mr. reagan invited gorbachev to stroll the garden to the pool house where they sat alone before a fire.r. reagan talk without notes, not about arms control but about his personal feelings about reducing the level of fear and misunderstanding between the two nations. >> the main thing is they met each other as human beings, reagan, in particular, had concentrated his attention on gorbachev as a person. he spent more time studying grbachev than he did the esoteric things having to do with arms control. >> it is understood the president tried to dispel gorbachev's negative image of the u.s. gorbachev wouldn't budge but he was not nearly as combative as he was with other american officials recently. >> is it a good sign? >> of course. >> i would think so. >> i was at lunch when ronald reagan came out of the first meeting with mikhail gorbachev and he said this is a new type of soviet leader. >> the president announced gorbachev will visit the u.s. next year and they agreed to accelerate arms talks. but the soviet leader was more negative. >> the solving of the most

reagan threw his arm around gorbachev. and at another point completely took back his evil empire pronouncement. >> you still think you're in an evil empire, mrnother time, another era. >> the warmonger, reagan is essentially saying, the cold war looks like it's coming to an end. >> freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth. it is the right to put forth an idea, scoffed at by the experts, and watch it catch fire among the people. >> in gorbachev's soviet union, food has become even harder to get. once there was a selection, maybe two or three cheeses. now, there is only one. there is a dangerous undertone to the complaints. we ate better, they say, in the days of brezhnev. >> there was stress in the soviet system because they were trying to change it to a system that was unchangeable and unable to adapt to a modern world. gorbachev thought the united states is so far ahead of him, the soviet system is so far behind, we need to accelerate the reforms. >> today i can report to you that the soviet union has taken a decision to reduce its armed forces. within the next two years

. >> president reagan is now much more eager to meet with the new leader of the soviet union. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> in afghanistan today, soviet troops are reported on the move in several areas, but it is also clear the russians are meeting resistance from muslim tribes men and units of afghanistan's army. >> in 1980 the soviet union had moved into afghanistan, it was in nicaragua, it was in the caribbean. there was a feeling that the united states and i felt it, the united states could lose the cold war. >> there was a model of behavior during the cold war, and the way i often described it, it was the red side of the map and blue side of the map, separated by the iron curtain. the rest of the world we competed for. >> that fundamental clash between communism and capitalism, between dictatorship and freedom was the dividing line in the world that people thought would last forever but there was a revolution starting to stir. >> there has been an unexpected development abroad. polish workers in the baltic area are standing firm in their strike against the go

even so, mrs. reagan gave as good as she got in their interviews. >> nancy reagan: oh mike.wallace. >> wallace: you can take them out right now. ( laughs ) >> kroft: and in a 2006 interview, mike had no use for the idea that mr. reagan was a lightweight. >> wallace: baloney. he knew enough to bring an end to the cold war. >> okay, everybody settle. we have tape rolling. steve. >> kroft: an important interview for the clintons in 1992, when he was running for president. >> bill clinton: let me just say one other thing-- >> kroft: 34 million people watched as the couple fielded questions about gennifer flowers. >> kroft: she's alleging a 12- year affair with you. >> bill clinton: that allegation is false. >> hillary clinton: you know, i'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man, like tammy wynette. i'm sitting here because i love him. >> kroft: and for added drama, a light fell off the wall and nearly hit them. >> person-- jesus, mary and joseph! >> kroft: no one was hurt-- but it was a close call. >> pelley: you know, mr. president, it occurred to me that--

with too many men we don't it won't work it was too big and what happened we forgot about it reagan mr reagan and to forget the vietnam war and we were sending a half million. and again abroad to fight in the middle east we never got out of the middle east i made a movie about it called w in which dick cheney the dick cheney's character yeah policy says there is no exit and the truth is we haven't very sense of history one felt like through films. i guess some people would in my country where i was make fun of it you relatively has to go at least may have to go more socialistic in order to survive because if things fall apart and we continue to have crises after crises stock market explosions and so forth and meltdowns there has to be a right and they want no way to trump to change something but remember a mr obama song what was it seven hundred fifty billion dollars and where the united states is going it's a very it's interesting i think i'm going to try stick around and see because i think that's a great question it sounds i mean just to be on the sidelines and see what happens it could ge

