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[applause] sen. warren: before i begin, i want to say a word about the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, daca. that was just discussed. the fights that we fight for, they matter. in 2012, because of the persistence of many of you in this room, 800,000 young men and women were protected from deportation because of you, because of your work. and because of daca, dreamers who are as american as you are me were promised a chance to work and to live without it -- without a fear of being ripped away from family and friends and the home the most of them know. the chance to build a future. and now, president trump will make a decision on daca. dreamers' future hang in the balance. this tuesday, august 15, people are mobilizing to protect dreamers, so that's not -- so let's not sit back. let stand together and say, president trump, let dreamers stay. they are our friends, our family, and our future. give dreamers the chance to build their dreams. that's what we want to do. [applause] sen. warren
[applause] sen. warren: before i begin, i want to say a word about the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, daca. that was just discussed. the fights that we fight for, they matter. in 2012, because of the persistence of many of you in this room, 800,000 young men and women were protected from deportation because of you, because of your work. and because of daca, dreamers who are as american as you are me were promised a chance to work and to live without it -- without a fear of...
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[cheers] sen. warren: i look out in this room and i see 3000 progressives, people of every race, gender, religion, and color, all committed to building a better future. i look out here, and i see donald trump's worst nightmare. [cheers] sen. warren: trump's worst nightmare, but also a big threat to everyone who kind of likes things the way they were. -- the way they work right now. a few weeks ago, i read an op-ed in the "new york times" from a so-called democratic strategist and the title was "back to the center, democrats." [booing] sen. warren: sounds like some other people read it, too. it was all about how we have to stop caring about "identity politics." and how we have to stop waging "class warfare." according to this author, the path forward is to go back to locking up nonviolent drug offenders and ripping more holes in our economic safety net. i even got a shout out, apparently i am the face of the problem. [cheers] sen. warren: so is bernie. but let's be really clear here. the real power,
[cheers] sen. warren: i look out in this room and i see 3000 progressives, people of every race, gender, religion, and color, all committed to building a better future. i look out here, and i see donald trump's worst nightmare. [cheers] sen. warren: trump's worst nightmare, but also a big threat to everyone who kind of likes things the way they were. -- the way they work right now. a few weeks ago, i read an op-ed in the "new york times" from a so-called democratic strategist and the...
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sen.ke: it has. charlie: how does a u.s. senator have time in a time like this to write a book? sen. flake: late nights. i promised my wife i wouldn't be doing it at home when i spent time with her and the kids. a lot of late nights. charlie: how did you write it? sen. flake: i started, actually, last year. i started thinking that a book like this needed to be written. i started to write parts of it. but parts of it were written a decade ago when i was in the house of representatives. any time i would travel home on the weekend, on the plane, before we had wi-fi, i would write. i have 10 brothers and sisters. they were interested in what happened in washington that week. my wife said, "you better write it and post it on the family website. if you don't, they will be calling you all weekend." so, i did. i kept a journal for 12 years. a lot of that has ended up in the book. to write this particular book, i thought at that time that we are going in the wrong direction. someone would see this
sen.ke: it has. charlie: how does a u.s. senator have time in a time like this to write a book? sen. flake: late nights. i promised my wife i wouldn't be doing it at home when i spent time with her and the kids. a lot of late nights. charlie: how did you write it? sen. flake: i started, actually, last year. i started thinking that a book like this needed to be written. i started to write parts of it. but parts of it were written a decade ago when i was in the house of representatives. any time...
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[applause] sen. warren: it is your energy, your passion and your commitment to our values that threaten the bland business as usual establishment. we have been warned also before. we have been told, give up, keep your heads and down, act like a grown up, keep doing the same old same old. here is what is interesting. after this he's was published instead of a lot of ferocious back and forth and piling on, this time, no one cared. big yawn. why? because the democratic party is not a going back to the days of welfare reform and of the crime a bill. it is not going to happen. are we clear on that? we are not going to go back to the days of being lukewarm on a choice. no, we are not. [applause] >> we are definitely not going back to the days when a democrat who wanted to run for a seat in washington first had to grovel. back.we, we're not going we are looking ahead. shall not, not, we allow anyone to turn back the clock. [applause] >> a lot of you have been coming here since the first yearly meeting back
[applause] sen. warren: it is your energy, your passion and your commitment to our values that threaten the bland business as usual establishment. we have been warned also before. we have been told, give up, keep your heads and down, act like a grown up, keep doing the same old same old. here is what is interesting. after this he's was published instead of a lot of ferocious back and forth and piling on, this time, no one cared. big yawn. why? because the democratic party is not a going back to...
