. -- well, you don'tç -- well, a usual, well, there was an aide to mr. bushday that said it was inappropriate and unpresidential. >> and that is that aide's view. >> there are some republicans that have done what you won't do, saying that statement is wrong. bob shrum, i don't think that it's too much to ask republicans, since you have people even like karl rove saying they're going too far to the right to denounce this ugliness. mr. steele thinks i'm going to far. i don't think i'm going too far that i'm even agrees with karl rove. >> well, that's a moment, let me tell you. >> i thought michael was going to agree with you that this was inappropriate. you're absolutely right. these two things -- the swiftboating and what's happening now are similarly despicable. in one case you had the war hero being attacked by the support of the a guy that barely showed up for his national guard service. in the other case, you have the guy who got osama bin laden as president of the united states is being attacked as patriotic. president obama proves every day he loves this

if you look at the chart of federal spending under mr. bush, very, very steeply. >> laura: i criticize that i'm with you on that. you are right about that but now the republicans are getting serious. they are trying to get serious about spending cuts. we can be critical of them but they are trying. >> they say they are. they ran up the deficit something incredibly fierce under mr. bush whom i love i consider him a great guy. ran up the deficit. whoops, now we want a balanced budgets amendment. i totally agree there should be measures in place to make sure that government spending is in control. i'm in total agreement with the idea that the hard working people of america should not be taxed to death to support bumps and narrow do wells. billionaires incomes of $10 million a year they can easily afford to pay more taxes. lock in provisions that require cutting government spending but let's tax the rich more than they just don't pay enough in tax. >> the numbers don't add up to that all that buffet cited in his piece today double it to 40%. the a

with revelations about his old boss, including private conversations which conflict with accounts mr. bushas given. listen to the striking difference in how the two men describe the eve of the iraq war. president bush writes, i turned to the team gathered in the oval office and said, let's go. you write, the president kicked everyone else out of the oval office, looked at me and said, dick, what do you think we ought to do? >> that's the way i recall it. and i was giving advice, i wasn't making the decision. he was making the decision. >> do you think these revelations will embarrass president bush? >> i don't know why. >> well, he's saying, let's go, i'm the leader. >> well, he was. >> but you're revealing that it didn't happen that way. he cleared out the office and said, dick, what do you think we should do? >> right. >> that's a very different picture. >> right. but then he made the decision. it wasn't my decision. >> don't you think it will embarrass him? that you point out the difference? >> i didn't set out to embarrass the president or not embarrass the president. >> that said, bri

at home to the number must go in the russian premier league and he took the lead after twenty two mr bush to five pounds for a defensive mix up. that's the number managed to grab an equalizer one strike a half time and not owning any is sixto this season however with twenty minutes to go andy's alexander could make off struck to give him some grim third victory in five games with two points of their opponent's mistake said. mommy wants to use their slip to fess up to coming back to go one minute struggles. this is still behind after twenty six minutes to a close range i think the fourth. levels early in the second move but still remained warm on the spot not to go second boston only a point and clear of safety. wells where the people with money go through should call it looking to moscow all three points and the cousin of the railway man are now under siege in six games since one of the girls said a charge given to why they stay in one place between their opponents. while the great goal festing close knit out of school band practice some of these guys you know the signify or. minutes. and

bush, mr. director for counterproliferation and senior director for legislative affairs at the national security council. he also held senior, legislative affairs roles during the bush administration with the white house homeland security council and the department of state. rachel brand serves as the national chamber litigation center's chief counsel for regulatory litigation. before assuming this role she was with the firm of wilmer hail and prior to wilmer hail ms. brand served in government for nearly eight years as assistant attorney general for legal policy at the u.s. department of justice. and associate counsel to the president at the white house. to begin our conversation today, i'd like to hear from our panelists a little bit about their views from experience or perhaps from their study of history about how ronald reagan worked with his white house staff and worked with his administration in dealings with the congress over the eight years of his president. anita, i know that you knew

only 3 million jobs created under mr. bush with a 35% higher earner tax rate.an, we can have different opinions, peter, but facts don't lie. >> unfortunately, fact -- >> we have not created jobs with tax cuts. >> no question. the problem, reverend, is that facts are not part of our political process right now. we' we've got a situation where the republican party is composed of two pieces. you have the centrists who can be reasoned with but they decide their interest lies in sabotaging the economy, sticking president obama and democrats with the blame. and democrats do get some of the blame because when they were running the show they didn't fight hard enough. >> i agree with that. >> then you have those who just try to hijack us and push us over a cliff. who have essentially decided what they want to be able to tell the public in november is they shrunk the government. they effectively dismantled the government, dismantled the safety net and go back it a quaint sort of saturday evening post conception after tiny little government that leaves you alone while you