with too many men we don't it won't work it was too big and what happened we forgot about it reagan mr reagan helped a lot with his campaign to forget the vietnam war and we were sending a half million men again abroad to fight in the middle east we never got out of the middle east i made a movie about it called w in which dick cheney the dick cheney's character have them asking what what's our exit policy says there is no exit and the truth is we haven't there is no exit to iraq we're here those five hundred thousand men in one form or another have never left the middle east so this is heartbreaking stuff if you have any sense of history. i knew it was a mistake i thought the iraq war one was a huge mistake i thought there was plenty of room to negotiate when films like that come out w for instance are at the untold history of the united states and want to even mention how as a percent in america when you pretty much denounce a lot of troops and facts in american history i can't tell you it's easy but i think it's the most some of the most important work i've done in my life i'm very proud o

missed by an inch. >> he told mrs. reagan, honey, i forgot to duck. >> what? >> i forgot to duck. hen he got into the operating room, he looked at the doctors and he said, please tell me you're republicans. >> reagan relied on this group of advisers. jim baker as his chief of staff, a really skilled, shrewd political insider, ed meese, a counselor to the president, and michael deaver in charge of the media operations. they ran the white house. >> the assassination attempt and aftermath elevated ronald reagan's popularity to a new high. the latest nbc news/associated press poll shows his job rating jumped ten points. >> reagan understood that he was getting this sort of sympathy reaction. everybody was rooting for him all of a sudden because they didn't want him to die. they didn't want to lose a president. so without missing a step, he goes right into what the message is. we've got to get this tax and spending bill passed and we've got to do it now. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> it was just like the movies. reagan was a true american hero. >> the president

mr. youcalling about reagan, said reagan is for the working man. remember when he fired the 35,000 traffic controllers. i remember when he cut the interest rate, we used to be able to deduct the interest rate on credit cards, this is all against the working man. he increased the deficit by 5.6. i respect him as a defense -- decent man, a statesman. not like the president we have right now, who called mexico rapists. i wonder if any other rest -- ethnic groups, how would you feel about that? aagan, even though he was decent man, but he wasn't working for the working man. .'ll wait and hear your answer guest: ronald reagan was a decent man and i wish our current president would emulate ronald reagan in that respect. i think that is what americans crave and you see it in his poll ratings. when he does that, people look at him more favorably and someone who is as concerned with ratings as he is, i wish she would look at those ratings. the reason the president fired the air traffic controllers is they were breaking the law. his is one of the few unions

mr. reagan when he ran against jimmy carter was the issues of how do we stimulate the living wage jobs across america? and one thing that he surrounded himself with so many people -- i only worked in d.c. i actually rs but taught ethics at my level. but the issue is, of course, how can webero from peter to pay paul in i actually this reg? subsidies is one of layout. if you are the olsons related to them from nebraska and minnesota, there is much layover out there. i lived in new mexico as well and there is quite a bit of blm land being used. subsidy ks be taken and placed in areas like education. we need to raise the quality of living standards for our teachers. the foundation for our youth. now, i am really more of a republican-democrat. my grandfather was a great fan and would remind me of franklin delano roosevelt saved the world. but the modern day democrats speak more of boston and harvard. and all i know is that beats harvard than harvard beats prince ton. but i will leave it to you to discuss these things. thank you very much. zpwod bless everyone. guest: merry christmas. as far as the

mr. ronald reagan. i'm thrilled to be right here at the ronald reagan presidential library in california in simi valley, where there is big conference happening with all the biggies in a sense. talking about what our strategy should be as we move forward as a nation. stay with me. we're live from simi valley from the reagan library after this. g. fidelity, where smarter investors will always be. approaching medicare eligibility? you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you're sixty-five, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs. the rest is up to you. that's where aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company come in. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could help pay some of what medicare doesn't, saving you in out-of-pocket medical costs. you've learned that taking informed steps along the way really makes a difference

