that what we've begun to see in the recovery of the american spirit and the rebound of the american economy is really just the beginning, and under president donald trump, with your help, i know the best days for america and for american small business are yet to come. lastly, have that other kind of faith. this is a challenging time in the wider world. it's been a challenging time for businesses, but help is on the way and hope always springs eternal. because for so many of you, like for me in my little family, our hope ultimately doesn't come from our government or from our elected leaders, but our hope comes from someplace deeper. so i encourage you to avail yourself of that faith in these times. pray for the good leaders who serve in this building. continue to pray for our president and all the families that serve around him. and pray with confidence that he who said, i know the plans i have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future, says that as much to this generation of americans as he's ever said it before. so i say with faith today, boun

what about america, the ft have a story about america, the ft have a story about the american economythinks that the economy is strong enough to start withdrawing the monetary stimulus whereas the debate here, whether brexit can take it, america seems confident it can. already putting up interest rates and now they are going to withdraw some of the asset purchases, selling back these mortgage and treasury bonds that they acquired to boost the american economy. they are going to wind it down. a bit of a split on the federal committee deciding this but essentially they are going to start doing it. this will be a federal moment when they start winding down the balance sheet. it will signal, if successful, that america is moving out of the crisis are in terms of monetary policy. talking of america and crises, they are threatening north korea with force and the un are meeting to discuss the whole north korea launching of that ballistic missile test. that's right, it is going to be a response, there will be a world responds and we can expect to see more as theresa may goes out to meet with

wealthy and the powerful, taking the burden off them and putting it on the backs of hardworking americans. the result is an economy that has created enormous wealth at the top while producing less work and less pay for average americans. incomes and wages have flotlined while everyday costs are skyrocketing. democrats, frankly, have too often hesitated from directly and unflinchingly taking on the misguided policies that got us here, so much so that americans don't know what we stand for. well, madam president, not after today. democrats are showing the country that we're the party on the side of working people and that we stand for three things. first, we're going to increase people's pay. second, we're going to reduce their everyday expenses. and third, we're going to provide workers the tools they need for the 21st century. today we announced three new policies to advance these goals. right now, there's nothing to stop vulture capitalists from egregiously raising the price of lifesaving drugs without justification. we're going to fight for rules to stop prescription drug price gouging and demand that drug compa

ruins their holidays it exercises his authority and if they overturn his veto and subsequently the american economy loses hundreds of millions of dollars and there russia germany pipeline is built without american participation we're going to see punishment to the american economy of a size not registered in many deck it would cause we don't know one of the what the ramifications are going to be from russia russia is still taking its time to consider what it might do depending on whether or not this gets president stumm if it does go ahead with these sanctions be for u.s. russia relations. first of all. viewing things from the russian perspective every time the united states congress presses the president to put sanctions on russia we can presume that that's because the lobbyists are being paid to run the agenda of congress the president is usually not subject to these lobbyists but they're a lobbyist out there spending millions of dollars to direct foreign policy if they can through congress what this offer to what this offer is to russia is an opportunity to become more self-sufficient to plant m

such an incredible investment, chairman goh put his faith and confidence in the future of the american economy. in other words, if i didn't get elected, he definitely would not be spending $10 billion. [ cheers and applause ] >> his great company has seen -- you see exactly what i'm seeing -- our administration's work to remove job-killing regulations. he's been watching. to institute by american and hire american. and all of those policies, and to pursue the steps necessary to revitalize american industry, including repealing and replacing obamacare -- we better get that done, fellows. please. mike, we need that so badly -- cutting taxes, fixing our trade deals and rebuilding our infrastructure. we'll be submitting an infrastructure bill in the not very distant future. we're going to be submitting a tax bill in the very near future. [ applause [ applause ] >> when this investment is complete, foxconn has the potential to complete more manufacturing jobs than we've seen in many, many decades. chairman goh, i thank you for your investment in the american worker. they appreciate it. they will no