and i will tell you the job he did on mr. bush in his last book.ob shrum, thank you as well. >> thank care, reverend. >> as you said, mr. romney will be toast. working class people are the ones in the toaster. and i'm trying to help make sure they don't push us down into the fire. still ahead, debunking rick scott's claim that drug testing for welfare would save florida money. nice try, mr. scott. but then, dick cheney's new defense of torture. and why he wanted to bomb yet another country in the middle east. we'll be right back. ♪ [ country ] [ man ] ♪ gone, like my last paycheck ♪ gone, gone away ♪ gone, like my landlord's smile ♪ ♪ gone, gone away ♪ my baby's gone away with dedicated claims specialists... and around-the-clock service, travelers can help make things better quicker. will your auto and home insurer... be there when you need them most? for an agent or quote, call 800-my-coverage... or visit travelers.com. you're gonna have the hottest car on the block. [ airplane engine rumbles ] show me the carfax. yeah, show me the carfax. we...we

cheney says that after mr. busheelected in 2004, quote, getting a new secretary of state was a top priority and that powell's resignation was for the best. there's also some personal information about cheney's heart problems. he says by the summer of last year he was rapidly descending into end stage heart failure, and after surgery to implant a battery-operated heart pump, he was unconscious literally for weeks, but cheney says he is now doing well and that he has, quote, gotten used to the various contraptions that are always with me. rick? is. rick: we're glad he's well, and i read he was dreaming of being in an italian villa during that time as well. >> reporter: during that time, yes. vivid dreams, he says, of being in an italian villa. no bert dream to have -- better dream to have -- rick: i was going to say, sounds pretty good to me. thanks, wendall. jenna: sounds good to all 65 million of us along the east coast. listen, this doesn't normally happen this time of year, but all bets are off in atlantic city, n

but somewhere somewhere mr. bush. >> i hate the tea party.ill say that straight up to fox news. >> are you worried about this economy? >> oh, yeah. >> what are you worried about? >> i'm worried about my children. >> i'm not terribly worried about it. we have pretty confident people. >> you can't spend more than you take in. >> i'm worried about a job today. >> what's going to happen? >> as long as we have a military, i know the chinese won't be down on broadway. >> bill: here now fox business anchor john stossel see him at fbn. does d. that lady say we had competent people. >> she did. we are looking for them day and night. >> bill: where with they? when you speak to people, i branded them and you can use this because you need this on your fbn show. you know they have bugs, no see em. >> i heard you say this. >> bill: people don't know anything. >> no thinkems. i'm trying to get a gauge on what percentage of the population that is when you speak to people and do you this a lot. do most of them know what they are talking about? >> no. and also

. >> i think your president, mr. bush, gave us a number that didn't end up being right a year later. >> let me try and answer that. >> i just cry tri to correct as we go. >> let me try and answer your question. i think without a doubt, first of all, i wouldn't say people have to follow the polls. that's a big mistake. we need leadership right now. the same poll you are citing, by the way, says the majority of americans don't want to see any cut of defense spending either. let's look for people who are in a responsible positions to provide the right leadership to working to out. we have to get control over the entitlement programs which are almost 60% of the federal budget right now. fastest growing area of the federal budget. we need to make changes to for the pro graksts long run and we have to clean up the tax code. i think a responsibility outcome here would be for republicans to look to the tax code. eye long with democrats. take out some money and provide some innocentive -- >> this is where i'm optimistic, optimist

bush was running for re-election, karl wanted mr. bush to be able to run up the numbers, rick was in a close race, he wanted to go negative, carl wouldn't let him, rick won. again, that caused problems. and then we get later on into all of this, and rick makes his unguarded comments about george bush being a country club republican. george bush not really being a conservative fiscally or socially, and then karl jumps over and runs kay bailey hutchison's race for governor in the gop primary against rick. so they're completely separate now. i can't envision any moment when they're sitting at the same table. >> i guess -- i want to know, your opinion, does rick perry need karl rove? >> no. >> does he have to have karl rove on this team to get this job done? >> he doesn't. carl has this crossroads super pack out of dallas. it's raising a lot of money. i think what ultimately happens as time goes by, the donations to this super pack go down when rick becomes the apparent nominee. and carl may ultimately end up riding shotgun on the perry campa

