house speaker paul d. ryan will be briefing reporters in five minutes. until then more on the republican tax bill from "washington journal." i've life than had. host: that is mike in indiana, joining us from capitol hill, peters, democrat from michigan. sir.morning, guest: good morning to you. host: we've heard many democrats, if not all will not bill, will you be one of them? guest: as written now, i won't be supporting it. changes. if it i would love to support a thoughtful tax reform bill, that now, i want we have to work on a bipartisan basis, that is why 17 or 16 of my in talking oined me about how we'd love to work in bipartisan to get to a place helps lps the economy, middle class families, but we're not there yet. host: specifically what changes like to see? guest: one, you can't have a tax bill loaded for folks at the very top. the top 1%, folks ealthiest folks in the country get vast majority of tax breaks. i'm believer tax policy works in from onomy, if you grow the middle out and that means middle-class families, put more monnemiddle-class fa

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will aernate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, for five minutes. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. speaker. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. speaker,'m here toyed today to talk about a positive, encouraging decision that occurred last week for the state of connecticut that was issued by the undersecretary of the treasury. it concerned a terrible problem that has swept through the state best known as crumbling foundations. due to some outstanding journalism that took place over th

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate bucktell medical center c.e.o. timothy reeves for receiving a community star from the national organization of state offices for rural health. community stars recognize men and women nationwide who work to improve, protect and advance health and wellness for those living in rural america. timothy reeves is the chief executive office of the bucktail medical cente

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition january between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. gue layer, for five minutes. thank you, era: madam speaker. today i rise to honor someone i was lucky to call a colleague and today i rise to honor someone i was lucky to call a colleague and mentor. redland city councilmember, pat gillbreth. heartened to learn of her passing in early october but i'll be grateful to her contributions to our community of her imprint can be seen throughout the city and our region. she was the earliest advocate for passenger rail.

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. pursuant to clause 12-a of r

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. ompson: thank you, speaker. mr. speaker, this week penn state university recognizes military appreciation week, which is in conjunction with its homecoming celebration. the penn state homecoming and military appreciation game will take place and appropriately so on veterans day, saturday, november 11, against rutgers scarlett knights at beaver stadium. it will celebrate penn state and the commitment to alumni and other

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. chair will alternate chair wil recognition between the parties. all time rn be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. eters, for five minutes. mr. peters: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i understand that real tax reform is absolutely necessary. in 2013, the harvard business school published a report that identified the most important priorities to promote american growth and competitiveness. two of the eight priorities were tax related. first to simplify the corporate tax code with lower priorities statutory owth and rates and fewer loopholes. and second, to reform t

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties. and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. r. gutierrez: mr. speaker, monday i returned from my third trip to puerto rico since hurricane maria devastated the island almost two months ago. i wish i could report a lot of progress is being made, but i can't. it's still a disaster and it's a stain on the reputation of the united states of america. most places don't have power. generators, the sound you hear humming in every corner of the island, are running ragged from overuse.

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. scott wilson, capitol hill presbyterian church in washington.

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority -- and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. and i ask permission to address the house and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rohrabacher: mr. speaker, on his recent trip to asia, president trump reminded us and our international trading partners that our commercial agreements must be honest, fair and reciprocal. this admonition -- with this admonition he called on our asian friend

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, r. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i congratulated michelle bauer for winning first place from the pennsylvania municipal league essay high school contest. participants were reflected to write about opportunities in their community that allow for their civic engagement, encourage volunteers to help with local challenges. today i'd like to share with a portion of michelle's essay. when i hear the word civic i think of governm

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will aernate recognition between the parties. all time

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives.aker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the

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signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives.aker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of januar,

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour de

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives.he speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the

house speaker paul ryan said that moore should drop out of the alabama senate race and jeff sessions says he has no reason to dsexual misconduct. yesterday beverly young nelson said moore when she was 16. she said regular customed. he offered her a ride home but instead parked the car behind a business and assaulted her. >> i twistinand struggling and begging him i rape >> moore denied the accusations missed calls to drop out of the race. >>> president trump will make an appeal to house republicans ahead of an expected vote on tax reform. this legislation is a must-win for the president who has not had any major achievements. the tax bill being promoted. it is really a tax this done. >> this tax cut and jobs bill will provide tremendous families across the board. goingrge tax cuts for middle class families families that have been struggling that are living paychecko paycheck arefits. >>> republicans say this will make the u.s. more competitive by pro iry trial is back in court to try to reach avoerderdict. they could not agree on any of the senator bu orderackourt today to keep deliberating.e for political doc

d. i think that bottom line analysis here, does trump help get tax reform passed if the answer is, yes, nada. if the answer is, no. then, well, it's mitch and paul ryan, not donald trump. that will ultimately receive the blame in trump world. but i think that we've gotten down to sort of post ideological age when it comes to the success of donald trump where the most important thing is, perceived by his fans as the success of drum 7. >> dickerson: make america great again for anyone who doesn't know that susan page, 16% in a poll thought they were going to get a tax cult here. what david says about the trump voter rings true from the trump voters i've talked to. what about the rest of the country? >> i think it's a tough sell for the rest of the country. especially because some of the arguments they're making are owe seesly disproved. for instance, the idea that the estate tax is going to small businesses. this year, 80 farms and small businesses are affected by the estate tax. it's -- estate tax benefits is the wealthiest americans, only 5,000 or so of whom get caught in the estate tax. i think that the idea that the reality of the tax cut helps the