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sen. warren: thank you! thank you, woo! you guys are ready! that's terrific. thank you very much for the introduction, congressman keating. he's out there working for you for all of us. i couldn't ask -- i could not partner. etter so here we are. beautiful, beautiful summer afternoon. is marshfield fair practically within walking all of you came to a junior high to be inside to talk policy. massachusetts,om yes, woo! my massachusetts proud. and all you in here he people who don't have air conditioning over in the school k cafeteria, can we hear you? yeah, i hear them. anyway, we've got 200 people over there as well. i am so pleased that you're here with us tonight. here's what we're going to do. to try to here is answer as many of your questions, take as many of your comments as i can, and i think numbers, if you wanted to ask a question when in. me so we'll do that in just a minute. i'll stay in the end if anybody picture, do a a selfie, a little dance. okay, anybody who wants to do that.
sen. warren: thank you! thank you, woo! you guys are ready! that's terrific. thank you very much for the introduction, congressman keating. he's out there working for you for all of us. i couldn't ask -- i could not partner. etter so here we are. beautiful, beautiful summer afternoon. is marshfield fair practically within walking all of you came to a junior high to be inside to talk policy. massachusetts,om yes, woo! my massachusetts proud. and all you in here he people who don't have air...
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[applause] [cheers] sen. warren: yeah. [applause] sen. warren: the way i see it, those two parents have something deep down in common. the system is rigged against both of them and against their kids. over the last generation, the most powerful people in this country have gotten way more powerful. corporate profits and ceo pay are near record highs. but workers' wages? they haven't budged, and one after another, workers' rights are getting ripped away. unions are under attack. millions of people are struggling to piece together 2, 3, 4 jobs just to pay the rent. the balance of power is shifting in other parts of our economy, too. you know, in industry after industry -- airlines, banking, health care, agriculture, tech -- a handful of corporate giants control more and more and more. this fight is our fight. this fight is the fight americans have been waiting for for someone to take on. this fight is the fight americans are ready to rally behind. this fight is the fight that americans are counting on us to win. and we are going to turn the
[applause] [cheers] sen. warren: yeah. [applause] sen. warren: the way i see it, those two parents have something deep down in common. the system is rigged against both of them and against their kids. over the last generation, the most powerful people in this country have gotten way more powerful. corporate profits and ceo pay are near record highs. but workers' wages? they haven't budged, and one after another, workers' rights are getting ripped away. unions are under attack. millions of...
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sen. cotton: we built onto that. sen. perdue: we said there would be more to come around to the entire visa green card issued and that is what we have done, close that door. it is not trying to solve all the issues in immigration, it is looking at legal visas and that is what we're focusing on. reporter: if i could just -- sen. cotton: the president has been engaged in this from day one, this is probably her fourth visit to the oval office. our team and his team have been working on it as well. the first version of the act only addressed not implement based green cards, which by the way is over 80% of all the green cards we give out every single year. the president at that time said if you want to go back and take a look at the employment for green cards, the eb-1 great cards, we did that and we consulted with experts and of those that helped to design the canadian system and we came up with a system that is against the mighty what senators to others -- what other senators have supported in the past. creating a point syst
sen. cotton: we built onto that. sen. perdue: we said there would be more to come around to the entire visa green card issued and that is what we have done, close that door. it is not trying to solve all the issues in immigration, it is looking at legal visas and that is what we're focusing on. reporter: if i could just -- sen. cotton: the president has been engaged in this from day one, this is probably her fourth visit to the oval office. our team and his team have been working on it as well....
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sen. perdue: the gold stander, i worked around the world and the gold standard is the american green card. what we do is we focus on bringing in people that can help protect american workers and grow the economy. it is a standard we have been trying to get to for a long time and this attempt will be successful because of one reason, it has been proven before and two, it limits the effort to just the permanent legal resident issue. the green card as i said in the gold standard and what we need to do is focus on merit-based immigration systems that brings in the best and brightest of the world. this historic document rise in the united states has been built on the back of american workers and what we have done is moved away from that focus in the last few decades. what we have now is an opportunity to change that, to grow the economy and bring in the best and brightest in the world and we look forward to working with the congress in making this happen. reporter: there is not that much appeti
sen. perdue: the gold stander, i worked around the world and the gold standard is the american green card. what we do is we focus on bringing in people that can help protect american workers and grow the economy. it is a standard we have been trying to get to for a long time and this attempt will be successful because of one reason, it has been proven before and two, it limits the effort to just the permanent legal resident issue. the green card as i said in the gold standard and what we need...
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sen. donnelly: thank you. we want to make sure that the rules of this country stand up for american workers. my end outsourcing act, it makes it so that come if you want a federal contract, you are going to be determined whether you have outsourced jobs. if you have, when everything is looked at in the contract -- if everything is the same, the th company who has kept jobs in america is the company that gets the contract. on top of that, it also changes tax laws so there is no benefit to moving jobs some more else. -- somewhere else. there are no tax benefits, there is no moving costs included. that includes tax benefits if you are bringing jobs back to the united states. these are simple things to stand up for our workers. in my state, we have 300 carrier workers who just lost their jobs. there are more that will lose their jobs at christmas. we need to stand up for those families and others around the country to make sure we are fighting to keep jobs here in america. it's my privilege to
sen. donnelly: thank you. we want to make sure that the rules of this country stand up for american workers. my end outsourcing act, it makes it so that come if you want a federal contract, you are going to be determined whether you have outsourced jobs. if you have, when everything is looked at in the contract -- if everything is the same, the th company who has kept jobs in america is the company that gets the contract. on top of that, it also changes tax laws so there is no benefit to moving...