[applause] everyday obamacare survives is another day, the american economy and american families struggle. we all remember the broken promises they made it possible for obamacare to get past. they said if you like your doctor you can keep it. not true. they said if you like your health insurance company you can keep it. not true. who were told health insurance costs would go down. that wasn't true either. our administration is actually shown that the average premium on individual market is more than doubled since obamacare went into effect four years ago in some states more than tripled. when obamacare as we are promised that families would save up to $2500 in premiums every year, but the average obamacare plan today costs nearly $3000 more than i planned it in 2013. while premiums are soaring, choices are plummeting. next year, and nearly 4% of america's economy including nine entire states will have only one choice of the health insurance provider, mean essentially no choice at all. even worse, dozens of counties will have no health insurance providers whatsoever on the obamacare exchan

we would automatically assume that on a matter like this, we are talking about a sixth of the american economy, the senate finance committee would have hearings. there have been no hearings. mr. sanders: no hearings, no hearings on a bill which impacts a sixth of the american economy and every single american. now, let me ask my friend from oregon, obviously before my republican colleagues would go forward on radical legislation like this that would throw some 32 million americans off of the health insurance they had, they obviously have consulted with doctors and hospitals to get their views as to the impact this legislation would have on patients and hospitals all over america. what kind of testimony did the doctors make on this bill or the hospital administrators make? mr. wyden: i can tell my colleague, senator murray, and the two of us, the ranking member on the budget committee and i have actually made public the overwhelming opposition from providers on this so in effect providers and patients are standing together in opposition to this. mr. sanders: right. so if my understanding is cor

the labor sector and is there any other way to democratize the economy. well the simplest thing i can tell you is this in the last time the american economy crashed in the one nine hundred thirty s. the american people all mass joined unions and the unions together with socialist and communist parties it has to be said put together a pressure that got wages up that's when we got the first bit of wage law and out of the second world war which was the end result of the pressure to do something for the mass of people we got an economy that grew in a way that we've never seen before or since we're not doing that this time we're not building up wages yes we need unions to do it because no other social force is in a position to do it but that would be building from below instead of trickle down build from below that's a better way to solve your economic problems even in a capitalist system that doesn't want to look at it and the proof is what happened in the 1930's so yes i think that u.a.w. effort is extremely important because it may be i underscore may be the beginning of a sign that the american working class having listened for eight years to preaching about

[applause] every day obamacare survives is another day the american economy and american families struggle. we all refresh the broken promises that made it possible for obamacare to get passed. you remember them? they said if you like your doctor you could keep it. not true. they said if you like your health insurance you could keep it. not true. we were told that health insurance costs would go down. that one wasn't true, either. our administration has actually shown that the average premium on the individual market is more -- has more than double since obamacare went into effect less than four years ago and some states more than tripled. when obamacare passed we were promised that families would save up to $2,500 in premiums every year, but the average obamacare plan today costs nearly $3,000 more than a plan did in 2013. while premiums are soaring, choices are plummeting. next year nearly 40% of america's counties, including nine entire states l. have only one choice of a health insurance provider, meaning they'll have essentially no choice at all. even worse, dozens of counties will ha

the u.s. economy grew by under 2%. the united states economy has collapsed for a lot of americans. since 2000 we've lost 6 million manufacturing jobs and 70,000 factories have closed. this seems to dismiss the whole notion of investing in the growth of the american economy. and record spending is proposed in this budget for afghanistan, iraq, and our great ally in that region pakistan. it doesn't make any sense. fact of the matter is, since we engaged in these wars, americans have spent $4.8 trillion for iraq, afghanistan, and pakistan. we've lost 6,800 u.s. soldiers and we've spent $170 billion rebuilding the roads and bridges of afghanistan and iraq. where's the budget that we are promised for a robust investment in american infrastructure? our infrastructure is an embarrassment. we were once number one, according to world economic forum. we're at about number 23 today in the world in the kwauflt our infrastructure. infrastructure creates jobs in the construction trades and supply and materials industry. but it also rewrek revised code nize unleashes the resources and creativity o

thing is nafta not only locked in mexico in a neo liberal mode i think it subordinated the mexican economy to the american business cycle to the value chain of multinational corporations operating in the us and mexico became again once again a primary economy reply memorize the mexican economy so became we export raw materials or oil agricultural products and cheap labor through the michael or border industries to the offshore companies that operate here in mexico including the automobile and. stree which many people think this is really our way to industrialisation no it's not those industries are disconnected from the rest of the economy so they may grow the economy will not grow with them and this is clearly i mean if you look at the numbers you see years when you have. spectacular expansion of trait but the mexican up economy is in recession or or is stagnant well those guys are still a little bit what it is this could make because i sure because well that this is. they are not the value added is not in mexico right the panama paper shell there is that multi-trillion dollar offshore cartel and mexico