i don't think my friend pat who had no problem with mr. bush in the middle of two wars he created. think his opinion of the president's vacation will give you some slack. >> let me correct you here, i oppose george bush's war in iraq. that's right. >> you didn't oppose his vacation? >> oh, no. i think nicole and i agree that president's should have a vacation. the president of the united states is down 39%. he's not losing like pat buchanan. he's losing people in his base who is exasperated and some of whom are saying maybe the hope and change thing isn't working out the way we wanted. i don't think riding around in the bus out there, repeating the same message with no program is helping. >> wasn't ronald reagan down? >> he was down, yeah. >> didn't he come back? >> yeah, but the economy by now is moving -- >> wouldn't it make sense for him to come back with a jobs plan and fight it through? >> i think he ought to come back with a tax plan and a deficit and jobs plan. >> i think he should come back with a tax plan. he should say we need to stop bush's tax cuts. >> okay. >> one of th

we are against this war, mr. bush, shame on you, shame on you, mr. bush. any time you got both the pope and the dixie chicks against you, your time is up." [laughter] it's weird, that's the first time i read the words out loud since that night. about halfway through those remarks, all hell broke lose. there were boos, very loud boos from the upper floors and from backstage. the producer of the stage ordered the orchestra to start playing to drown me out. the microphone started descending into the floor of the stage. it was pandemonium, and i was whisked off. a little known fact -- the first two words every oscar winner hears right after you win and leave the stage come from two young people that the academy has hired, they are attired 234 formal wear and stand in the wings to greet you. the young girl said to me, champaigne? she held out a flute of champaigne. the young boy next to her said, breath mint? [laughter] he held out a breath mint. [laughter] champaigne and breath mint are the two words all oscar winners hear first, but i got to hear a third. an

we are against this war, mr. bush. shame on you. shame on you, mr. bush. anytime you've got both the pope and the dixie chicks against you, your time is up. it's weird. that's the first time i've read those words outside since that night. about halfway through those remarks, all broke loose. there were boos from the upper floors and from backstage. the producer of the show ordered the orchestra to start playing to drown me out. the microphone started descending into the floor of the stage. it was pandemonium and i was whisked off. a little known facts. the first two words every oscar-winner here's right after you win the oscar and leave the stage come from to young people that the academy has hired. they retired and former winner and they are standing in the wings to greet you. the young girl said to me, champagne? she held out a flute of champagne. the young boy next to her said breath mint? and he held out a breath mint. champagne and breath mints are the two words of oscar winners here first. but i got to hear a third. an angry stage and came up to me a

we are against this war, mr. bush. shame on you. shame on you, mr. bush. anytime you've got both the pope and the dixie chicks against you, your time is up. it's weird. that's the first time i've read those words outside since that night. about halfway through those remarks, all broke loose. there were boos from the upper floors and from backstage. the producer of the show ordered the orchestra to start playing to drown me out. the microphone started descending into the floor of the stage. it was pandemonium and i was whisked off. a little known facts. the first two words every oscar-winner here's right after you win the oscar and leave the stage come from to young people that the academy has hired. they retired and former winner and they are standing in the wings to greet you. the young girl said to me, champagne? she held out a flute of champagne. the young boy next to her said breath mint? and he held out a breath mint. champagne and breath mints are the two words of oscar winners here first. but i got to hear a third. an angry stage and came up to me a

he and mrs. bush. they are like everybody's grandfather. they are really good people. taught their children. at the end of the day i'm rick perry, i am who i am. i'm not george bush, i don't try to be. respecting him, i consider him to be a friend. megyn: today ma perino is a former press secretary for george w. bush. and she is a cohost of the fife. that's interesting. did you notice how he spoke of there is no better man that george h.w. bush. he wasn't talking about your guy, though, the younger bush. >> i'm not going to try to stir it up any further. megyn: you were one of the initial instigators. that's who they are talking about with the anti-perry push. >> if someone to point to me where i have been an anti-perry person. i admire him that he has not given many interviews. i think that's a smart strategy. he let it build and doing laura ingraham today was a smart thing to do. another smart thing to do is there is not a soul in america that doesn't think george h.w. bush is an honorable person. as far as george w. bush i personally never witnessed tension between

mrs. laura bush did this billion the. she was a teacher herself and put the focus on how important teachers are for our country and how their service is invaluable. thank you for teaching. the republican party is not vilifying teachers. be very clear. they are the heroes. this is not about you -- teachers but the system that is conducted that look out for the interest of teachers more than the interest of students. [applause] when you say we need to support teachers, i did three. but the question is do we support teachers by throwing more money and add to a system that absolutely proportionately if you compare the amount of money we put into the public school system compared to all other countries ranked in the top 25, and the amount of