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sen. cantwell: thank you, madam chair. sen. murkowski: thank you. sen. daines: >> as has been already discussed earlier, vermont is experiencing a busy wildfire season. we have seen 1200 fires so far this year. as we speak, there are 31 fires burning across the state. just yesterday, the top 10 national priority fires are all burning in montana. much of western montana is clouded by smoke, leading to unhealthy air quality for tens of thousands of montanans. hundreds are under evacuation orders, and worst of all, trenton johnson, a 19-year-old from missoula, who was a sophomore at montana state university, my alma mater, he died while battling a fire. just yesterday afternoon, we received word of another loss of life. we lost a firefighter while peak fire.e low low the name has not been released. our thoughts and prayers go to the families of these brave men and women who are protecting our lives and property while risking their lives in these wildfires on the front lines. both appear to have been hit by falling trees. unfortunately, the national interage
sen. cantwell: thank you, madam chair. sen. murkowski: thank you. sen. daines: >> as has been already discussed earlier, vermont is experiencing a busy wildfire season. we have seen 1200 fires so far this year. as we speak, there are 31 fires burning across the state. just yesterday, the top 10 national priority fires are all burning in montana. much of western montana is clouded by smoke, leading to unhealthy air quality for tens of thousands of montanans. hundreds are under evacuation...
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sen. flake: no worries. mike: may not be the first one. sen. flake: won't be the last today, i'm sure. that thedwater felt conservative movement and the republican party had been compromised by the new deal. he felt there needed to be a manifesto or a blueprint for conservatives to follow. he wrote "the conscience of a conservative" at that time. this book that i wrote isthis bn homage to senator goldwater. [no audio] sen. flake: i'm very concerned with a couple of things. one, this -- and anti-free-trade. [no audio] concerned: and i'm where the party might go there. and also, a good half of the book is on what the subtitle is, a rejection of destructive politics. i'm a conservative, but i'm just not in a bad mood about it. [laughter] sen. flake: i think that is something that is an affirmative, positive philosophy, not built on anger or hatred, and i'm concerned about where the party might be going there as well, if we follow the lead of some individuals who would give into that kind of d
sen. flake: no worries. mike: may not be the first one. sen. flake: won't be the last today, i'm sure. that thedwater felt conservative movement and the republican party had been compromised by the new deal. he felt there needed to be a manifesto or a blueprint for conservatives to follow. he wrote "the conscience of a conservative" at that time. this book that i wrote isthis bn homage to senator goldwater. [no audio] sen. flake: i'm very concerned with a couple of things. one, this...
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sen. flake: i think it is something that is an affirmative, positive philosophy. not built on anger or hatred. i am concerned about where the party might be going there as well, if we follow the lead of some individuals who would give in to that kind of destructive behavior. so i would like to address that quite a bit in the book. it talks about going back -- growing up where i did, so snowflake is the center of the universe, [laughter] sen. flake: i am sure the eclipse will be most prominent there as well! i grew up with a great example, my father, being the mayor of the city, doing public service, judicial advisory council for this date, uncle that were in politics, jake flake from snowflake who was a beloved speaker of the house, and also another who was eager of the house and state president. they found ways to work across the aisle while governing in arizona and do it in a collegial manner, looking for compromise. and i feel like we are losing some of that in this shirts versus skins,
sen. flake: i think it is something that is an affirmative, positive philosophy. not built on anger or hatred. i am concerned about where the party might be going there as well, if we follow the lead of some individuals who would give in to that kind of destructive behavior. so i would like to address that quite a bit in the book. it talks about going back -- growing up where i did, so snowflake is the center of the universe, [laughter] sen. flake: i am sure the eclipse will be most prominent...
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sen. cornyn: one reason i like the chart is it demonstrates the ideal of physical infrastructure or walls is not novel. president trump didn't bring -- dream that up. it was something that existed. what the border patrol has told us, and when senator tillis and i were down in the rio grande porous one of the most portions of our border the chief , down there said "i don't care where you are. border security is really about three things. it is about infrastructures, -- walls, fences, and the like -- and it is about technology." i think we have a picture of drones and the types of technology that have force multipliers. then, it is about personnel. because we need to have an adequate number of border patrol in order to detain people who are coming across illegally and then return them to their country of origin. so what we do is we take this proving concept of tactical fences,ucture, walls, and the like, and we build on that to do something that is a multilayered approach, which i think has
sen. cornyn: one reason i like the chart is it demonstrates the ideal of physical infrastructure or walls is not novel. president trump didn't bring -- dream that up. it was something that existed. what the border patrol has told us, and when senator tillis and i were down in the rio grande porous one of the most portions of our border the chief , down there said "i don't care where you are. border security is really about three things. it is about infrastructures, -- walls, fences, and...