mr. reagan when he ran against jimmy carter was the issues of how do we stimulate the living wage jobs acrossmerica? and one thing that he surrounded himself with so many people -- i only worked in d.c. i actually rs but taught ethics at my level. but the issue is, of course, how can webero from peter to pay paul in i actually this reg? subsidies is one of layout. if you are the olsons related to them from nebraska and minnesota, there is much layover out there. i lived in new mexico as well and there is quite a bit of blm land being used. subsidy ks be taken and placed in areas like education. we need to raise the quality of living standards for our teachers. the foundation for our youth. now, i am really more of a republican-democrat. my grandfather was a great fan and would remind me of franklin delano roosevelt saved the world. but the modern day democrats speak more of boston and harvard. and all i know is that beats harvard than harvard beats prince ton. but i will leave it to you to discuss these things. thank you very much. zpwod bless everyone. guest: merry christmas. as far as the p

reagan. [applause] mr. pence: with renewed american leadership we are achieving real results on the international stage. our nato allies are paying more toward our common defense, north korea is isolated as never before. this president has put iran on notice that is the war in afghanistan on a path to victory. thanks to the leadership of our commander-in-chief and the courage of our armed forces, isis is on the run, their capital has fallen, in their so-called caliphate has crumbled across syria and iraq. [applause] pence: in less than one year, president trump has made enormous progress to promote peace through american strength and today, president trump will take another crucial step to ensure the safety and security of our country far into the future as he announces to the american people and to our allies and adversaries across the wider world, a strategy that puts america first. so with gratitude for his unwavering commitment to make america safe again, it is now my high honor and distinct privilege t

mr. secretary. my question is, this weekend at reagan national defense forum, the commander of u.s. strategic command said when he was growing up , he aspired to be a colonel program director, not the general, because he had the responsibility and authority to deliver products and processes to the war fighter. he also said that when the lieutenants and captains want to be the colonels again, that's when we're going to have things right. so my question is, how do you as secretary plan to fix the bureaucracy that war fighters deal with day in and day out whether that's in the fleet or the pentagon, to ensure that our j.g.'s grow up wanting to be commanders and captains. mr. spencer: it is a timely question. there's a couple of things going on here. i won't say it's an alarming rate but the fact that there's one or two of these events really just shocked me completely. there are officers that are asking not to take command. they would rather take another path than take command. when i was in the marine corps, the ultimate goal that i had immediately in front of me was to become a capta

not only that, but every year in june, on the anniversary of ronald reagan's famous mr.orbachev tear down this wall speech, we have a public event. some 22t june industries came with representatives, laid a wreath and were joined by some 25 ethnic groups, chinese, korean, cambodian, laos and so forth, cuban and also laid wreaths. this is become for foreign leaders, our memorial port of call. i think it will go to the state department and very often they will come to our statue. len from?e was was born in he america but his parents were ukrainian. we worked with the national captive committee for a number of years. it was very natural but i would go to him. he would help and made a significant contribution. host: right after john adams book by david mccullough was written, he led a group to find a place to put a john adams memorial somewhere near the mall . it is not happening, it is not there, so, there are hundreds of statues around washington -- how much did it cost? mr. edwards: it cost about $1 million to build it, to lay the -- to do the bronze replica, to lay the m

and i'll remind you that when president reagan made that famous speech that said, mr. gorbachev, bring down this wall, all of the people around him told him it was a bad idea. sometimes you have to take risks. courage leads to leadership. leadership leads to peace. and we have to go with the truth -- >> all right. you say, ambassador, you want the peace process to move forward. now the palestinian chief negotiator, cy bareacot, said the u.s. can no longer pay any process in the peace process. and i'm quoting him now, he said, mr. trump just destroyed any chance of a two-state solution. your reaction? >> anytime we make a decision, we get positive and negative reaction. that's going to happen. at the end of the day, the palestinians, they need to make sure that we stop violence, we stop any sort of issues on both sides, israelis and palestinians. and think about palestinian children who want to know where their home is. think about israeli children who want to know where their home is. the peace process is not going to stop its negotiations. they are too far down the ro