president trump assumed that because of its tax cuts, the american economy would grow by 3% a year forde. the cbo said that growth would be 1.9%. note that the american economy has grown on average 1.8% over the last ten years, sprinkle the magic pixie -- the story of dynamic scoring is the story of the republican party's analysis of facts and analysis in favor or ideology. they were the party of green eye shades, conservative assumptions and careful accounting. they did not believe in wide eyed assumptions, in fact when ronald reagan proposed tax cuts that would pay for himself, his traditional republican rival george sr. called it reagan economics. in fact, the national debt tripled under ronald reagan. and after george w. bush cut taxes, the national debt increased again. bill clinton by contrast actually raised taxes and ushered in stronger growth and higher tax revenues, but the mountains of evidence has not stopped republicans from using dynamic scoring. predicting there would be a broos -- thousands of new jobs would be created. except the promised growth never material'sed. ins

indication thatt it is an embarrassment is with legislation that would impact about one sixth of the american economy, over $3 trillion a ye year, legislation because it's healthcare impact virtually everybody there has not been one public hearing on thisis legislation. it has all been done behind closed doors. and honestly, no matter what, your view may be on where we as a nation should go with healthcare, whether you like this bill or you don't, i don't know how somebody can say we don't have to hear from physicians about the impact of this legislation on their ability to treat their patients. i don't know how you can do that. i come from a rural state. what will the impact of this legislation and the massives 800 billion-dollar cuts on medicaid due to the rural hospitals over the united states where they will be forced to shut down. that's what i hear but i can't tell you that madam president because there hasn't been a hearing on the issue to answer that question. it was devastating the entireity country. what will this bill due to our ability to present and treat the opioid crisis that is decima

disaster and an embarrassment and the indication is that with legislation in packs one sixth of the american economy and over $3 trillion per year there has not been one public hearing on this legislation is all done behind closed doors.ou and whatever your view may't be if you like the bill i just don't know how somebody can seriously say we don't have to hear from positions about the impact of this legislation to treat their patients that don't know how they do that. of so what will the impact of this legislation in those $800 billion cuts of medicate due to rural hospitals all over the united states? there are areas where they're desperately needed will be forced to shut down. i cannot tell you definitively madam chair go because of the hearing onut this issue. i don't know how you don't have those of administrators come before the committee or the finance committee toha answer that question.m a the president's comes from a state with the major opioid crisis it is devastating the entire country.il what will this bill do for our ability to prevent and treat the opioid crisis decimating this countr

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the economy right now? are you worried about the economy? concerned about where we are in terms of the financial system, the economy, the american economy, global economy. after nine years of what i distorted set of policies, completely oriented i regard as monetary extremism, combined with what i growthr to be suppresssive -- fiscal policies, regulatory, tax. a i think it's created distorted recovery, partially responsible for this -- this exacerbation, of inequality that's caused -- a combination of that, and the incomplete recovery has caused middle-class stress, edginess around the world, which some political, you know, fringe parties and fringe thoughts, populism. so after nine years of this theficial levitation on part of financial assets, art, thereal estate, things that rich people buy, today is a global system just about as leveraged, and in many more cases more leveraged, than before 2008. i don't think the financial system is more sound. think that the fixes that have been put into place a soundually created financial system. so i don't believe that is justified in policymakers and in central bankers. and fact that confidence has not

room and rushed through an amendment that affects a bill that affects a huge percentage of the american economy. back ambassador to the holy see. she is the wife of former house speaker new egrets. they will consider her nomination tomorrow along with the nominee to the state department counterterrorism correlator. both companies will testify to live coverage beginning at 10:0n three. tonight on the communicators,. >> private-sector ceos recognize that your it group is not just a cost center but it's an entity that will drive innovation and an entity that can help improve your bottom line. we need the federal government to start thinking that way. >> determine on the health information subcommittee congressman will hurt it talks about his bill to upgrade technology in federal agencies. his opinion of us cyber defenses and his proposal for a cyber national guard. representative heard his interview by political cyber security reporter, tim starts. >> the idea is that if you are in high school and you want to go to college and study something around cyber security, will find you a scholarship to g