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sen. corker: thank you so much. i will be brief. i know you have some questions. i first want to thank lindsay, senator graham for bringing this issue forth. i agree with everything he just said relative to the legislation and i want to also thank sandra gerber who came into my office and laid out the evolution of this law. i think many people don't understand that these laws have been in place, been put in place by presidential decree. we know the government is not functioning in a corporate way. i think the he's five years in. these laws were put in place by the president himself. it has continued to evolve, to put more context here. if you commit a fairly low-level terrorist act, you get paid $400 a month. if you commit a very egregious terrorist act, murder an israeli or someone else and you get a 30 year sentence, you get $3500 a month. in interviews with prisoners in israeli jails who have committed these acts, they clearly stated their goal was to ensure that they did something egre
sen. corker: thank you so much. i will be brief. i know you have some questions. i first want to thank lindsay, senator graham for bringing this issue forth. i agree with everything he just said relative to the legislation and i want to also thank sandra gerber who came into my office and laid out the evolution of this law. i think many people don't understand that these laws have been in place, been put in place by presidential decree. we know the government is not functioning in a corporate...
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sen. baldwin: wisconsin families depend on our manufacturing jobs. i believe, if we give our workers and manufacturers a level playing field, we will compete and win. to level the playing field, democrats are proposing a better deal. a better deal that prevents trade deals from hurting our workers. it takes on china's cheating. and it puts in and to rewarding companies with tax cuts for workers. it takes on china's cheating. shipping jobs and factories overseas. we would also put in place stronger buy america requirements for taxpayer-funded projects. i have written buy america legislation because i strongly believe american workers should shipping jobs and factories build our infrastructure with american products and taxpayers money should not be spent on iron and steel from foreign countries, like china and russia. my buy america reform passed the senate last year with bipartisan support. when it got to the house, foreign steel companies. washington lobbyists to kill it. speaker ryan and
sen. baldwin: wisconsin families depend on our manufacturing jobs. i believe, if we give our workers and manufacturers a level playing field, we will compete and win. to level the playing field, democrats are proposing a better deal. a better deal that prevents trade deals from hurting our workers. it takes on china's cheating. and it puts in and to rewarding companies with tax cuts for workers. it takes on china's cheating. shipping jobs and factories overseas. we would also put in place...
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sen. graham: thank you very much. this is a red letter day in the united states senate. bipartisan support. let me tell you a little bit about the legislation that senator corker and cardin just and cardin just passed through the committee. it is one thing to introduce a bill, it is another thing to make it law. i have never seen a better combination than bob corker and ben cardin when it comes to foreign policy. the foreign relations committee is a model for the rest of us. if you are looking for something that is working in washington, the armed services committee was 27-0. the legislation regarding iran, north korea and russia was 97-2. it went through the foreign relations committee. this committee can get the yes. bob is a natural reconciler of different opinions and this is a big day for me, a big day for the taylor force family. a step forward towards rationality in the mideast and i want to congratulate senator corker and his committee. to tell you a little bit about taylor force -
sen. graham: thank you very much. this is a red letter day in the united states senate. bipartisan support. let me tell you a little bit about the legislation that senator corker and cardin just and cardin just passed through the committee. it is one thing to introduce a bill, it is another thing to make it law. i have never seen a better combination than bob corker and ben cardin when it comes to foreign policy. the foreign relations committee is a model for the rest of us. if you are looking...
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sen. paul: my side decides that the only way we can replace it is to have a nearly $300 billion insurance stabilization program. they say insurance is too expensive so we'll tax everybody, put it into a fund. give it to the insurance companies who can charge less. so i raised my hand, which is always a danger at lunch. i said i haven't had a new car in a while. they're very expensive. if we could have a new car stabilization fund that would help me. and i have two kids in college. could we have a college stabilization fund? my kids drop their phone in rivers, lakes, you name it. and iphones are expensive. could we not have an i phone stabilization fund? when did it become a republican idea to tax, stick entitle a a fund, give to it a company and tell them to lower their prices? it is not republican, it is not conservative. that's still what they're talking about. when they say we don't have a replacement, they want a government replay. so we got into this detective at the very beginning. i
sen. paul: my side decides that the only way we can replace it is to have a nearly $300 billion insurance stabilization program. they say insurance is too expensive so we'll tax everybody, put it into a fund. give it to the insurance companies who can charge less. so i raised my hand, which is always a danger at lunch. i said i haven't had a new car in a while. they're very expensive. if we could have a new car stabilization fund that would help me. and i have two kids in college. could we have...
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sen. flake: good morning. this mic doesn't work very well. i don't think any of them do. >> ok, we will get it. senator, obviously a lot going on right now. you have a new book out, "conscience of the conservative." to get started, let's talk a little bit about that book. it echoes a number of the comments that barry goldwater made in a similar book 56 years ago. and some of the same themes. if you could talk about the book and why you thought it was important to do that now. sen. flake: thanks. barry goldwater -- ] nterruptions from audience --indiscernible [indiscernible] >> we will have questions from the audience a little bit later. [inaudible] mike: we're going to take some questions later. we have some questions prepared for the senator. [inaudible] mike: we will have opportunity for questions from the audience a little later. >> you don't support climate change -- mike: apologies. sen. flake: no worries. mike: may not be the first one. sen. flake: won't be the last today, i'm sure.
sen. flake: good morning. this mic doesn't work very well. i don't think any of them do. >> ok, we will get it. senator, obviously a lot going on right now. you have a new book out, "conscience of the conservative." to get started, let's talk a little bit about that book. it echoes a number of the comments that barry goldwater made in a similar book 56 years ago. and some of the same themes. if you could talk about the book and why you thought it was important to do that now....
