and today they are having a ceremony that if this original piece had been offered up to us that the president submitted, it would never have made its way out of the ways and means committee. because it's a tax issue and tariff issue, it originates in the ways and means committee in the house of representatives. but we went to work on it with the task force that the speaker and i assembled. we engaged in intense, sometimes fiery negotiations with the u.s. trade rep. here's what we achieved. by any objective standard stronger provisions for workers. sounder funding mechanisms to implement the labor and environmental positions. a better enforcement mechanism than any trade deal in american history. this is the largest one to today. on top of all that, we preserve congress' right in terms of freedom to bring down drug pricing. if anybody said at the beginning that we could get the afl-cio and teamsters to endorse this trade agreement, would you have been very dubious. instead they did because of what we were able to build into the agreement. anyone who thinks that the president's proposal as originally submitted would have gotten out of the ways and means committee, that's n

work of thehe chairman our ways and means committee and the work of , we were able to make vast improvementsassed with overwhelming support. do that for america's workers, farmers, and the economy. >> the only reason the president is having a signing today is because of what we did as house democrats. months. about this for rob portman said this final agreement would be something president obama would have negotiated. john thune said this was to democratic. today, they are having a ceremony that if this original piece have been offered up to us, it would never have made its way out of the ways and means committee. it is a tax issue and a tariff issue. we went to work on it with the task force the speaker and i assembled and we engaged in intense, sometimes firing negotiations with the u.s. trade rep. standard,ective stronger provisions for workers, sounder funding mechanisms to implement the labor and environmental positions and better enforcement mechanism than any trade deal in american history to date. we preserved congress is right in terms of freedom to bring down drug pricing. if anybo

engel of the foreign affairs committee, and chairman of the ways and means committee. we thank them for all of their difficult work. we honor our darling elijah cummings, who said one day when we are dancing with the angels, what will we say about what we did at this difficult time in our country's history? i am proud mr. nadler and mr. schiff are part of our managers. i want to matted -- acknowledge our other managers who are with us. i should not say freshman. they have been here one year. things.shed great crow ofman jason colorado. congresswoman val demings of the state of florida. congresswoman garcia of texas. are we all here? where is hakeem? distinguished chair of our caucus, hakeem jeffries of new york. is that everybody? and zoe lofgren. this is her third impeachment. for the nixon impeachment, she was a staffer for a judiciary committee member, don edwards of california. she was a member of the judiciary committee on the clinton impeachment. and now a member of the judiciary, the house administration which oversees elections, and a manager. with that, i than

committee. of the foreign chairmanommittee, and of the ways and means committee. of theirthem for all difficult work. we honor our dear elijah one day whensaid we are dancing with the angels, what will we say about what we did during this difficult time in history? i am proud mr. nadler and mr. shift are -- shiff are part of our managers. i should not say freshman. they have been here one year. congressman jason crow. congresswoman val demings of the state of florida. texas.swoman garcia of are we all here? distinguished chair of our caucus, hakeem jeffries of new york. and zoe lofgren. this is her third impeachment. impeachment, she was a staffer for a judiciary committee member of california. she was a member of the judiciary committee on the clinton impeachment. the housemember of administration with oversees elections, and a manager. with that, i thank them all for their leadership and service. i will now proceed to sign the article. [inaudible] speaker pelosi: that is why it is taking so long. [laughter] speaker pelosi: i will keep one for myself. >> the sena

chairman eliot engel of the foreign affairs committee, and richey neil, chairman of the ways and means committee. we thank them for all of their difficult work, and we honor our darling elijah cummings who said when one day we are dancing with the angels, what would we say about what we did at this difficult time in our country's history? and then i'm very proud that mr. nadler and mr. schiff are part of our managers. but i want to acknowledge our other managers with us. a freshman member -- but i shouldn't say freshman. they've been here one year, accomplished great things. congressman jason crow of colorado, congresswoman value -- val demings of the state of florida, congresswoman garcia of texas -- are we all here? where are we? where's hakeem? hakeem, distinguished chair of our caucus, hakeem jeffries of new york. is that everybody? and zoe lofgren. this is zoe's third impeachment. she was for the nixon impeachment she was a staffer , for a judiciary committee member, don edwards of california. she was member of judiciary committee during the clinton impeachment, in her own right m