if we had encountered any muslim excrime *eut extremists in the united states -- the president as mr. bushnowledge that american muslims, like muslims around the world are radicalized not by the way americans live and think at home but by what the united states government does, what washington does in the muslim world. whether it's support for the saudi police state, unquestioning support for the israelis, whatever it is, that's what radical liesess muslims. at the end of the day state and local governments can do nothing to help because they have no control over foreign policy. shannon: do you think that the white house got this right, a very measured, very calm approach to moving forward? >> that's a great question. you've got to remember that this is just one tool in the counterterrorism tool kit. we have to fight al-qaida both at home and abroad and obviously here at home we have the f.b.i. who is doing a stellar job, but we also have to reach out to folks in the local communities, and who better would know what is going on in the local communities than local and state law enforcement.

did you get the question are i think we're running out of time thank you though mr daniel to bush from the c.l.s.a. asia pacific markets thank you. both capitol hill as cash may be scarce but they'll be no dipping into what is the world's biggest military budget defense secretary leon panetta gave lawmakers a firm has softened said cuts should come from medicare and social services instead former pentagon official lawrence korb says america's defense bad mouth is in a drastic need of better management. well a secretary to france panetta is trying to basically keep the spirits up of the organization he took over but as former director of o.m.b. he knows that the defense budget now even if you control for inflation is higher than at any time since the end of world war two but i think the key thing to keep in mind is that when they talk about cuts up until now they've talked about reducing the projected level of increases not cutting when you and i talk about cutting means we're going to get less power that we got last week no in the defense department it means we won't get as much as we

tax, and it is being passed down to was because of notes her -- no child left behind, done through mr. bush, goals 2003 mr. clinton -- 2000, done by mr. clinton. we should not even have the federal government involved in education. unesco, 60 million a year, they could rid of that and that would get rid of some cost of taxes. no way, jose, we don't want any more taxes. host: would you mind telling us how much you pay in taxes a year? caller: no, what does it have to do with anything? host: curious about the tax bill. caller: the point is these taxes are unconstitutional, the taxes we are paying. if you listen to ron paul, you -- he will tell you what taxes are constitutional and people like rick santorum who gave us goals 2000 and no child left behind and now he is running around saying he will save us, he had a chance to save us when he was senator. i hope the people would not support him in any way, shape, or form. host: lee, an independent. i actually agree with the last caller. i don't want to pay any more taxes, either. the federal government needs a more serious belt tightening and li

mr. bush's plan host: the third member that senator harry reid pact is john kerry.is "the washington journal -- the wall street journal." host: we'll go to alan, an independent in detroit. caller: i think what the fed did is a good thing for the simple reason that the republicans can no longer say that these bush tax cuts are necessary, because they have the opportunity to borrow money at no cost if they really want to create jobs. the second part is nobody mentions that we are still at war. i am a veteran. i do not see how you justify these taxes benzes would bar -- expenses with borrowing money so republicans can maintain tax cuts. it is not right. we are still at war. nobody mentions that. we are still a war. from --led let's hear host: let's hear from bofa, read , florida. caller: i do not think the people understand or listen, most of them, when you are having such wonderful information on every single day. these low interest rates have been like this for a long time, and i think there is no money. most of us, obviously i am a teacher, i do not make much, whee

along came mr. bush into office while i was down in the caribbean sailings.e wiped out all of my games. all i have left is my principal. how do we protect ourselves from the idiot politicians playing games with our money and giving it to people who do not produce anything other than a shovel in money around and throwing money away and into their own pockets? guest: i do not know that you can protect yourself from politicians. you see the tremendous debate going on in washington. in many cases, there are heartfelt beliefs of the opposite ends of the spectrum of what government should do. i tend to think the government should do less and we should do more. until that is resolved, i think you are always going to feel the government is going to take. part of the debate you hear is that we will tax three people -- rich people. at the end of today, that is probably going to happen. you cannot raise enough revenue to cover the kind of deficits we're running by just taxing the rich people. you have to start bringing down the levels. let me give you examples of where