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[laughter] sen. warren: we are going to fight to help workers come together to form a union so they can take power into their own hands. yeah. [applause] are going to turn the minimal weight into a living wage, fight for $15. [applause] sen. warren: it is time for us to say the democrats are on the side of hard-working families who are just getting counted every single day. we are going to fight for universal pre-kate to make it easier for every family to get childcare. [applause] sen. warren: we are want to fight like hell to prevent the jacking up of health care insurance. trump care will not get one democratic vote, not now, not ever. [applause] sen. warren: but it is not enough just to defend the affordable care act. we are one improve it, starting with bringing down the cost of prescription drugs and leading the fight for medicare for all. that is what we are going to do. [applause] and we are going to make it possible for young people to go to college or get a technical degree get free. that is
[laughter] sen. warren: we are going to fight to help workers come together to form a union so they can take power into their own hands. yeah. [applause] are going to turn the minimal weight into a living wage, fight for $15. [applause] sen. warren: it is time for us to say the democrats are on the side of hard-working families who are just getting counted every single day. we are going to fight for universal pre-kate to make it easier for every family to get childcare. [applause] sen. warren:...
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sen. paul: thank you. thank you. thank you. i have three boys, one of them with me. [applause] obamacare, you can keep it. [laughter] apparently, that is the republican message appeared raise your hand if you want to keep obamacare? exactly. [laughter] nobody outside of washington who is a republican wants to keep it. what happened to these people? i heard them, we will repeal it. that sounds like all of it and then some. when we got up here, we decided to vote on a partial repeal and we lost eight people who voted for it one year ago. we started getting skinnier and voted on the we skinny repeal, what percentage of obamacare would be revealed -- repeal? 20%. and we lost people on that, they said it was too much, then they said it was too little the next repeal. it amazes me how people with a straight face and one republican alternative plan said that literally, if you like obamacare, you can keep it. still one of those floating around. i do not understand the disconnect. my father called
sen. paul: thank you. thank you. thank you. i have three boys, one of them with me. [applause] obamacare, you can keep it. [laughter] apparently, that is the republican message appeared raise your hand if you want to keep obamacare? exactly. [laughter] nobody outside of washington who is a republican wants to keep it. what happened to these people? i heard them, we will repeal it. that sounds like all of it and then some. when we got up here, we decided to vote on a partial repeal and we lost...
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sen. murkowski: senator barrasso. sen. barrasso: this is a question i will ask couple of different witnesses to comment on. wildfires burn across the country. the need to take swift action to improve forest health and prevent another year of catastrophic wildfires is undeniable. as these fires become more frequent, more severe, more costly, wildlife habitat is destroyed. air and watershed quality is compromised and human life is threatened. humans of acres requires immediate treatment. this number will continue to rise if we don't approve active management. what additional tools do you need to be more proactive in forest management and enhance some of this cross-boundary coordination i believe is critical? >> thank you, senator. looking across the department of the interior, we have four bureaus. three have active timber programs, various sizes and scales. i have to gather from them and provide it to you for the record. but in general, the things that really improve and increase our actions on the ground is this notion of
sen. murkowski: senator barrasso. sen. barrasso: this is a question i will ask couple of different witnesses to comment on. wildfires burn across the country. the need to take swift action to improve forest health and prevent another year of catastrophic wildfires is undeniable. as these fires become more frequent, more severe, more costly, wildlife habitat is destroyed. air and watershed quality is compromised and human life is threatened. humans of acres requires immediate treatment. this...
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sen. flake: thank you for all you do. it has been wonderful to fly over northern arizona from back east to see all of the greenery. whenever i fly over northern arizona i can pick out snowflake. facility.the from that over to my parent's house and our ranch. i only see myself on a horse riding mile after mile. i never remember it being this green. it is gorgeous. benefiting from a wet monsoon period. having said that, and having a wet winter last year, particularly in the sierra a lot of people think that solved the drought issue. it didn't, but we were given a little reprieve with regard to lake mead. water is the lifeblood of arizona. arizona has planned well, better than other western states, because of the foresight of those before us. those who worked on the central arizona project. stand truly worked on the ground water code. 1980's, a 100 year supply of water for development to happen. we are in better shape in arizona. the key is to make sure that planning continues. that is why it
sen. flake: thank you for all you do. it has been wonderful to fly over northern arizona from back east to see all of the greenery. whenever i fly over northern arizona i can pick out snowflake. facility.the from that over to my parent's house and our ranch. i only see myself on a horse riding mile after mile. i never remember it being this green. it is gorgeous. benefiting from a wet monsoon period. having said that, and having a wet winter last year, particularly in the sierra a lot of people...