oversight committee men mr chairman elliot angle of the foreign affairs committee and rich in new york chairman of the ways and means committee chairman of ways and means committee thank them for all of their difficult work and we honor our darling ally should cummings who said when one day we were dancing with the angels. what would we say about what we did. at this difficult time in our country's history. and then i'm very proud that mr natter and mr. mr shift are part of our managers but i want to acknowledge other managers who are that's a freshman member but a students a freshman this. was they've been here one year. there's great things is congressman jason crow of colorado. a week congresswoman out deming's a fluke the state of florida congresswoman. garcia of texas that was what we all here were talking how came isn't it. distinguished chair of our caucus how team jeffries of new york and everybody. until lofgren this is those 3rd when she was a few for the next pietschmann she was a staffer for a judiciary committee member down edwards of california she was member just harry committee earning clinton impeac

easier for more workers to save for a secure retirement thanks to chairman neal and the ways and means committee. that's why we voted to protect multiemployer pension funds so that hundreds of thousands of people would not be left out in the cold after contributing to and being promised a pension in their old age. now as we look to 2020, house democrats will continue to make economic opportunity our focus. i look forward to bringing more legislation to the floor this year to ensure that we do not squander the gains of our recovery under president obama. we will keep looking for ways to help america get ahead. and i hope all my colleagues will look at the facts that i've put forward and see what the obama economy did and that the last three years have been a continuation of the obama economy. you just look at the line, the almost a straight-line up. i appreciate -- straight line up. i appreciate that a number of my democratic colleagues are here this evening to add to this conversation. and it's now my privilege to yield to my friend, mr. beyer, former lieutenant governor, former ambassador and t

invited to the signing on wednesday but interesting lee not invited to the event were house ways and means committee chairman richard neal and other democrats who negotiated for months to expand the pacs labor environmental and enforcement provisions. when members of the european parliament approved the terms on wednesday of the u.k.'s official departure from the e.u. also known as briggs if that vote it was mostly symbolic let's face it is the break the deal has been supported by the majority of the in the piece and has already passed the 1st parliamentary test me piece have also been saying goodbye to their british counterparts with some of them wearing the always united scarves the vote on wednesday marks the final stage of the briggs it ratification process. even though the u.k. announced it will allow huawei to build out parts of its 5 g. infrastructure the us seems to reject that decision and continues to apply pressure for the u.k. to reconsider u.s. secretary of state mike pump a.o.r. z u k to really look at the decision stressing national security risks a series of u.s. congressional figure

what's really going to solve climate change the bill now waits for hearing before the house ways and means committee. >>reporting in washington, i'm morgan right. and house democrats set to wrap up their opening arguments in the senate impeachment trial against president trump in fact they've already done that the latest on what happened from capitol hill in just a few minutes. still ahead check your final score. some major changes are coming which could seriously affect your credit. we have the details ahead. >>the nexus 6 3040 niner fans are showing off their team spirit after the break we meet the fans behind this new year old the catch up with other supporters, the red and gold. and is clouding up around the bay area now some showers out >>as you know is fired up with 49 or fever ahead of the kron four's rob fladeboe tells us in san jose, the red and gold can be seen on the road on the sidewalk in tattoos and on the sides of buildings. >>pham robert torres was one of the many fans who came by friday to get a photo with the south bay's newest tribute to the 49 er faithful very impressive very and

that i'm grateful to the leadership of the house, the chairman and ranking member of the ways and means committeeand the finance committee, and of course leader mcconnell. many others made immense contributions. thank you also to congressional staff, you were magnificent for two years. finally, and i apologize for the length of my remarks, i want to show my appreciation to the inspiring men and women of ustr as well as the departments of commerce, agriculture, treasury, labor, transportation, e.p.a., and other agencies that worked so hard. these people worked tens of thousands of hours for two-plus years, many going home at 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning or not at all. chief among the leaders of this effort is my deputy ambassador c.j. mahoney. since his confirmation two years ago, he has worked continuously on this effort day and night and seven days a week. thank you also, ambassador dowd, our agriculture negotiating, and the long suffering jamison greer who has the task of being my chief of staff. as i said 16 months ago, thank you also jared kushner, my friend and partner, for all your work and