carney said that the white house handlers were sending mr. bush real people outside of washington, d.c. and what was our president doing yesterday? well, he was at that photo op outside of washington, d.c. meeting with regular people. >> i love that every year, no matter who is president, there's always this debate around presidential vacations during the month of august. every year, you can time an egg to it. can you time eggs? you can set your clock to time an egg to it? >> how long does it take to hard boil one? i don't know. about 10 minutes or so. >> other headlines for your friday. investigation into a missing 3-year-old focusing on a pair of training wheels. police say they found wheels believed to be from rian rodriguez's bicycle away from her missouri home. she was riding the bike when she went missing this past saturday and police looking into reports of a white van seen trolling the area that same day. >> check out this flashy video from broken arrow, oklahoma, what you're seeing are incredible power flashes lighting up the night sky. h

bush. mr. miller served for 31 years under seven secretaries of state in a series of progressively senior positions. is also the world's most foremost -- he is also the world's most foremost expert on nuclear weapons policy. before launching the foundation for the u.s. office, she certainly corporate sector as the vice-president of international relations for europe's largest media company. she founded the brussels office and served as director. she has served on the atlantic council's strategic advisory group. she also serves as vice chair of the global plan for b -- global philanthropy committee. i will turn right now to damon and asked a couple of questions. then we will open them up to the floor. damon, a native's leading role the leading- nato's role in enforcing security council resolutions as part debate as to whether the recent success is our reason for optimism or exposes serious concerns about anita. secretary of defense robert gates warned that some allies would not to dissipate in t

but mr. bush opted for a diplomatic approach.s -- "the times" goes on to write -- here is one of them. he wrote -- we look forward to your calls on what you are hearing so far. here are the numbers again -- fit call this morning from sarasota, florida. democrat. good morning. caller: how are you today? i am doing ok. i am glad to see this book out. think if there is any honesty whatsoever in it, it will open up america's eyes about the absolute evil dick cheney is. host: give us an example of what you are talking about. caller: secret meetings with the oil executives, push for democratization of foreign countries that we have no businesseing in. who else can get away with shooting people and not even get tested for alcohol, this last deal, shooting is guy in the face. this guy is bad. that's all. host: back to "the drudge report." marcus, republican. michigan. what do you think? caller: i think that it is unfortunate that a great station like c-span would be wasting precious time with all of the mounting problems that the nation

give us a confirmation because according to this files personally president bush was. corny as mr top with a man in afghanistan when the time's gone for publisher of some allegation all of the ten out of these or the members of the government of the defense and he's the. sort of the boom scrawny person won't deny that they said that the was not meant why we can exclude goals now or give us the evidence that the government was paying some tribes the taliban in afghanistan ok so let's talk a bit more about what happened in two thousand in the when these allegations first came out the response from the italian government there was no response you have to feel that everything good about afghanistan he need is a. question because we never say that he probably and troops are in afghanistan for war we always said to the parliament that. and so everything about afghanistan is covered by a deep secret state secret the military secret and most of all this information all the evidence about what italian troops do every day in afghanistan fighting. what all the troops do in afghanistan in ita

along came mr. bush into office while i was down in the caribbean sailings. he wiped out all ofy games. all i have left is my principal. how do we protect ourselves from the idiot politicians playing games with our money and giving it to people who do not produce anything other than a shovel in money around and throwing money away and into their own pockets? guest: i do not know that you can protect yourself from liticians. you see the tremendous debate going on in washington. in many cases, there are heartfelt beliefs of the opposite ends of the spectrum of what government should do. i tend to think the government should do less and we should do more. until th is resolved, i think you are always going to feel the government is going to take. part of the debate you hear is that we will tax three people -- rich people. at the end of today, that is probablyoing to happen. you cannot raise enough revenue to cover the kind of deficits we're running by just taxing the rich people. you have to start bringing down the levels. let me give you examples of where govern

and you can't keep, biob, you can't keep up blame it on bush. mr. durbin: does he recall what happened with the reagan tax cuts? what happened was we tripled the national debt during that period of time. and president reagan came to congress 18 times to extend the debt ceiling. he holds the record. so to argue the reagan tax cuts led to great long-term prosperity is, i think, seriously in doubt if you're going to use the deficit as a measure. mr. mccain: if i could say we believe, and reagan believed, that cutting tax cuts would restore our economy, which was in the tank thanks to the practices of the previous administration before him, and we -- reagan presided over probably one of the greatest job-creation periods in the history of this country. and those are numbers that i would be glad to insert in the record. compare that with what has happened since this administration took office with the promise that if we passed obamacare, if we passed tarp, if we passed all of these others that the economy would then be restored and grow. and again, it's h