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sen. warren: 109? anybody? last one is 137. sen. warren: nobody wants to be the last one. try another one. >> 142. sen. warren: do we have 142? no. go ahead. >> 153. sen. warren: 153? all right. come on down. come on down. >> good evening, my name is finn.m i am wondering if you could update us on your hearing aid legislation. sen. warren: you bet i can't. . -- you bet i can. bill is not a plant. we have never met before tonight. we have never met before. so, here's the deal. 40 million people in this country who have hearing million people who in this country who have hearing loss. and only one in eight is able to get a hearing aid. and the reason is cost. hearing its cost thousands of dollars, most people need to when they need them, and they are not covered by medicare, medicaid or most private insurance. a lot of people just don't have that kind of money. i want everybody to understand. where you can't hear the television without blasting everybody else out of the room. it is that you can't talk to your family. and you can't go to the grocery store, because you can't h
sen. warren: 109? anybody? last one is 137. sen. warren: nobody wants to be the last one. try another one. >> 142. sen. warren: do we have 142? no. go ahead. >> 153. sen. warren: 153? all right. come on down. come on down. >> good evening, my name is finn.m i am wondering if you could update us on your hearing aid legislation. sen. warren: you bet i can't. . -- you bet i can. bill is not a plant. we have never met before tonight. we have never met before. so, here's the deal....
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sen. graham: one last thing. general nicholson is not going to be able to win in afghanistan under the current construct. the rules of engagement have to change. it doesn't matter what general is in charge if you don't have the capability to win, so i just really am upset to hear that this is general nicholson's problem when it really is a structural problem in either two problems, and as bob said, no white house can function this way. we need order out of chaos and start firing some people would be the right signals. reporter: [inaudible question] sen. corker: i haven't seen the transcripts. so you guys are sharing with me constantly things i don't know. [laughter] so i will respond to that question once i actually read the transcript. let me say this caveat. ,ast time i was in afghanistan i don't know if you realize this, but president obama had a caveat that said we cannot fire on al qaeda. do you understand that? i mean, the policies that we have had in place in afghanistan are ludicro
sen. graham: one last thing. general nicholson is not going to be able to win in afghanistan under the current construct. the rules of engagement have to change. it doesn't matter what general is in charge if you don't have the capability to win, so i just really am upset to hear that this is general nicholson's problem when it really is a structural problem in either two problems, and as bob said, no white house can function this way. we need order out of chaos and start firing some people...
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sen. flake: we have got to lower our rate if we want to be competitive globally. if we want to be competitive globally, we have got to have a lower tax rate. that is priority one. every proposal we have seen has lowered the corporate rate. i am pleased that the houses abandoning its efforts on the border adjustment tax. that is maxingg out a tariff is not good in this environment. we should not be putting up new barriers to trade. we are moving away from that. good thing. i know secretary mnuchin has senators.ng it looks as if the administration will be pushing lower-de-rate, broaden-knee-based kind of perform. lower, -- lower-de-rate, broaden-d-based kind of reform. they lobby hard. it is not going to be easy by any stretch but i think when you compare to health care, it is different. health care is personal to individuals and families in a way that tax reform is not. tax reform, like i said, it will no doubt be tough but we are got to do it. we have congress need a victory here. it hasu
sen. flake: we have got to lower our rate if we want to be competitive globally. if we want to be competitive globally, we have got to have a lower tax rate. that is priority one. every proposal we have seen has lowered the corporate rate. i am pleased that the houses abandoning its efforts on the border adjustment tax. that is maxingg out a tariff is not good in this environment. we should not be putting up new barriers to trade. we are moving away from that. good thing. i know secretary...
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secretary sen. sanders: i don't think it is that hard to understand the president felt the comments were inappropriate, i cannot really explain it any more than that. >> there has been discussion about -- is that an option? secretary sen. sanders: the president is not going to broadcast any decisions but all options are on the table. president week before last signed an executive order on the infrastructure. this that mean deep president of working with congress on the infrastructure bill? is there any discussion moving forward on legislative plans for infrastructure, especially digital? secretary sen. sanders: absolutely not. the president has been very of aoken for a need massive overhaul, but legislative he has the capacity to carry it out. >> we have seen a chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, a theful of others leave in first six months of this administration. can you tell us a little bit about why there has been all this turbulence. all of those things together, what is going on? secretary s
secretary sen. sanders: i don't think it is that hard to understand the president felt the comments were inappropriate, i cannot really explain it any more than that. >> there has been discussion about -- is that an option? secretary sen. sanders: the president is not going to broadcast any decisions but all options are on the table. president week before last signed an executive order on the infrastructure. this that mean deep president of working with congress on the infrastructure...
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sen. perdue: when we introduce the first version, we said there would be more to come around the permanent visa/green card issue. we have close that door. this is not trying to solve all the issues. it is looking at legal permanent visas. and that is what we're going to focus on. sen. cotton: president trump has been deeply engaged on this from day one. this is probably our third or fourth visit. our teams have been working regularly on it. the first version of the raise only address nonna plena-based green cards, which by the way, is over 80% of the green cards we give out every single year. so, president trump said he wanted center purdue and me to go back and take a look at the employment-based green cards as well. we've done that. e've consulted with experts, consulted with people who designed the canadian system and we have come up with a system that is similar to what senators isboth parties, which moving our employment-based andem into a point bassist that rewards people that can sp
sen. perdue: when we introduce the first version, we said there would be more to come around the permanent visa/green card issue. we have close that door. this is not trying to solve all the issues. it is looking at legal permanent visas. and that is what we're going to focus on. sen. cotton: president trump has been deeply engaged on this from day one. this is probably our third or fourth visit. our teams have been working regularly on it. the first version of the raise only address nonna...