mr. trump has pointed to the reagan tax cuts from the 1980s as proof his plan will work. but back in 1991, the then-businessman slammed the reagan cuts as devastating for the economy. >> so, this tax act was just an absolute catastrophe for the country. i truly feel right now this country is in a depression. it's not a recession. we're in an absolute depression. and one of the reasons we're there is what happened in 1986. >> have you ever try adjure trial? >> i have not. >> reporter: the white house is also responding to criticism for the president's picks for a judiciary, days after a fellow republican blasted one of his selections, matthew peterson, at a hearing. >> i understand the challenge that would be ahead of me if i were fortunate enough to become a district court judge. >> john kennedy urged the president to scrap the nomination. peterson has now withdrawn his name from consideration, a move the white house has accepted. >> he's never been in a courtroom before. and no disrespect, but just because you've seen "my cousin, vinnie," you're not qualified to be a fed

would churchill filmore marketable with the nixon-kissinger detente school or the ronald reagan strength school? mrruane: i have thought about this, because you cannot research this era of history without this contemporary nances in yourreso mind. i think it depends where along that nuclear journey you hold churchill and say what would he be like? i prefer, as i expect edwina does, the churchill of the end. the peacemaker. i think that if you accept that churchill's anti-communism ran very deep, notwithstanding his efforts to get on with stalin, for him by 1953, 1954 to embrace peaceful coexistence suggests to me one of the most remarkable acts of statemanship. if you do, we are going somewhere very bad very soon. as to how he would manage world affairs today, that is a very difficult one. it makes me a little uncomfortable to extrapolate, but one thing i would say briefly because i expect my time is running out, i don't think he ever foresaw it. for all of his vision and scientific interest, i think he probably suspected that britain, russia, and america would be the only members of the nuclear cl

not only that, but every year in june, on the anniversary of ronald reagan's famous mr.bachev tear down this wall speech, we have a public event. this past june, some 22 embassies came with representatives, laid a wreath and were joined by some 25 ethnic groups, chinese, korean, cambodian, laos and so forth, cuban and also laid wreaths. this has become, for foreign leaders, our memorial port of call. they will go to the state department and very often they will come to our statue. host: where was len from? mr. edwards: he was born in america but his parents were ukrainian. we worked with the national cap diggnation -- national captive nations committee for a number of years. it was very natural but i would go to him. he would help and made a significant contribution. host: right after john adams book by david mccullough was written, he led a group to find a place to put a john adams memorial somewhere near the mall. it is not happening, it is not there, so, there are hundreds of statues around washington -- how much did it cost? mr. edwards: it cost about $1 million to b

mr. trump's predecessors going back as far as ronald reagan every year would go to bethesda, the best doctors of the military, and report on their health and vital statistics to the american public. does the president plan to get a physical? ms. sanders: that's not something i know. i'd be happy to check. i spent 12 days on the road with him in asia. despite the fact that he's a little bit older than me he had twice the energy i do and i'm the one sick now an he's still going. so i think he's in petty good health. i'll be happy to share any information. >> thank you, sarah. you talked about to those who are given must have, much is expected. the president said yesterday that this tax bill is going to cost him a fortune. independent analysis says that's not true. he's going to save a lot of money, his family could save more than $1 billion. can you tell us what in the bill will pay cause the president to pay more in taxes than he's paying now. ms. sanders: i think some of the provisions in the bill, a will the of deductions he'd normally receive may not be part of the package that would affect

mr. peaker, with this best message . ronald reagan, 1988, christmas message. this is his official message. he said, the themes of christmas and of coming home for the holidays have long been intertwined in song and story. there is a profind irony and lesson in this because christmas celebrates the coming of his savior who is born without a home. there was no room at the inn for the holy family. young mary chose -- young mary close to childbirth and her carpenter husband joseph found the shelter of a stable. there born the king of kings, the prince of peace and which history would turn. jesus would again be without home and -- more than once on the flight to egypt during his public ministry when he said, the foxes have holes and the irds have the air, they have nests but the man has nowhere to lay his head. reagan goes on from his infancy, our redeemer was reminding us that from then on we would never lack a home in him. like the shepherds to whom the angel of the lord appeared on the first christmas day, we could always say let us now go even into bethlehem an

