mr. cardin. aye. mr. brown. aye. mr. bennett. aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. warner. i'm going to vote aye but i want the record to reflect i would have vote against. >> aye on process, no on the underlying. >> mr. chairman. o. >> the clerk will tell the tally. what's the outcome of the vote? >> 11 ayes, 11 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. senator cantwell number 9 if you want to go forward. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to clarify for my colleagues, this is not the previous amendment we were talking about. we'll come back to that later. i call up my modify cage to cantwell number 9, committee amendment 188. it has been offset. mr. chairman, this amendment fixes another unintended consequence we just heard about in the interactions between the low income housing tax credit and the marks international provision. the marks international provision erosion provisions, the base erosion and anti-abuse tax provision appears to inadvertently prevent banks with foreign parents or domestic banks with substantial foreign operations from claiming the benefit of any tax credit ot

mr. cardin, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. mccaskill, aye. mr. chairman? sen. hatch: no. the clerk will announce a result. nays.erk: 12 ayes, 14 sen. hatch: sen. cardin. sen. crapo: mr. grassley, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. roberts? >> i was born in 1790. sen. hatch: no by proxy. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. burr, no. mr. portman, no. mr. jimmy, no. mr. scott, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. wyden, aye. ms. stanton now, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. menendez, aye by proxy. mr. carper, aye by proxy. esther brown, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. mccaskill, aye. mr. chairman. sen. hatch: no. the court will report. the clerk: 12 ayes, 14 nays. sen. hatch: the amendment is defeated. we go to wyden now. casey number 10? is that would yours is? where did you get casey number 10? sen. wyden: no, i don't think that is --first responders. sen. hatch: first responders, senator wyden. the court will call the wall. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. roberts, no by proxy. mr. enzi, no. mr. thune, no. mr. burr, no. mr. isaacson, no. mr. toomey, no. mr. scott, n

mr. cardin: thank you. i want to thank senator king to our committee. it's not the first time he's attended our hearings and it's nice to have you here. i would ask consent that the statement from human rights first be made part of our record. mr. corker: without objection. mr. cardin: thank you. secretary mattis and tillerson, i think we all agree that we're not anxious to repeal the aumf authorization without a new authorization being enforced. that's been the game plan. i would point out that there is significant differences here about whether the 2001 authorization covers the military operation -- counterterrorism operations against isis. many of us believe that is not included in the 2001, but we do agree that congress needs to make sure that there is authorization to pursue our counterterrorism efforts. as i indicated in my opening statement, operational decisions on the use of the aumf or counterterrorism i understand would not be appropriate in an open setting. so my request, and i would ask that yo

mr. cardin, aye. 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. even those making less than $10,000 a year. we could be focusing on ot

mr. cardin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator for maryland. mr. cardin: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator will suspend. the senate will be in order. the senator may resume. mr. cardin: mr. president, take this time to inform my colleagues of a motion that i hope to file tomorrow that would recommit the bill, and i'm going to talk a little bit about it. but first if i might, let me just point out yesterday i took the floor to emphasize some of the points that senator nelson just made, that this bill, which is advertised to help the middle class, does not help the middle class. it helps the wealthy, it's biscuits and middle-income taxpayers get some relief -- some, not all -- that's temporary in nature. so the congressional budget office tells us by 2027 those earning under $75,000 a year, the majority will actually pay more taxes rather than less. in my state of maryland, it's estimated that 800,000 marylanders will pay more taxes rather than less, that the t