and about the largest sector of the american economy: health care. and instead of treating the issue with the gravity it deserves, there's a secret plan and a mystery vote without any hearings, shutting out the committees, including the help committee, where i serve, shutting out the minority party that represents 48 of the 100 senators in this body. and most importantly, shutting out the public. as the senator from vermont mentioned, in this body, the greatest deliberative body in the world we have not had a single hearing, not heard from a single doctor, single patient, single hospital, single insurance company, single medical innovator. we're about to take a vote on the most important expenditure in anyone's life and the largest sector in the american economy following a completely closed process where it has been the will of the majority to keep the door shut. this isn't a game show. mr. president, let me tell you how real this is. how real this is. i did something on friday that i often do. i started doing this in 2002. i live in richmond, but i

it was magic but was real. >> on the big issues, the revival of the american spirit, the reignition of the american economy succeeded beyond anyone's expectations. as for his critics, many still frustrated, even angry but they do concede that ronald regan leaves washington an enormously popular figure and in this day and age that alone is a historic achievement. >>> the only morality they'll recognize is what will further their cause. they reserve under themselves the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat. >> the russians are gearing up for war. >> the senate approved $136.5 billion defense budget. >> the largest anti-nuclear protest in u.s. history. >> president reagan is more eager to meet with new leader of the soviet union. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. ♪

instead i think we also move on to critical issues that face the american economy including the debt ceiling. we have to finish the appropriations process. we have medicare extenders coming up and we have the chip program coming up. i think there's enough goodwill from members on both sides to find a path forward and to use this as a learning experience as to how one party, playing off of eight pages after 70 years since harry truman talked about the need for national health insurance, to understand that it can't be done without hearings and amendments and an open process that embraces a lot of different ideas as we did in the run-up to the affordable care act. use this as a learning opportunity and a lesson and let's move on. like to introduce bobby scott. >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you madam leaders. when we talk about the affordable care act, we have to remind ourselves what the situation was before the affordable care act passport cost were going through the roof. millions of people were losing their insurance every year, and after the affordable care act past, costs have

instead i think we also move on to critical issues that face the american economy, including the debt ceiling, we have to finish the appropriations process. we have medicare extenders coming up and the chip program coming up. i think there's enough good will on both sides moving forward to use this as a learning experience, how one party, 70 -- how one party playing off eight pages, 0 years after harry truman talked about the need for health insurance, understand that it can't be done without hearings and amendments an an open process that embraces a lot of different ideas as we did in the run up to the affordable care act. use this as a learning period, use it as a lesson and let's move on. with that, i'd like to introduce my friend, ranking member bobby scott. mr. scott: thank you, madam leader and colleagues. when we talk about the affordable care act we have to remind ourselves what the situation was before the affordable care act passed. costs were going through the roof. those with pre-existing conditions couldn't get insurance. millions were losing insurance every year. after t

the american economy. it is not surprising that those funds were part of the basic funds for colleges and university. people were the main labor force in many parts of early america/ they -- america. they contributed to all of the things you needed to do to get things ready for students. after colleges and universities were founded, many places had people as servants or cooks upkeep andneral maintenance of the school. the a jerk -- the other major thing is the intellectual work. colleges and universities throughout the whole civil war period debated slavery. was it a good system or not? many colleges had faculty who developed proslavery ideology. was part, not all of, but a major part of the curriculum during this time. along with discussing slavery they also talked about race. were african-americans equal to non-african-americans? mean, and many of our colleges and universities a race the ideologies. if you develop non-race ideologies debated those issues. as universities and colleges are part of the fabri

and it is no way to reorder one-fifth of the american economy. we're talking about 20% of the u.s. economy. and changes are being made to this bill right now that have nothing to do with good health care. have only to do with winning individual votes to try to get to 50. because republicans refuse to work with democrats. refuse to work with us. and so instead of building a product that could get big bipartisan support, republicans are now down to a handful of their members and are trying to find ways to deliver amounts of money to those members' states in order to win their vote. there is a special fund in the latest version of the bill for insurance companies in alaska that was not in the previous version of the bill. now all of these provisions get written in a way that if you are an average, ordinary american who decides to take a couple hours of your time to read the bill, you'd never know that it was a specific fund for alaska because it doesn't say alaska. it sets up a whole bunch of requirements that a state has to fulfill in order to get this special fund for insurance comp

