reform. the last thing we need is someone leading the office of the controller of the currency who works to eliminate or weaken safeguards instead of looking out for workers and borrowers and the stability of our financial system. the financial watchdogs, including the previous controller thomas curry, took the right steps, took significant steps to right the wrongs that led to the 2008 financia

can you imagine being out there, chilling with mr. brown? hey, girl. >> dude is a professional.ut watch. >> oh! >> big sigh of relief there for not getting bit. >> this is 10-year-old jaden, he's about to have his entire year made. his mother emily, his nana and papa have a surprise for him. y his favorite football team is the new york football giants. they happened to be playing the chiefs. well, the tickets are in his hand. >> hasn't quite sunk in yet. >> no. not at all. >> we're going! >> there it is! >> yeah, it's a home game. so you know what that means. they're heading to new york city. the thing is, he's only 10 years old,ncord, north carolina, where most are panthers fans, but odell beckham jr. is his favorite player, and he's off. >> guess when we're leaving? >> when? >> 6:00 a.m. >> when? >> tomorrow morning. >> yes. >> that's the best when you don't have to wait, like, two weeks for this. he can start packing now. >> is his early christmas gift. you'll be happy to know that he did go to the game, there he is here. he has his light-up has the, his light-up gloves, and

one of the presidential aspirants in the october tenth election mr charles brown skin is asking the court to stop the runoff from taking place on tuesday and that was the case the supreme court in the building behind me a listen to on friday afternoon whatever the decision of the court on monday next week it will definitely impact on the conduct of the runoff of the current if the court decides that the runoff should continue but mr brown skin is actually asking for the cancellation of the runoff and of course the court should consider looking at the possibility of doing a rerun of the election itself now the election commission suspended all activities that we training of elections stop as well as the distribution of crucial voting materials to all the regions in liberia because of this case now the question on the minds of liberians is that the decision of the court in part on the handover date how will it affect the transition what will people see they go ahead with the election we see a transitional government what will happen they are going to vote for a president who will freeze leg

mr. brown. aye. mr. bennett. aye by proxy. mr. warner. aye by proxy. >> mrs. mccaskill. aye. mr. chairman. no. >> chairman votes no. >> clerk will report. >> 12 ayes, 14 nays. >> defeated. turn to casey, number 26. >> we heard earlier about the process that will likely unfold if this bill moves out of committee. that there will be a bill out of the finance committee and then of course the house is working on their bill. should the bill go to conference, this amendment requires an open hearing on any measure with the revenue budget impact -- revenue or budget impact of greater than $1 billion. i don't think that's asking too much for openness and transparency so that taxpayers know in this rushed process leading up to a vote on the finance committee, which i have argued and we've all on this side argued as moving too fast, this kind of drive by tax bill, instead of being subjected to the number of hearings that the ranking member referred to earlier in the mid '80s where president reagan's something on the order of 489 page proposal got 27 hearings and the house bill at the time g

mr. chairman? >> are we ready to vote? >> i think senator brown. >> one brief comment, mr. chairman. >> i would like to make a quick close, and senator carper. >> senator brown? >> okay, thank you, mr. chairman. i will be brief. you know, i listen to all of this, and i don't think my colleagues are thinking much about individual people that -- how this is going to affect their lives. i'm -- i'm puzzled my colleagues on the other side of the aisle just can't help themselves. this is at least the fourth time -- this is a bunch of people sitting around a table, all of us have government health insurance. have good insurance paid for by taxpayers. and it seems my colleagues are just sitting around, just -- these unreletting efforts to find ways to take health insurance from people in our states. in my state, 200,000 people are getting opioid treatment right now, because they have insurance under the affordable care act. and we sit around here as privileged members of the senate with great titles and good pay and insurance paid for by taxpayers, scheming up ways this comes out of

it's all right, mr brown. this is my friend, knuckles.t, sirjeffrey wilcox... i hope i can rely on your vote. and charlie rumble. it's so wonderful to meet you all. it's a relief that paddington has made such sweet friends. would you excuse us for a moment. what are you doing? talking to the nice men. nice men!? we cannot trust these people. look at them, talk about a rogues gallery, hideous. as for that bearded baboon, he hasn't got two brain cells to rub together. we can still hear you, mr brown. that was the light you turned off. the microphone is on the other side. it's got microphone written on it. you laughed at least four times in that clip! because it's funny! before we went on air you said is itjust a family film, in a way that sort of implied that "just" a family film was... the thing is, making a great family film is really hard. it made me laugh and i'm 5a. it will delight the kids because the character of paddington is so beautifully realised. ben whishaw‘s voice is perfect. there is a mixture of childish and old beyond the y