mr. cardin, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. mccaskill, aye. mr. chairman? sen. hatch: no. the clerk will announce a result. the clerk: 12 ayes, 14 nays. sen. hatch: sen. cardin. mr. grassley, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. roberts? sen. hatch: no by proxy. mr. cornyn, no. mr. burr, no. mr. portman, no. mr. toomey, no. mr. scott, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. wyden, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. menendez, aye by proxy. mr. carper, aye by proxy. mr. brown, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. mccaskill, aye. mr. chairman. sen. hatch: no. the court will report. the clerk: 12 ayes, 14 nays. sen. hatch: the amendment is defeated. we go to wyden now. casey number 10? is that what yours is? where did you get casey number 10? sen. hatch: first responders, senator wyden. the court will call the wall. l. the court will call the rol mr. grassley, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. roberts, no by proxy. mr. enzi, no. mr. thune, no. mr. burr, no. mr. isakson, no. mr. toomey, no. mr. scott, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. wyden, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. nelson, aye. mr. menendez

mr. cardin, aye. 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 have

mr. cardin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from from maryland. mr. cardin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, on december 1, it will be the world's aids day, and i take this time to ask consent to put into the record my statement in regards to the progress we've made in regards to conquering hiv-aids and the work we still have ahead. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. gillibrand: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: i rise too speak about the taxpayer plan we will be voting on tomorrow, likely in the middle of the night and definitely without much-needed debate, oversight, and transparency as it should have. i think everyone in this chamber agrees that we need to fix our tax system so that it doesn't do -- keep doing so much difficulty for our working families in our states. if this bill actually did that, it would be real reform and it would be bipartisan. however, this plan does not seek anything

mr. cardin, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. casey, aye. mrs. mccaskill, aye. mr. chairman, no. >> the clerk will report the result. >> 12 ayes and 14 nays. >> the amendment is defeated and we will take a 10 minute break and come right back. >> cockrum we are taking a 10 minute break -- how come we are taking a 10 minute break? >> i do not know. >> let's keep going. the next amendment. it is coming from your side. >> you are up. >> today, i am pleased

mr. cardin. aye. mr. casey. aye. mr. warner. aye. mrs. mccaskill. aye. mr. chairman. no. >> chairman votes no. >> mr. chairman, just one question that relates to the last amendment. >> wait until the vote is announced. >> i'm sorry. >> following tally is 12 ayes, 14 nays. >> amendment is defeated. >> live here on cspan3, the work of the senate finance committee on its fourth day of work on the senate's version of tax reform legislation. we just heard earlier as well from republicans in the house after they passed their version of tax reform. 227 to 205. no democrats voting for the house measure and 13 republicans voting against it. here in the senate still working on reviewing its legislation. both chambers will come together and reconcile the differences in their plans. we're expecting things to start here shortly. live on cspan3.

mr. cardin. 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

mr. cardin: mr. president, later today, we will start a process of voting on the confirmation of william wehrum for assistant administrator for the environmental protection agency's office of air and radiation. i take this time to urge my colleagues to reject this nominee and vote against his confirmation. the e.p.a. assistant administrator for office of air and radiation supervises national programs and policies for regulating air pollution and radiation exposure. notably, this office administers the clean air act. as a member of the senate committee on environment and public works, i once again find myself using my voice to say that science and public health, not partisan politics, should drive the confirmation process. if confirmed, mr. wehrum is expected to play a leading role in dismantling climate change regulations. since the supreme court decision in massachusetts versus e.p.a. in 2007, that rule that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are dangerous air pollutants, o.a.r. is the office

mr. cardin? aye. mr. brown? aye. mr. bennett? aye? mr. casey? aye. mrs. mccaskill? aye? mr. chairman? no. >> the amendment is defeated about next amendment. >> senator cardin. >> i would ask consent that senator stabenow be added -- >> thank you, mr. chairman, this amendment -- if the secretary of the treasury could not certify that the coverage for mental health and substance abuse in health insurance coverage has not been diminished. we have the resources to handle the crisis affecting every community in our country. if you look at the underlining bill the cbo has scored it. and joint tax committee a $1.5 trillion tradition to its intent. we know the casualties from the opiod crisis, we know we need to have the resources in order to deal with it. we know that there's been an abuse of opiods in every community that's led to heroin addiction, and unfortunately, the use of fentanyl, which caused significant overdoings in all of our communities. i've had town hall meetings in all parts of maryland. eastern shore. southern maryland, baltimore city, in the baltimore washington suburbs. the