indication that it is in embarrassment is thef legislation that would impact about one sixth of the american economy about $1 trillion so here legislation because his health care virtually everybody there has not been one public hearing on this legislation. we it is opened in behind closed doors. i honestly no matter what your view maybe on where we as a nation should go with healthca healthcare, whether you like the bill or not, i just don't know how somebody seriously can say we don't have to hear from physicians about the impact of this legislation on the ability to treat their patients.tals -- or to hear from hospitals. i come from a rule state. what will the impact of this legislation and the cuts in medicaid due to rural hospitals all over the united states? d there some believe that many rural hospitals in areas they are desperately needed will forced to shut down. i can not tell you definitively because they're no has not beena hearing on this issue. i go forward without having'm administrators from rural hospitals come before ther tha committee, the finance committee or the health labor com

the american people. we want to invest in the future of american families, create good jobs help grow our economy. democrats support investments in education, healthcare, national security, job training, innovation and infrastructure. we support programs that help individuals with nowhere left to turn in a tax code that helps families get ahead. those are american priorities and they should be the priorities of this congress and our committee. german black, you'll back. >> i think the gentlemen. i now yield two minutes to the vice chair the committee, the gentleman from indiana. >> thank you. i want to thank you for your commitment to produce a responsible federal budget. i appreciate your leadership in the effort of her committee members. to get to this budget our committee had to make some tough decisions and we had to create priorities that elevated our fellow citizens were the most vulnerable and truly needed help. i -- that was the president and vice president's request and they did their job admirably. they led and in short, this committee is leading. here on the committee we are familiar wi

to make such an incredible invest in, they put in faith and confidence in the future of the american economyican economy. in other words, if i did not get elected, he definitely would not be spending $10 billion. behind the theatre of the announcement, some familiar concerns about the price us taxpayers will pat’- about the price us taxpayers will pay. news reports ahead of the announcements indicate the tie when his company could benefit from $3 billion in tax breaks in exchange for the wisconsin plan. 0ne local politician has referred to it as a corporate welfare package and there is why spectres is about economists about how many such jobs can be created in an era of increasing automation and ever fiercer competition from overseas. and now, mrtrump will competition from overseas. and now, mr trump will bask in the approval from his base on one of his compelling campaign promises. samsung electronics is on track to make a record profits after its best ever second—quarter earnings. they we re ever second—quarter earnings. they were up to $12 billion in the three months till the end ofjune.

the economy right now? are you worried? paul: i am concerned about where we are in terms of the financial system, the american economy, the globalmy. after nine years of what i consider to be distorted, a distorted set of policies, completely oriented towards what i regard as monetary extremism, combined with what i consider to be growth suppressed policies, regulatory, taxed. i think it has created a distorted recovery. partially responsible for this, this augmentation, this exacerbation of inequality that has caused, in combination of that, and incomplete recovery, that has caused the middle class stress. and edginess around the world, which has led to some political fringe parties and fringe thoughts, like populism. so after nine years of this artificial levitation on the part of financial assets, high-end real estate, art, the things rich people buy. what we have today is a global financial system that is just about as leveraged, and in many cases more leveraged, than before 2008. and i do not think the financial system is more sound. i do not think the fixes that have been put into place have actually created a sound financ

it would upend one-fifth of the american economy. yet, the people we serve have no idea what's in this bill. we really don't know what's in it. over the weekend people said senator mcconnell is going to bring us all to the floor tuesday to vote on a health care law. this is the law to repeal the affordable care act. the affordable care act, i was part of writing that as a member of the health, education, labor, and pensions committee. that bill took months and months and months, dozens of hearings, hundreds of amendments. we supported, i supported in the committee, the committee adopted 150 republican amendments. it was the way we should do things here. instead senator mcconnell met, mr. president, just down this hall -- i know the camera doesn't quite show this. but down this hall in his office, he met with lobbyists from wall street and lobbyists from the drug companies and lobbyists from the insurance companies. and maybe the presiding officer i don't think was part of this -- he's perhaps too junior. but four or five republican se