it's all right, mr brown. this is my friend, knuckles. cashpoint, sirjeffrey wilcox... i hope i can rely on your vote. and charlie rumble. it's so wonderful to meet you all. it's a relief that paddington has made such sweet friends. would you excuse us for a moment? what are you doing? talking to the nice men. nice men!? we can't trust these people. look at them, talk about a rogues' gallery, hideous. as for that bearded baboon, he hasn't got two brain cells to rub together. we can still hear you, mr brown. that was the light you turned off. the microphone is on the other side. it's got "microphone" written on it. you laughed at least four times in that clip! because it's funny! before we went on air, you said is itjust a family film, in a way that sort of implied that "just" a family film was... the thing is, making a great family film is really hard. it made me laugh, and i'm 5a. it will delight the kids because the character of paddington is so beautifully realised. ben whishaw‘s voice is perfect. there is a mixture of childish and old

you're mr. brown but yet you went to brown. is that a coincidence or not?you mentioned it just now. >> what's it like for you getting a chance to be in this movie. >> i know you've done tv before getting a chance to be in this movie now. it's something a little different from being on the stage as we mostly know from you hamilton. >> yeah. yeah. it was very different. i actually shot this the day i left hamilton. i had my last show and flew to vancouver to start shooting the next day. and so i was kind of you know my brain was all over the place, but steven, an incredible director and sort of took on the task of calming me down and showing me the parameters and then getting to work with all these incredible young actors than me, and were very helpful. they actually, you know, i learned so much from working with them. so it was a great first film experience and i hope to do a lot more but also i am very very proud that this was the first one. >> i think that's speaks volumes. i have no doubt you'll do many more i think you nailed it in this role. but i'm cur

the disclosures include details of how three stars of the bbc show mrs brown's boys have diverted feesmpanies in mauritius and sent money back as loans. the papers show how wealthy individuals, multinationalfirms, celebrities and political leaders have used complex financial structures to protect their funds from higher levels of taxation. in the commons, a treasury minister said the government had a good record on cracking down on tax avoidance. hmrc are already benefiting from the exchange of financial account information to the common reporting standard, an initiative in which the uk has led the world with over 100 jurisdictions signed up. the crown dependencies and overseas territories are among those signed up to this initiative and have been exchanging information with hmrc for over a year. the use of offshore accounts or trusts do not automatically mean dishonesty but this house should be assured that under this government the hmrc will continue to bear down with vigour on any tax avoidance and evasion activities whenever it may be found. unless there is a critically overriding

cast members of mrs brown's boys tax avoidance scheme.bad guy, this is a whole system used by the most powerful and the wealthiest, the biggest corporations exposed. bbc scotland's investigation's team is the only scottish media partner with access to the leak and has been working inside the paradise papers for the past six months. there are thousands of documents relating to scots' businesses and people, some you will have heard of and upwon't, but they all have one thing in common. asaiding tax. —— avoiding tax. black stone, not a household name by a global private equity giant, managing over $350 billion worth of assets. the founder and chief executive is steven schwartz man. his company has a major interest in scotland. saint enoch centre in glasgow. one of the most recognisable buildings in the country. country. it was bought by black stone in 2013 for £190 million. it is one of appleby‘s biggest customers and the law firm was integrally involved in the purchase. the paradise papers laid bear the 11s that black stone, one of the bigg

mr. brown: mr. speaker, the american people do not support the g.o.p. tax plan being considered today. after promising a simple and fair tax system, republicans offer a complicated mess. their tax plan picks winners, the rich and big corporations getting nearly $1 trillion in tax cuts. they create losers like teachers, seniors, students, people with disabilities, and working families who will pay more. this g.o.p. tax scam also veterans.r nation's more than 300,000 veterans have benefited from the work opportunity tax credit, most of whom serve after 9/11. eliminates the tax credit and abandons our service members when they return home and transition to civilian life. today one of every three veterans is underemployed and 1.8 million veterans are stuck in low-wage jobs. every single veteran should be able to get a family supporting job at home after serving our nation. this tax bill asks our veterans and their families to again sacrifice this time so billionaires and big corporations eliminates the tax credit get a huge tugget. mr. speaker, veterans des

mr. brown's a lot of rigor irregularities have taken place in the october tenth election now whatever the court judgement on monday what is certain at the moment is that the runoff election between the two top leaders of the vote on october tenth will not happen on tuesday the november seventh this is because a lot of preparations have been put on hold because of the court. judgment in anticipation of the court judgment it was set aside the distribution of election materials to various counties especially those far away from the liberian capital monrovia as well as the training of officials to handle the runoff between the two candidates so whatever happens on monday in the supreme court judgement then definitely a lot of days will have to be located or rather the election commission needs a lot of days to make sure that all preparations are in place for the election to go on. the u.n. says more than a million russians have now fled persecution in me and many are living in camps in neighboring bangladesh but hundreds of managed to find a new home in the u.s. as refugees so with the suppor