d." because i'm punishing the "r." or whatever the reason is. that's the stuff that's going to make -- give paul ryan heartburn tonight, frankly, and thinking about things going forward. do democrats in the next time you talk to tom perez ask him this, because there's not been a lot of evidence. if democrats take -- what's the lesson they take away from virginia? >> absolutely. >> how do they apply to it alabama? do they try to make a point in alabama, realizing there is terrain there, don't walk away from it. >> that is a great point. a huge, huge implication for what the democratic party decides to do with doug jones, their candidate running in that special election in the senate in alabama. chuck todd, thanks for that, appreciate it. i'm joined by "hardball" host, the one and only chris matthews. chris, what do you make of this? >> well, i think -- i just want to add to that. it's about morale. the people working in doug jones' campaign down in alabama, people working hopefully against kelley ward in arizona, in the nevada, anywhere where it's conceivable that a democrat can win, they're going to

paul ryan had this to say at a press conference following the vote. >> this is nothing short of extraordinary. getting 227 members to agree on something as complicate d. this country has not rewritten tax code since 1986. this powers of the status quo in this town are so strong yet 227 men and women of this congress broke through that today. >>> still ahead, the corruption gays against bob menendez ends in mistrial. not exactly in the clear just yet. >>> and jared kushner has history of failing to disclose information. now snaefenators from both side the aisle say he's done it once again. those stories and a check of the weather when we come back. stay with us. ( ♪ ) more people shop online for the holidays than ever before. (clapping) and the united states postal service delivers more of those purchases to homes than anyone else in the country. ( ♪ ) because we know, even the smallest things are sometimes the biggest. my bladder leakage was making me feel like i couldn't spend time with my grandson. now depend fit-flex has their fastest absorbing material inside, so it keeps me dry and protected. go to depend.com - get a coupon and try them for your

d cam -- andy kim. he is a former obama administration diplomat raising good money for one of the most viable candidates in that district for a long time. and randy rice running against paul ryan we were proud to be supporting che.iron stash -- sta who is part of the message. now saying this guy, paul ryan wants take a will your health care. i will fight for workers. pickett text on workers every day. i will fight for workers. first call,. >> caller: how you doing.e i would like to follow up and saywe when you put a progressive and you get more government intrusion, you get higher taxes, you get morens regulations, you get more of everything that the clinton support. i think if you do put progressives y in, you will be going backwards. you want progress. you willss digress. therefore i don't think progressives have a good agenda for the american economy or the american way of life because they are just not willing to -- also you'll have more abortions and governments applying abortions. i guarantee you you will be taking more god out of the schools and public places also. >> host: okay. you put a lot out there weag will allow our guest to respond. >> guest: obviously people ar

d cam -- andy kim. he is a former obama administration diplomat raising good money for one of the most viable candidates in that district for a long time. and randy rice running against paul ryanwe were proud to be supporting che.iron stash -- sta who is part of the message. now saying this guy, paul ryan wants take a will your health care. i will fight for workers. >> first call. republican line. go ahead. >> good morning. i would like to say this about progressive politics. when he progressives in, which we did, we put a progressive mayor, you get more government intrusion, higher taxes, you get more regulations, you get more of everything the clinton's support. will go backwards. you won't progress. you will digress. i don't think progressives have a good agenda for the american economy or the american way of life because they are not the ones -- i see that you have more abortions also. government supplied abortions. takingntee you will be more god out of schools and public places. host: ok. we will let him respond. guest: where was barred from again? which town has a progressive mayor that you are from? we're not going to agree on this. 10,her it is you or progressives, a

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. scott wilson, capitol hill presbyterian church in washington. the chaplain: let us pray ogether. gracious and loving god, we use this morning to give you thanks for the many blessings that we have received. we're thankful for this land where we can freely worship and speak your truth. and seek your justice. we pray today for a spirit of unity. with a blessed us with a country, a nation of magnificent diversity. yet our oneness is that which we celebrate. each person is a separate treasure, celebrate. each person is a separate treasure, unique from different backgrounds, but each of us share in our humanity the common need for the essentials of life. we recognize and even rejoice in the ways we differ as we seek to be one people. we pray today for all representatives, staff, and their families that they may enjoy safe travel, a blessed rest and renewal on this thanksgiving holiday. may all feel your

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. today. >> watch c-span this week as congress debates tax reform. the senate finance committee begins a review of its bill monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. live coverage on c-span3. the house debates its bill on thursday. live coverage on c-span. get details about both bills at c-span.org/congress, and listen to live coverage of tax reform using the free c-span radio app. >> senate leaders say they will vote on a tax reform package after thanksgiving and they need to combine the two to send a final measure to trump by christmas. you can find the senate tax reform plan online. just go to c-span.org. you'll find there the tab for congress and our congressional chronicle with a summary of the senate proposal