mr. cardin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: you know the senate and the house -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. van hollen: i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president. we're having a chance now look at the house and senate republican tax plans. both of these plans were cooked up largely in secret, and as more information comes out, we see more and more how much damage they're going to do to our country. and the plans have many features that overlap, and one of those overlapping features is both of them provide a massive tax giveaway to big corporations and powerful special interests. the "wall street journal" in an article just a little while back was looking at the house plan, talked about a provision that's also in the senate plan, and they said, a 20% corporate tax rate -- at a 20% corporate tax rate, banks stand to be among the biggest winners from tax reform, according to an s&p global market intelligence.

mr. cardin, aye. mr. bennett, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. warner, aye by proxy. mr. chairman, no. 14 final tally is 12 ayes, nays. sen. hatch: the moment fails. chairman, i call up amendment nine. it this would make sure that 95% of americans are not cut out of the tax incentives for charitable giving. this tax reform proposal has the reduceal to dramatically the amount of charitable giving, and hurt our communities and people. this tax bill is estimated that charitable giving would drop by $13 billion and it is hard to believe that colleagues would want that to happen. i'm sure that people do not want it to happen, but that is what is in this bill. byritable giving would drop $13 billion a year. that is the combined total of all the donations to the united way, feeding america, catholic charities, salvation army, ymca, boys and girls club, habitat for humanity, and the american cancer society in 2016. that is the combined charitable giving to all of those very critical organizations. is 144 million meals for people going hungry. our amendment will allow many more am

mr. chairman? >> senator cardin. >> mr. chairman i listen to monday, tuesday and wednesday as my republican colleagues pointed to the joint tax committee distributional chart as evidence that this bill helps low-income families. i also heard my republican colleagues on the tax committee on their revenue estimates think that they were wrong and that half trillion dollars wouldn't be there when in fact we know it is because a lot of this is contemporary in nature and will be a greater deficit of $1.5 trillion. now we have the joint tax analysis that shows that middle income families will actually see their taxes go up, not down ineffective raids yet high-income families, they do find, they do fine. i heard the chairman talk, while this is their old behavior. it's interesting to $180 billion we are talking about the comes out of middle-income families on the house care subsidy, the majority use that money in the chairman's modified mark. they use it to make certain changes that are reflected in the distributional charts. you a

cardin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i really have tried to understand this bill. i got it thursday night. original bill. i had concerns about middle income families not being treated fairly with the tax relief going to high income. and increasing the bdeficit by $1.5 trillion and probably much more. then i look at the modified mark that we got late last night. these circumstances appear to me to be even worse. i have commented somewhat on this, but by making the individual tax issues temporary but making the business tax issues permanent we have really made it worse for middle income families. and we made it worse for the deficit. because we now have extenders. big extenders that are going to be in the trillions of dollars. i don't think anybody in this committee expects that we are not going to extend these provisions. but in reality, we don't build that into the economic model. so it's the worst of all possible worlds. but i want to drill down a little bit more on the individual mandate issue for health insurance. because i listen to some of my colleagues give a

with that i'd like to turn to my friend and our distinguished ranking member, senator cardin. >> mr. chairman, thank you so much. almost always thank you for holding hearings, but in this case, i really do believe that this is a critically important discussion to of to have with the senate and the american people. i must tell you, i am always amazed as to what subjects come up at town hall meetings i hold throughout maryland. most of the subjects deal with the local economic or domestic issues. we don't normally get a lot of foreign policy questions at town hall meetings. but of late, i've been getting more and more questions about, can the president really order a nuclear attack without any controls? that question is asked more and more by the american people. of course, it's fueled by comments made by president trump in regards to north korea. quoting the president in is his august interview, north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. or the president's comments will have no choice but to total