. >> because of the work of our chairman of our ways and means committee and the work of organized laborrichard trumka, we were able to make vast improvements. >> reporter: later today, the president will hid the road to michigan to tout the usmca trade deal. the white house has plans for the president to go across the country and do much of the same. back to you in new york. >> presidential candidate, senator sanders, says if l elected he would begin immediately renegotiating the usmca on his first day in office. senator sanders says the deal does nothing to reverse climate change or provide enough protection for workers. lauren: a new study warning that the wealth tax proposals made by democratic presidential candidates bernie sanders, but also elizabeth warren, could double the u.s. trade deficit over the next decade. conservative think tank the tax foundation released the report, also said that the tax plans would also fall short of their campaign's estimates and that taxing the wealthy would reduce the nation's gdp. >> game over, that is president trump's message to democrats on the

. >> because of the work of our, chairman of our ways and means committee, and the work of organizeder, afl-cio, and richard trumka, we made vast improvements. if we weren't we would not pass the bill. we would not even want to pass the bill. reporter: president trump will hit the road tomorrow. he will head to michigan to tout the usmca trade deal. there are plans within the white house to try to get the president on the road more often so that he can get out there and continue to tout this bipartisan piece of legislation. melissa. melissa: blake, thank you. connell: other side, pennsylvania avenue, crucial day once again, aren't they all, on capitol hill. we had senators from both parties submitting their questions in president trump's impeachment trial. chad pergram, fox news congressional correspondent on the hill with the latest on that. those of us who were watching earnings or the fed chairman, whatever we were all doing today, and didn't see everything that happened in the impeachment trial, what stood out in terms of the question and answer session to you, chad? reporter: th

chairman elliott angle of the foreign affairs committee and richie neill, chairman of the ways and means committee. we thank them for all of their difficult work and be honor our darling elijah cummings who said when one day we are dancing with the angels, what will we say about what we did at this difficult time in our country? nadlerry proud that mr. and mr. schiff are part of our managers but i want to acknowledge our other managers with us. a freshman member. they have been here one year. accomplish great things. congressman jason crow of colorado. congresswoman val demings from the state of florida. congresswoman garcia of texas. are we all here? hakeem, distinguished chair of our caucus of new york. this is her third impeachment. she was in the nixon impeachment, a staffer for a judiciary committee member in california. she was a member of the judiciary committee -- clinton impeachment in her own right in the judiciary committee, and now member of the judiciary chair of the house administration which oversees elections and a manager. with that, i thank them all for their leadership

what's really going to solve climate change the bill now waits for a hering before the house ways and means committee. >>reporting in washington, i'm morgan right. >>still ahead tonight. kobe bryant did a lot more than just play basketball fromhis oscar win to being a faher we will take a look at his life center hosted kobe bryant for years but tonight. >>itas the home ofthe paid itawards. how the show >>acros the country of cour but in phillies you know ust special over there at lower meon high hool and it doesn't seem right it doesn't seem real you're not supposed to write an obituary for someone who is just 41ears old kobe bryanwas more than just a basketball player. he was a global icon koby had just retired from the nbin 2016 after a 20 year career with thlakers. he won 5 championships, 2 olympic gold mels and mvp award and was an 18 time nba all-star he scored 33,643 careerpoints in the nba up until saturday that was god fo 3rd most in nba history until last night when that career scing list. on him on passing kobe bryant who was one of his idols happy just to be in any conversation with kobe b

committee on intelligence. congresswoman maxine waters. and madam chair of the oversight committee. congressman mr. chairman man ellot angle from the foreign affairs committee and the chairman of the ways and means committee. we thank them for all of their difficult work. we honor our darling cummings who said one day when we are dancing with the angels what we will see about what we did at this difficult time in our country? i am proud mr. nadler and mr. schiff are part of our managers. i want to acknowledge our other managers who are with us. a freshman member -- should not say freshman. they have been here one year. accomplished great things. jason crow from colorado. congresswoman val demings from the state of florida. congresswoman garcia of texas. are we all here? where is hakim? from new york. is that everybody? for the nixon impeachment she was a staffer for a judiciary committee don edwards of california. and on the judiciary committee in the clinton impeachment and now the judiciary chair of house administration which oversees elections and a manager. with that, i thank them all for their leadership and their service. i am going to proceed to sign the articles. >> [silence]. >> bret: s