and president reagan's right hand on all those trips, the trusted secretary of state george schultz ui got the chance here to revisit those days with him. mrsecretary, i want to ask you about the art of negotiations and you say rule number one is good ideas, strong policy, you went into the first reagan summit through peace through strength, through the military build-up, we had it. >> well, strength is important and the willingness to negotiate is important but you want to negotiate from strength and on the basis of what you want. if you want a deal too much you're going get your head handed to you. if you want a good deal, you don't just want a deal. chris: second deal you say that a negotiation is a learning process, you to figure out what are the core interests of other party and what aren't the core interests. >> well, when you're negotiating you're talking to them back and forth and one of the things to find out is where is that person's bottom line. whether -- what are they interested in and that will help you figure out how to make a deal. chris: conversely you say rule number three is credibility, no empty threats, make it clear t

mr. president, we're turning that around starting today with this tax bill. i'm reminded of ronald reagan's presidential ad noting that it was morning in america again. well, mr. president, it may not be morning yet, but the dawn is peeking over the horizon. the tax bill is going to provide immediate relief to hardworking americans, it is going to immediately lower their tax bills. it is going to immediately mean more money in their pockets. but this bill is about much more than that. this bill isn't just about helping americans today, mr. president, although it is most certainly going to do that. this bill is about helping americans for the long term. it's about restoring the american dream. it's about giving americans access to the kinds of wages, jobs, and opportunities that will set them up for a more secure and prosperous future. and it is about sending a message to the world that america is finally serious about competing for 21st century jobs and innovation. for years our tax laws have kept american businesses at a disadvantage in the global economy. as other nations have changed the

mr. secretary. my question is this week at the reagan national defense forum the commander of your strategic command said when he was growing up he aspired to be a colonel program director and not the general. he said he had the responsibility and authority to deliver products and processes to the war fighter. he also said that when the lieutenants and captains want to be the kernels again, that's when we'll have things right. my question is, how do you a secretary plan to fix the bureaucracy that were fighters deal with day in and day out, whether that's in fleet fhe pentagon to ensure that are in sins and other grew up wanting to be commanders and captains and not necessarily admirals? >> it is a timely question because there's a couple of things going on. i won't say it's an alarming rate, but the fact that there are one or two of these events really just shocked me completely. there are officers that are asking not to take command. that they would rather take another path then take command. when i was in the marine corps the ultimate goal that had immediately in front of me was to become a capta

tax code since the reagan era and the first legislative victory for mr. trump saying taking office. cnn's phil mattingly explains what's in it. 503 page, $1.5 trillion tax plan is out. the key provisions, we've known a lot of them. the corporate rate dropping from 35% to 21%. the child tax credit boosted from $1,000 to $2,000. individual rates acrass the brackets. they say this is going to help middle class families. this is something the democrats dispute. the idea that on the individual rate cut, taking the top income earners down from 39.6% to 37% is nonsensical. but here is the rub. republicans both like the this plan and at this poirnt want to vote for this plan. we took the best of both ideas in here and in many cases because we have a tlib rat timetable. we had announced half a year ago to get this to the president's desk. we took the tax that was closest to where we thought we would end. and from that standpoint, it's sort of a mix of the house and the senate. that's the way it should be. >> what's amazing is on thursday of this week, republicans were scrambling, particularl

mr. panetta: i also want to thank the reagan library for holding this great defense forum. a lot of very distinguished speakers and great people in the audience. i have a lot of former colleagues here from the cia as well as defense who are now using their experience to make a buck. i understand that. [laughter] mr. panetta: i want to also pay tribute to h.r. mcmaster because i think he presented some excellent points at lunch with regards to the strategy and the things we have to look at in today's world. we are looking at a world that at least in my experience i have never seen as many flashpoints in the world, probably since world war ii. when you consider we are fighting a war on terrorism. you've got failed states in the middle east. we are dealing with iran, north korea, russia, china. we are dealing with what i call the battlefield of the future, which is cyber, and the potential for cyber attacks that could paralyze this country. there are number of flashpoints out there and the reality is you cannot deal with these crises without good intelligence. that's the botto