mr. chairman, ranking member cardin, distinguished members i appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today. i know the desire to understand the legal basis for military action is grounded in your constitutional role related to foreign policy and national security matters. i also understand the obligation to the american people in this regard. in the 2001 authorization use of military force or aumf, congress authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed or aided the attacks that occurred on september 11, 2001 or harbored such organizations or persons. congress granted the president the statutory authority in order to s prevent future acts of international ticker was an against the united states by such nations, organizations or persons. the 2001 aumf provides authority for ongoing military operations against al qaeda, the television and associated forces including against the islamic state in iraq and syria were isis. the administration relies on the 2001 as a domestic legal authority for ou

cardin. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. barthold, i want to concentrate this round on one of our objectives here, that's to make the tax code simpler and to provide more certainty, which is one of the issues i hear a great deal, particularly from those who have the burdens of trying to comply with our tax laws. now, as you went through the explanation of foreign intangible income and base erosion provisions, i doubt whether many people fully understood what you were saying, not your fault, but because it is anything but simple or easy to understand. i want to get to the foreign and intangible income because i served in the house of representatives in the ways and means committee when we went through the fiscal debates and the problems we had because we felt we passed a pretty simple provision for manufacturing only to find out it was wto illegal. what we're trying to do here is encourage imports -- exports at a lower rate, which seems to me is going to be a red light for the wto. do we have a plan b or are we going to poten

mr. chairman? to your right? could i be recognized for a moment? >> yes, you can. senator cardin. >> i don't mean to be presumptivous on this, but i've chaired a committee and a bunch of subcommittees. and i would ask you to think of a -- mr. chairman? >> go ahead. >> i would ask you to think about something for just a minute. >> i'm listening. >> everybody on this committee, and most of the people in this room and that are watching this, know that in order for the exchanges to be successful, there have to be a good mix in the exchanges of healthy and younger people, as well as those who are older and maybe not so healthy. there is more than one way to do this. the individual exchange is one. auto enrollment might be others. there are different ideas. and one of the great things that the health committee did two months ago, they had a great lineup of witnesses from across the country, from all different walks of life, smart people and foreign people, democrat and republican, to come in and say this is how we think the different ways to stabilize the exchange. i would love for us

mr. chairman, i reserve my time for later. >> okay. then let's see. we'll allow you to reserve your time. senator cardin? >> thank you mr. chairman. >> you bet. >> mr. barthold, he want to continue with senator stab now's points. as i understand it the congressional budget office tells us about 13 million people will lose their health coverage as a result of eliminating the required coverage? >> that's what they are reporting for the last year in the budget period, 2027. >> and that the premium increases in the individual marketplace would go up about 10%? >> relative to baseline projected premiums, yes, sir. >> i want to talk about the impact on that. because, yes, we are talking about the tax code. there will be the direct extra cost to those in the individual marketplace, many of whom of course have no employer to help pay for that cost. and therefore, it is as senator wyden has pointed out could be as high as $1,000 up crease for famili -- increase for families which is pretty dramatic as to whether they can afford their coverage. clearly if they have preexisting conditions or if they are high risk they will have to

cardin. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to first raise a serious concern on asking questions when we don't have the modified mark before us. the chairman has indicated that he is going to modify the mark before we start the actual amendment process. and one of the questions that i have is the certainty of what we are doing here. because tax certainty is one of the issues i hear over and over again from people who are looking at tax reform as giving them some certainty. we know in the house bill they have different time limits on different tax provisions. we are concerned as to whether the chairman's mark, modified mark is going to put different dates than we have now, and perhaps not the permanency. we also are concerned because we are using reconciliation as i understand the byrd rule, the permanency of certain provision is going to be very difficult toy achieve because of the byrd rule under reconciliation. mr. chairman my first concern is are we really going to give the american public a tax code that is certain.