something as big as a sixth of the american economy. >> most controversial vote these senators will takevote as senator john mccain got a hero's welcome back. first time back since being diagnosed with brain cancer. >> mccain making a plea to restore order and civility to the senate chamber. >> our deliberations can still be important and useful, but i think we'd all agree they haven't been overburdened by greatness lately. and right now, they aren't producing much for the american people. even when it requires us to do something less satisfying than winning. even when we must give a little to get a little. even when our efforts managed just three yards in a cloud of dust while critics on both sides denounce us for our timidity for our failure to triumph. i hope we can rely on humility on our need to cooperate on our dependence with each other, to learn how to trust each other again and by so doing so, serve the people who elected us. stop listening to the bombastic rhetoric on the internet. to hell with them. >> he said he would not support the health care bill as it is today. six hours

it's an important part of the american economy. we just can't afford to pull a rug out from underneath the industry, the people who work in the industry or the people who get cared for by the industry. >> so well explained. thank you so much, seth harris. have a fantastic holiday weekend, my friend. >> thanks, richard. you, too. >>> next, live to arkansas where police are still searching for the gunman who opened fire during a rap concert in little rock. but police say they've taken the main attraction into custody. we'll explain why. [radio alarm] ♪ julie is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor- positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ♪ ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus letrozole. and ibrance plus letrozole shrunk tumors in over half of these pati

to take a vote on the most important expenditure in anyone's life and the largest sector in the american economy following a completely closed process where it has been the will of the majority to keep the door shut. this isn't a game show. mr. president, let me tell you how real this is. how real this is. i did something on friday that i often do. i started doing this in 2002. i live in richmond, but i drive a number of hours to wise county, virginia, which is a county on the border between virginia and kentucky. and it's a county where my wife's family is from. she grew up in roanoke but her dad is from big stone gap, virginia, in wise county across the border from pike and hazard county in kentucky. there is a fairground there. in the late 1990's a catholic nunn sister bernie and two other wonderful nuns theresa and paula decided to try to offer health care for people who didn't have health insurance at this county fairground. they set up with a few volunteers and they said you live in appalachia, if you don't have health insurance, if you need medical care or dental care come and we'll see w

note that the american economy has grown on average just 1.8% over the last 15 years, no more. fudging the numbers is called dynamic scoring. common sense would tell you that if the government cuts taxes it'll get less money in tax revenues. but sprinkle the magic pixie dust of dynamic scoring and you can project much higher growth rates and then the revenue numbers soar upwards in theory. the story of dynamic scoring is the story of the republican party's abandonment of facts, science, and analysis in favor of ideology. decades ago republicans were advocates of fiscal restraint. they were the party of green eye shades, conservative assumptions and careful accounting. they did not believe in wide-eyed assumptions and in counting chickens before they were hatched. in fact, when ronald reagan proposed tax cuts that he claimed would pay for themselves, his traditionalist republican rival george bush sr. derided his approach as voodoo economics. but with the reagan revolution came a new mantra. tax cuts were the answer to every problem and the economics could be bent to make it all

. >> your dollars that are paying for this system are supporting not only the american economy but thenomy of the world and russians are trying to get their systems up there. this is crucial. >> most people have no idea about this. and not that our politicians don't tell you. they don't tell you that the private defepends on the public and absolutely on such public resources. you could not do anything without public resources. and, the republicans think that they all did it themselves. i did everything myself and you did not build the roads or did not invent computer science or did not pay for it. >> it is crazy, they used the wonderful government resources that the entire country is paid for. think about it in healthcare, we pay for the medical system and the training of doctors or the medical research that went into all of this was paid for initially and research was funded by places like nih and public universities, you know? this is crucial and most people don't realize it and don't understand that in fact when you gate treatment from your insurance company if you can have insuranc

as we look at the future of the american economy and the cost that's involve side, let's stop and think, which class of citizens is going to be more likely to be law abiding. well, the districts closest to the mexican border are five districts who are disproportionately and criminal cases filed by federal prosecutors and it would not be surprising to me if the people coming here illegally rather than legally are more mickly to commit crimes. as far as taking the safety nets, only people are here illegally, but again, obviously, if we don't pick our immigrants we'll be more likely to get people who take advantage of our generous welfare benefits. as far as age is concerned, let's sb honest, we do not want to take people. we have already a huge crisis in our country as far as health care costs. i don't think we want to be the country that takes in everybody in their declining years and has to pay for their health care, but again, this is something we can take care of if we're picking immigrants rather than saying whoever comes here illegally can have a path to citizenship and common sense