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i'm excited to be here with sen. perdue and president trump to introduce the new version of the raise act. it should help american workers get a decent pay raise and have a higher standard of living. two, it should economic growth and make america more competitive in the world. our current system simply does not do that. it is over half a century old. it is an obsolete disaster. it is time for it to change. first, we bring over one million immigrants into this country a year. that is like adding the population of montana everything will year. adding the population of arkansas every three years. the vast majority of those immigrants come here, not because of it in was finally to -- their english language abilities or job skills or their job offer or their educational attainment. only 2015 -- one in 15 come here because of their job skills and ability to succeed in this economy. that means it puts great downward pressure on people who work with their hands and on their feet. for some people, they may think is the symbo
i'm excited to be here with sen. perdue and president trump to introduce the new version of the raise act. it should help american workers get a decent pay raise and have a higher standard of living. two, it should economic growth and make america more competitive in the world. our current system simply does not do that. it is over half a century old. it is an obsolete disaster. it is time for it to change. first, we bring over one million immigrants into this country a year. that is like...
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sen. boozman: we will call on him in a moment. he is a fine senator. a warm like to extend welcome to a three nominees today. i want to thank you all for being here. first we will hear from mr. gil kaplan, a partner in the international trade practice. mr. kaplan has decades of practice and -- in trade law including notably the first successful prosecution of a countervailing duty case against china in 2007. mr. kaplan has extensive expert serving in senior u.s. includingal positions his deputy assistant secretary and acting assistant secretary for import administration at the department of commerce. he received both his undergraduate and law degrees from harvard university. next will be mr. matthew bassett. fortunately, for mr. bassett, mike telik sen. boozman: will provide his introduction. thank you forn, attending today we will have you proceed with your statement at this point. senator bozeman: thank you for the opportunity to do this. just to take a second to talk a little bit about
sen. boozman: we will call on him in a moment. he is a fine senator. a warm like to extend welcome to a three nominees today. i want to thank you all for being here. first we will hear from mr. gil kaplan, a partner in the international trade practice. mr. kaplan has decades of practice and -- in trade law including notably the first successful prosecution of a countervailing duty case against china in 2007. mr. kaplan has extensive expert serving in senior u.s. includingal positions his deputy...
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jeff ross sen, nbc news, auburn hills, michigan. >>> up next toemt, dinner by oprah.ng i am totally blind. and for years i've struggled with non-24, a circadian rhythm disorder that can turn my sleep cycles upside down. it kept me from doing the things i truly love to do. sometimes i'd show up early; sometimes i was too late. and sometimes, even though i was there... i didn't really feel..."there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424 to learn more. allergies with find fast relief behind the counter with claritin-d. strut past that aisle for the steroid free allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes. and contains the best oral decongestant. live claritin clear with claritin-d. so we know how to cover almost almoanything.hing even a swing set standoff. and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ when itrust the brandtburn, doctors trust. nexium 24hr is the number one choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequ
jeff ross sen, nbc news, auburn hills, michigan. >>> up next toemt, dinner by oprah.ng i am totally blind. and for years i've struggled with non-24, a circadian rhythm disorder that can turn my sleep cycles upside down. it kept me from doing the things i truly love to do. sometimes i'd show up early; sometimes i was too late. and sometimes, even though i was there... i didn't really feel..."there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424 to learn more. allergies with find...
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sen. perdue: thank you. thank you mr. president very good afternoon. first of all, mr. president i want to thank you for your leadership on this immigration topic. i think it is extremely critical for our country. you talked about it often on the campaign trail. job one was growing the economy and that is why you are standing here. you have also said as a fortune 500 ceo, and the only one in congress, i have lived around the world much of my career and i can tell you that nothing we are going to do right now is more important than this in terms of growing the economy. the reason, it is very simple, our current system does not work indicates america from being competitive and it does not meet the needs of the economy today. we bring in 1.1 million immigrants a year. over 50% of our household of legal immigrants dissipate in our social welfare system and right now only one out of 15 immigrants who come into the country come in with skills that are important. we have to change that. as business guys, you and i understand we need a new approach. we need to fix the immigrati
sen. perdue: thank you. thank you mr. president very good afternoon. first of all, mr. president i want to thank you for your leadership on this immigration topic. i think it is extremely critical for our country. you talked about it often on the campaign trail. job one was growing the economy and that is why you are standing here. you have also said as a fortune 500 ceo, and the only one in congress, i have lived around the world much of my career and i can tell you that nothing we are going...