mr. barthold: that is correct. sen. cardin: we're talking about losing $185 billion of subsidies that go to middle income .amilies $185 billion of subsidies that would otherwise be available for health care. they chose under the mandate their behavior. then there is $179 billion a in the medicaid subsidies. these are people who qualify for medicaid. veterans qualify for medicaid. we have that debate on the floor of the united states senate. these individuals right now don't come forward because there is no mandate, and they lose those benefits. >> that is correct. there is reduction in outlays. middle income families are getting a lot of conversation, but it is disingenuous to say you are providing $43 lien of relief when you're taking away 300 and $60 billion of benefits. am i missing something? >> the analysis you provided on benefits seems accurate. sen. cardin: let me make a plea here. i do not know what impact this is going to have on the state of maryland. i do know we haven't all payer rate structure which is unique. we

senator cardin, any comments? >> yes, i do, mr. chairman. before i comment on the bill and nominations that are on our agenda i want to comment regarding information statistics regarding the foreign service that has been made publicly last week. ambassador barbara stevenson stated last week and i quote" there is no denying that our leisure brings are being depleted at a dizzying speed due in part to the decision to/promotion numbers by more than half foreign service officers at court state has lost 60% of its ambassadors since january ranks of the career administrators are three-star equivalent are down from 33 to 19 have fallen from 431 after labor day to 369 today and are still falling. the master stevenson was the president of the governing board of the fsa is employing us to ask why. i have been asking why the administration and the state department and the personal budget and reorganization matters i am notot getting a lot of answers. just as one small example although the trump administration lifted the federal hiring freeze in april 2

mr. chairman and echo what senator cornyn said. senator cardin and i led the business tax working group and we delved into a lot of these issues. probably the toughest issue we examined was the issue of how to deal with pass-through income. i know that there members that have concerns about that. there are a lot of folks in the past and the community that have concerns about the purely look forward to working with the tops, i might add to address those concerns and see if we can perfect and refine the way that this market treats that. again, in terms of the arguments that have been made all day. we have heard them all day long. middle income taxpayers do not get anything out of this. no income tax years, they do not get a tax cut. and -- supporting what we have done with respect to business income and pass-throughs as well. we look forward to continuing to work with this as it goes before. i think this is a great start and i congratulate you, mr. chairman on getting us this far. >> senator roberts. >> i want to speak to the question raised by my

cardin. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. barthold, i want to concentrate this round on one of our objectives here, that's to make the tax code simpler and to provide more certainty, which is one of the issues i hear a great deal, particularly from those who have the burdens of trying to comply with our tax laws. now, as you went through the explanation of foreign intangible income and base erosion provisions, i doubt whether many people fully understood what you were saying, not your fault, but because it is anything but simple or easy to understand. i want to get to the foreign and intangible income because i served in the house of representatives in the ways and means committee when we went through the fiscal debates and the problems we had because we felt we passed a pretty simple provision for manufacturing only to find out it was wto illegal. what we're trying to do here is encourage imports -- exports at a lower rate, which seems to me is going to be a red light for the wto. do we have a plan b or are we going to poten

archbishop carroll high school, the first integrated high school founded by cardinal o'boyle, as you mentioned. for archbishop gregory and mrllace, i wonder how our churches need to change. given the fact that the current administration was mostly elected by people who identify themselves as christians but tend not to go to church. about the roleng religious institutions can play, it is hard to play that role if religious institutions are not factors in people's lies. i wonder how you think the church has to change in order to inform that --. >> the first thing the church has to do is a knowledge that it also is racist. racism is not a sin that is out there. it is a sin that permeates all of us. things that pope francis does, and he does quite well, when he describes himself, -- it was asked -- how would you describe yourself? and he said -- i am a sinner. a cutewas not just response. it was a sincere response that as a minister of the gospel, i'm going to invite the people that i care for and serve to conversion and so i have to begin by saying that it is a journey i have to take with you. >> jim? white operative word in i