talked with a friend of mine a couple of times we discussed this and when ronald reagan was president of the united states mrcorporation which off-camera down this wall. the wall came down. peace through strength coming-- prosperity. in 1988, his right hand was a guide name george bush. we respect the bushes. we respect george bush, but there was a shift, there was a shift that is absolutely stunning. after being the right hand of ronald reagan for eight years and seeing the bold choices in the bold moves that he made an much like what we've seen with donald trump at least i wasn't on the left and right have attacked a donald trump throughout this whole thing, would this george bush run on? with his slogan in 1988? no, that was 92. in 1988, he said a kind of gentler nation. a kinder gentler nation, right after he saw what ronald reagan did. now, george bush is a good man, but that was a globalist/put in the ground. that was the beginning of it all after reagan we have had bush, clinton, bush number two, obama. we need a force of nature to take the shift back, generated by you, the people. it's your campaign

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mr. president, we're turning that around starting today with this tax bill. i'm reminded of ronald reagan's presidential ad noting that it was morning in america again. well, mr. president, it may not be morning yet, but the dawn is peeking over the horizon. the tax bill is going to provide immediate relief to hardworking americans, it is going to immediately lower their tax bills. it is going to immediately mean more money in their pockets. but this bill is about much more than that. this bill isn't just about helping americans today, mr. president, although it is most certainly going to do that. this bill is about helping americans for the long term. it's about restoring the american dream. it's about giving americans access to the kinds of wages, jobs, and opportunities that will set them up for a more secure and prosperous future. and it is about sending a message to the world that america is finally serious about competing for 21st century jobs and innovation. for years our tax laws have kept american businesses at a disadvantage in the global economy. as other nations have changed the

tax code since the ronald reagan era and the first significant legislative victory for mr. trump. phil mattingly explains what is in it. >> 503 page republican tax plan, it is out. officially. republican lawmakers can now read the thing that they are likely going vote on as soon as tuesday next week. the key provisions, we've known a lot of them. the corporate rate dropping to 21%. the child tax credit boosted from $1,000 to $2,000. individual rate cuts across the seven brackets. a lot of things the republicans said will be crucial not only to economic growth, but also as they say helping middle class families. this is something that the democrats dispute saying it is too timted towa tilted toord towaward the corpo side. but here is the rub. republicans both like this plan and at this point want to vote for this plan. take a listen to house ways and means chairman kevin brady. >> we took the best of both ideas in here in many cases because we had a deliberate time table we had announced half a year ago to get this to the president's desk. we took the text that was closest to where

as happened in 1981, when under ronald reagan for eight years we increased the debt of this country 189%. chairman of the ways and means committee mention mrs. obama who increased it 88%. or less than half of the reagan increase in the debt. and we were promised then as we are promised now that cutting these taxes would grow the economy. would that that were the case. but there won't be any real regular order in this conference. just as there hasn't been through the this conference. there will only be further closed door, back room antics by leaders on their own asking republican members to take it or leave it. and this motion to instruct, of course, will be defeat bud democrats are offering it because from the very beginning we have made clear that we are here to work toward the kind of tax reform the american people want. tax reform that i worked with in 1986. and they don't want an elimination of the deduction for state and local taxes which our motion would instruct conferees not to do. the deduction for state and local taxes supports schools and first responders in our district. and the american people don't want to wick 13 million peo

mr. bush: we went there a lot and probably used it more than any president. maybe ronald reagan reason we went a lot was one, we could invite our friends. one of the great delights of the presidency was to invite friends we grew up with in midland and show them the oval office or show them camp david. but the other thing i liked a lot is i love exercise. the place is set up for a lot of hiking, running, mountain biking. there is a wonderful gym. i found it to be liberating. david: mountain biking is a dangerous thing. you have fallen a couple times. but you have not given it up? mr. bush: i still ride. david: you don't worry about breaking things? mr. bush: no. [laughter] mr. clinton: your dad was jumping out of planes at 85. david: your exercise is you play golf, and you have lost a lot of weight since you left the presidency. you have gone on a vegan diet. isn't that hard to do? mr. bush: less burgers. [laughter] mr. clinton: not when you have quadruple heart bypass and you want to live to be a grandfather. i did not give it a second thought. i realized i was highly prone to a