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i would like now to invite senator cotton it is sen. perdue: to say a few words -- perdue to say a few words. thank you.: i am excited to be here to introduce the new version of the raise act. the immigration system should help american workers get a decent pay raise and have a higher standard of living. and it should help promote economic growth, make america more competitive in the world. our system does not do that. it is over a half-century old and it is an obsolete disaster and it is time for it to change. bring over a million immigrants into the country a year. that is like adding the population of montana every single year. adding the population of arkansas every three years. the vast majority of those workers or immigrants come here not because of their english language abilities or their job offers or their educational attainment, in fact only one in 15 out of a million new immigrants come here because of their job skills and ability to succeed in this economy. that means it puts great downward pressure on people who work with
i would like now to invite senator cotton it is sen. perdue: to say a few words -- perdue to say a few words. thank you.: i am excited to be here to introduce the new version of the raise act. the immigration system should help american workers get a decent pay raise and have a higher standard of living. and it should help promote economic growth, make america more competitive in the world. our system does not do that. it is over a half-century old and it is an obsolete disaster and it is time...
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la pausa, cÓmo un pollo presentador: bueno, al regresar de la pausa, cÓmo un pollo inflable genera sensela, ¿por qué hay tanta alegría? presentador: bueno, al regresar de les verano, tenemosollo inflabofertas increíbles, los clientes felices, nosotros felices... ¿quién no puede estar contento en agosto?
la pausa, cÓmo un pollo presentador: bueno, al regresar de la pausa, cÓmo un pollo inflable genera sensela, ¿por qué hay tanta alegría? presentador: bueno, al regresar de les verano, tenemosollo inflabofertas increíbles, los clientes felices, nosotros felices... ¿quién no puede estar contento en agosto?
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the plan was blasted by democrats and some publicans, -- and opposed by some republicans, includingng sen. lindsey graham, who said it would hurt agriculture, tourism and service industries. the anne frank center for mutual respect tweeted, quote, "the statue of liberty weeps as she watches trump flush america's moral leadership down the toilet."
the plan was blasted by democrats and some publicans, -- and opposed by some republicans, includingng sen. lindsey graham, who said it would hurt agriculture, tourism and service industries. the anne frank center for mutual respect tweeted, quote, "the statue of liberty weeps as she watches trump flush america's moral leadership down the toilet."
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you say 320 percent increase maskingly in the election cycle and sen times more than the last two administrations and we see the selective leaks and the impact and narrative in the country and scandals of evidence are ignored, sara. >> john solomon and i disclosed that the. 2011, obama administration loosened the rules so much so that people within his administration were able to do this without having to file the
you say 320 percent increase maskingly in the election cycle and sen times more than the last two administrations and we see the selective leaks and the impact and narrative in the country and scandals of evidence are ignored, sara. >> john solomon and i disclosed that the. 2011, obama administration loosened the rules so much so that people within his administration were able to do this without having to file the
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secretary sen. sanders: i am sorry. i keep your income please phone or something, it is very distracting. -- >> i'm sorry. i keep hearing somebody's cell phone or something and it is very distracting. >> would the white house be supportive of destroy north korea's program and north korea itself? >> i'm getting a lot in instruction. i keep hearing someone's phone talking or something. >> with the white house support the option against north korea to destroy north korea's program or north korea itself? >> the president obviously has been very outspoken about how he feels about north korea. we are weighing all options, keeping all options on the table, and as we have said, we are not going to broadcast what we are going to do until that happens. >> i'm sorry. destroying the country like lindsey graham says. >> that is not what i am saying. the present has been outspoken about the need to stop north korea. we have been focused on stopping the nuclear program, stopping the missiles, stopping the aggressi
secretary sen. sanders: i am sorry. i keep your income please phone or something, it is very distracting. -- >> i'm sorry. i keep hearing somebody's cell phone or something and it is very distracting. >> would the white house be supportive of destroy north korea's program and north korea itself? >> i'm getting a lot in instruction. i keep hearing someone's phone talking or something. >> with the white house support the option against north korea to destroy north korea's...
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sen. sanders: tell me. >> ordinary people are paying more. sen.anders: ordinary people do not have a wealth of $128 billion. you are not answering the question. answer the question. the wealthiest family in america gets a $52 billion tax break as a result of the repeal of the estate tax. tell me why that is good when you cut medicaid and programs for kids. >> we don't cut medicaid. we are talking about repealing obamacare. sen. sanders: 23 million people off of health insurance. that's right. that's the cbo number, which i think you agree could be wrong. sen. sanders: i did not agree to that at all. why does a billionaire family get a $52 billion -- 52 nine dollars tax break? >> we think ordinary people lose coverage. sen. sanders: ordinary people. are the waltons ordinary? >> no, the ordinary people are losing -- sen. sanders: i ask you why the wealthiest family in america is getting -- >> and answering because we repeal obamacare. sen. sanders: no, it's the estate tax. and sorry, got the assumption was we are looking at the tax reductions that a
sen. sanders: tell me. >> ordinary people are paying more. sen.anders: ordinary people do not have a wealth of $128 billion. you are not answering the question. answer the question. the wealthiest family in america gets a $52 billion tax break as a result of the repeal of the estate tax. tell me why that is good when you cut medicaid and programs for kids. >> we don't cut medicaid. we are talking about repealing obamacare. sen. sanders: 23 million people off of health insurance....