mr. chairman. sen corker: before i turn to senator cardin for his closing note, you're not asking for an authority to go against assad? sec. tillerson: no, senator. sen corker: and if you felt you needed to go against assad you'd come to congress because we'd be then going against a country, is that correct? sec. tillerson: that's correct. sen cardin: i first want to thank both of our witnesses for their dissipation in this hearing. and a service to our country. there may bh disagreements about what the aumf covers currently and what congress should include in a more up to date aumf. that's a healthy debate we're having. there's no debate about our resolve to go after terrorists who are attacking our interests and our allies. we want you to have the ability to root them out and destroy them. there's no disagreement about that. i just would sort of conclude on this, and that is i think there's a real willingness of all of us to work together to modernize the aumf. we're going to try to be able to do that. but i particularly want to thank you for the direct answers to our questions. i think you were

mr. chairman, i'd like to -- i have the yeas and nays on my appeal of the ruling of the chair, because as senator cardin pointed out, there are a lot of unanswered questions with respect to the dramatic new development that turns this tax bill into a health care bill. i asked for the yeahs and nays on my appeal of the ruling of the chair. >> okay. yeas and nays. >> yeah. for colleagues, i'm asking for a repeal of the ruling of the chair, which means that those colleagues who agree that this would be basic fairness, which i do, for a brand-new matter, would vote aye. i would ask for the clerk to call the roll. >> mr. grassley. >> no. >> mr. crapo. >> no. mr. crapo no. >> mr. roberts. >> no. mr. enzi? >> no. >> mr. enzi no. >> mr. cornyn. >> no. >> mr. thune. >> no. >> mr. burr. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> no. >> mr. toomey. >> no. >> mr. heller. >> no. >> mr. scott. >> no. >> mr. cassidy. >> no. >> mr. wyden. >> aye. ms. stabenow? >> aye. ms. cantwell? >> aye. >> mr. nelson. >> aye. >> mr. carper. >> aye. >> mr. carden. >> aye. >> mr. brown. >> aye. >> mr. bennett. >> aye. >> mr. casey. >> aye. >> mr. warn

mr. chairman, i'd like to, i have these yays and nays on my appeal of the ruling of the chair because the senator cardin pointed out there are a lot of unanswered questions with respect to this dramatic to develop in the terms of this tax bill into a health care bill. i asked for the yays and nays on my appeal of the ruling of the chair. >> okay. yays and nays. >> for colleagues, i'm asking for a repeal of the ruling of the chair which means that those colleagues who agree that this would be basic fairness, which i do, a brand-new matter, to vote aye. >> i would ask the clerk to call the roll. >> the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> announced the result. >> let me just state what happened here there will be no extension of the amendment deadline. you all have your and him in spite of their there are 60 blank ones. you can use them as long as they comply within the scope which is the code, and we can move on from there. but that's where we are. >> mr. chairman? mr. chairman,, to the right. can i be a moment? >> you can't. >> i don't mean to presumption but i chaired the co

cardin. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. barthold, i want to concentrate this round on one of our objectives here, that's to make the tax code simpler and to provide more certainty, which is one of the issues i hear a great deal, particularly from those who have the burdens of trying to comply with our tax laws. now, as you went through the explanation of foreign intangible income and base erosion provisions, i doubt whether many people fully understood what you were saying, not your fault, but because it is anything but simple or easy to understand. i want to get to the foreign and tangible income, because i served in the house of representatives on the ways and means committee when we went through the debates, and the problems we had because we felt we passed a pretty simple provision for manufacturing only to find out it was wto illegal. what we're trying to do here is encourage imports -- exports at a lower rate, which seems to me is going to be a red light for the wto. do we have a plan b or are we going to potentially