waswhen ronald reagan president of the united states, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall.he wall came down. peace through strength, nuclear detente, prosperity. in 1988, his right hand was a .uy named george bush we respect the bushes. we respect george bush, but there was a shift. there was a shift that is absolutely stunning. after being the right hand of ronald reagan for eight years and seeing the bold choices and the bold moves that he made, and much like what we have seen with donald trump, the establishment on the left and the right, how they have attacked donald trump throughout this whole thing, what does george bush run under? what is his slogan in 1988? no, that was 1992. in 1988, he said "a kinder, gentler nation." "a kinder, gentler nation." right after he saw what ronald reagan did. now, george bush is a good man, globalist flage put in the ground. that was the beginning of it all. after reagan, we have had bush, ii, obama --h tii booing] robert: we needed a force of nature to take the ship back from a generated by you people. it is your campaign, as donald t

my experience with ziphius began in 1985 as treasury counsel under president reagan and secretary baker. as you noted mr. chairman, ziphius was governed by an executive order signed in 1975 by president ford because of concern about saudi dollars been recycled by american assets. by 1988 concern is shifted to japanese purchases which led to passage of the exxon of boreal amendment and in 1992 concern about the state owned companies buying sensitive us technology led to passage of the [inaudible] amendment. in 2005 i returned to treasury as deputy secretary after deals involving chinese national overseas oil company in dubai ports were blocked by congressional concerns congress passed the foreign investment in national security act of 2007. today growing concern about chinese investment particularly by state owned enterprises and especially in the technology sector has led to legislation proposed by congress, senator cornyn and bipartisan cosponsors. unlike two other observations that may assist in your deliberations. earlier this year this committee helped legislate the secretary of treasury as a dispen

reagan years. that was the conversation. mr. speaker, if we had historically normal economic growth, not fantastic economic growth, historically normal economic growth we would have a balanced budget in this country today. there is an economic consequence of economic failure. what we have done in this bill, mr. speaker, by allowing businesses to expense their investment, allows them to make their employees more productive on day one. that is going to have a powerful impact, not just on employee wages, mr. speaker, but on economic growth across the entire country. this bill is not about should we pay taxes, we must. this bill is about how we pay taxes. can we do it better? does america need to be the worst in the world or can we be first in the world? we're answering that question today. we're answering that question today and with every single vote a member in this chamber casts it's not about everything in this bill exactly the way you would have crafted. i assure you, mr. speaker, it is not. the question is, does this bill mov

was ronald reagan, the corporations gave up money and now what were saying is the workers get in the short end of the stick seven multinational corporations can do better. more to say tomorrow mr. president. i urge people to look through the stories in the press reports see if they can find anything that involves the change to make life better for the hard-working middle-class of our country. >> tomorrow they will meet. live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern as he spent three put some of the free c-span radio app. later today, results from the special election in alabama to fill the u.s. senate seat for vehicles and comments live on c-span2 at 930 easter. you can follow this on the c-span radio app. >> at the house president trump signed the 2018th defense authorization bill. he was joined by vice president pence another's for the ceremony. here is a look. >> thank you mr. vice president, secretary mattis, senior military leaders and distinguished guests, thank you for being here. as we prepared to sign something extremely important, the national defense authorization act, were signing it into law. this demonstrates our commitment to the men and women in uniform. the greate

as happened in 1981, when under ronald reagan for eight years we increased the debt of this country 189%. chairman of the ways and means committee mention mrs. obama who increased it 88%. or less than half of the reagan increase in the debt. and we were promised then as we are promised now that cutting these taxes would grow the economy. would that that were the case. but there won't be any real regular order in this conference. just as there hasn't been through the this conference. there will only be further closed door, back room antics by leaders on their own asking republican members to take it or leave it. and this motion to instruct, of course, will be defeat bud democrats are offering it because from the very beginning we have made clear that we are here to work toward the kind of tax reform the american people want. tax reform that i worked with in 1986. and they don't want an elimination of the deduction for state and local taxes which our motion would instruct conferees not to do. the deduction for state and local taxes supports schools and first responders in our district. and the american people don't want to wick 13 million peo