mr. speaker, i hear a t about the bush t cuts. if they were so good where are the jobs? i think it's simply wrong to have the middle class in this country bear the burden when the donald trumps are getting tax cuts. i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. speaker, this is a very tough place to put america. not members of congress. we are paid to come here and do our job. but it's a very tough place to put america. and so i have a simple state of facts to present today and listen to my other colleagues, which i will, because it is a tough decision to in actuality support legislation that seems to be driven by thoughts that the only way to get something done is to hold a whole country hostage and a whole congress hostage. on the brink of august 2, 're nothrowing something on the floor that is arguably supposed to be helpful. i am concerned that there are nuances in this legislation that will hurt people

bush, mr. cheney called the president an outstanding leader. if you think mr.critics, when ron paul supporters dared to heckle cheney at a gathering, he seemed to relish it. >> all right. sit down and shut up. the usual spirited exercise. >> what will dick cheney's legacy be? facebook.com/americanmorning. i'll read your comments later this hour. >>> check of the morning on markets and how irene could lead to lower prices of the gas pump. 21 minutes after the hour. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't getting enough whole grain. but actually, it's never been easier to get the whole grain you want from your favorite big g cereals. from cheerios to lucky charms, there's whole grain in every box. make sure to look for the white check. whether it can be done safely and responsibly. at exxonmobil we know the answer is yes. when we design any well, the groundwater's protected by multiple layers of steel and cement. most wells are over a mile and a half deep so there's a tremendous amount of protective rock between the fracking operation and the groundwater.

bush administration. mr. reich, do you think this debt and deficit deal is bad for the economy in both the short and long terms? explain. >> well, jeff, it's good for the economy in terms of staving off a kind of a crisis that we almost faced witregard to a default on the full faith and credit of the united states, but it's not terribly good for the economy overall because it really does tie the president's hands in terms of a jobs bill that would stimulate jobs growth and fulfill kind of the mission of the government when, in fact, consumers and businesses are not able or willing to buy, or to sell, and that's the case now. the reason i think of the selloff on wall street, today, the great stock decline is because a lot of companies now realize that there is just going to be insufficient aggregate demand for all the goods and services that need to be sold. >> brown: john taylor, first, starting point, what do you see as the impact on the economy of the deal? >> i think it will turn out to be quite positive.

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leave as a confirmation because according to these files personally president bush was asking where was corny as mr top reply mentor in afghanistan when the crimes. publish of some allegation all the thought of this or the members of the government of the fence with the. boom squarely person own denied it they said that the was not by him and why we can excuse laws now give us the evidence that the government was paying some tribes and the probably bounce in afghanistan ok so let's talk a bit more about what happened in two thousand and knowing when these allegations first came out the response from the italian government are true there was no response you have to feel that every finger about the afghanistan he need telly is a. question because we never say that the pelion troops are in afghanistan for war we are always so. say to the parliament that it's a peace mission and so everything about afghanistan is covered by a deep secret state secret military secret and most of all this information all the evidence about what italian troops do every day in afghanistan fighting. what all the troops do i

mr. speaker, i hear a lot about the bush tax cuts. if they were so good where are the jobs? i think it's simply wrong to have the middle class in this country bear the burden when the donald trumps are getting tax cuts. i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. speaker, this is a very tough place to put america. not members of congress. we are paid to come here and do our job. but it's a very tough place to put america. and so i have a simple state of facts to present today and listen to my other colleagues, which i will, because it is a tough decision to in actuality support legislation that seems to be driven by thoughts that the only way to get something done is to hold a whole country hostage and a whole congress hostage. on the brink of august 2, we're now throwing something on the floor that is arguably supposed to be helpful. i am concerned that there are nuances in this legislation that will hurt peo

bush administration. the debt absolutely skyrocketed, going up well over two and a half times. mr. president, when we then look at the record of economic growth under those different presidents, it's very interesting. reagan, who more than doubled the debt, had a pretty good record of economic growth, 3.5%. bush i, who ran the debt up even further, pretty paltry record, -- 2.1% economic growth. clinton, who actually paid down debt, had the best record of economic growth, 3.8% on average. bush ii, who put in place the massive tax cuts that ballooned the deficits and the deb had the worst record o economic growth, averaging 1.6%. well, let's connect the dots. let's connect the dots. big increase in debt during the reagan administration, but pretty good economic growth. he took the number-two spot. bush i, massive increase in deficits and debt, economic growth faltered. clinton administration has by far the best record on deficits and debt, also the best record on economic growth. and then bush ii, who had huge tax cuts, never offset by an adjustment, and as reagan did, had the worst r