cardin says people have interpreted it to mean he might mean nuclear war, no. he has said it five days from sunday and that is the case. this is lance dodis. he says "mr.ic characteristics are undeniable, they create a profound danger for america's democracy and safety. over time these characteristics will only become worse either become mr. trump will succeed in gaining more power and more grandiosity with less grasp on reality." when i hear that, i think about the russiagate investigation and him getting boxed in more and more and more and lashing out. do you share the doctor's concerns? >> i do. if i could go back to rename "the art of the deal," i would rename it "the sociopath." a sociopath is a person who doesn't have a conscience, who doesn't have ordinary emotions beyond anger, rage and so on. so the idea of destroying an entire country, millions of people, doesn't fire up his sense of guilt and the feeling of being appalled. again, i think he finds that kind of exciting. and it's some blend of, you know, a very young child's idea of fighting with guns or fighting with nuclear weapons and a very dimented older person potentially putting us at g

mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a leader in our community who has received a great honor. skip dolan, the head boys basketball coach for the annandale cardinals was inducted into the minnesota basketball coaches hall of fame in october. i'm not going to go through all his statistics, although they are quite impressive. i think it's important that we note that a good coach can have a major impact on a kids' life. coaches don't just teach a game to our kids, they ingrain -- ingrain important life skills in their minds. they teach our kids how to work with others and how to act as a team. they teach our children the value of practice and perseverance, and they teach our kids how to compete with honor, dignity, and how to win with grace. a good coach guides our kids along the road to success which is why i'm so happy that we have a coach like skip dolan in our community. we can never thank him enough for working with and teaching our kids. and we congratulate him on this incredible honor. mr. speaker, i rise today to thank monticello public schools superintendent jim johnson for his work and dedication to minnesota's children. after 18 years serv

senator cardin indicated that a number of our colleagues have questions because of the very extraordinary news we've just learned about. so i'll make my opening statement. then i have a question. then mr. chairman i feel very strongly that colleagues ought to be able to ask mr. bartold questions about what we have just learned. we have gotten astounding news in the last hour according to the latest figures from the yoint committee on taxationings in 2021, families earning $30,000 and under are going to get clobbered by a tax hike of nearly $6 billion to pay for this handout to multinational corporations. a $6 billion tax hike on low income americans. and by 2027, the news is even worse, a decade out. this bill raises taxes by $27 billion on families earning $75,000 and under. and meanwhile, the big corporations are guaranteed a cut across the board. colleagues, i believe this process ought to end right here and now, and we get together when we are prepared as our side wants to do to work in a bipartisan way. i don't know how anybody can go home now to the folks they represent and explain why it's a good idea to hike taxes on parents who barely stay afloat to pay for a massive corporat

mr. chairman, thank you for issue voting me. i appreciate being here today and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much. doctors fever. >> chairman corker, ranging member cardin and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss this important topic which i will refer to as nuclear command and control. my bottom line is simple. in the past, congress has played a vital role in pushing the executive branch to strengthen command and control, and the time may be ripe for another close look. however, we must proceed with some caution because the topic is complex and susceptible to unintend consequences. ... >> >> that could thwart the first enemy strike plan but would increase the risk that what it might be used in the unauthorized fashion or by someone confused the fog of battle. the history of committed and control history of civilian and military leaders without proper balance added it did say history of vocational discoveries that their risk of one side or the other was greater than originally understood and is a history of improvements like that permissive action that block the detonation of a weapon without the pin code and

mr. cardin: mr. president, president trump will be leaving tomorrow for a lengthy trip to asia. he will be visiting japan, the republic of korea, and china. and in each of those countries, we expect that the number one national security issue that will be talked about is north korea. north korea's dangerous activities are certainly putting not only the region but the global community at risk. they have a nuclear capacity. they currently have the ability to explode a nuclear device, and they're working on delivery systems that could very well reach not just the region but come into the united states. they are violating international commitments. they have done dozens of tests this year alone, all in violation of their international commitments. we have had a strong policy to try to isolate north korea. the u.s. has led in the imposition of sanctions. we have introduced this year and passed the countering america's adversaries through sanctions act. it passed this body by a 98-2 vote. i note that the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee is on the floor, and he was on