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committee, and madam chair of the oversight committee, and congressman and mr. chairman eliot engel of the foreign affairs committee, and richie neil, chairman of the ways and means committee. we thank them for all of their difficult work. we honor our darling elijah cummings who said that one day when we are dancing with the angels, what will we say about what we did at this difficult time in our country's history. and then i'm very proud that mr. nadler and mr. schiff are part of the managers, but i want to acknowledge the other managers who are with us a. fre. a freshman member and i should not say freshman, but been here one year and accomplished great things congressman jason crow of colorado. congresswoman val demings of the state of florida. congresswoman garcia of texas. where is hakeem? our distinguished chair of the caucus, and hakeem jeffries of new york. is that everybody? and zoe lofgren, and this is zoe's third impeachment, and here for the nixon impeachment, and staffer, and for a judiciary committee member don edwards of california, and she was a member of the judiciary committee of the clinton impeachment in her own right, and member of the judic

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chairman elliott engle of the foreign affairs committee and richie neal, chairman of the ways and means committee. we thank them for all of their difficult work and we honor our darling elijah cummings who said one day we are dancing with the angels but what would we say about what we did at this difficult time in our country's history? and then i'm very proud that mr. nadler and mr. schiff are part of our managers but i want to acknowledge our other managers with us. freshman member -- but i shouldn't say freshman. been here one year. accomplished great things. congressman jason crow of colorado. congresswoman val demings of the state of florida. congresswoman garcia of texas. are we all here? where's hakeem? hakeem our distinguished chairman of the caucus, senator hakeem jeffries of washington. and zoe lofgren. this is her third impeachment. for nixon she was a staffer for a judiciary committee member don edwards of california. she was a member of the judiciary committee in clinton impeachment and in her own right and a member of the judiciary committee and now member of the judiciary

the president's tax returns will immediately be sent from the irs to the chairman of the ways and means committeeose senators and house members, but especially these senators should know that they are now possibly one year away from the full release of every single document that's in contention here, and their votes will be measured against that information when it comes out a year from now. >> the chance they're taking, the presumption is that it's not going to be a different president. and they're taking that chance, i think, in some measure because of what we see today. some people are forgetting that this actually is about the integrity of the 2020 election. there's legislation like the shield act, which was sponsored by zoe lofgren that's designed to prevent foreign governments from being able to get campaign information, disclosures of foreign governments and political advertisements and so forth, and all those bills, there are about ten bills. they're sitting in the senate. senate leadership will not allow those bills to move that are designed to protect our election. so the chance some pe

the president's tax returns will immediately p sent from the irs to the chairman of the ways and means committee. those senators and house members, but especially these senators should know that they are now possibly one year away from the full release of every single document that's in contention here. their votes will be measured against that information when it comes out. >> but the chance they're taking, the presumption is that it's not going to be a different president. and they're taking that chance i think in some measure because of what we see today. i think some people are forgetting that this actually is about the integrity of the 2020 election. it's about what the claim is that the president tried to do with regard to the 2020 election. and even as we sit here and as we watch this impeachment there's legislation like the shield act which was sponsored by zoe lofgren that's designed to prevent some of the things that happened in 2016 from happening again, preventing foreign governments and being able to get campaign information, disclosures of foreign governments and political advertis

the president's tax returns will immediately be sent from the irs to the chairman of the ways and means committee. especially these senators should know they are now possibliay y year away from the full release of every document in contention here and their votes will be measured against that information when it comes on out a year from now. >> the presumption is that it is not going to be a different president. they are taking the chance in some measure because of what we see today. they are forgetting this is about the integrity of the 2020 election, the claim that the president tried to do this with the 2020 election. there is legislation like the shield act that is designed to prevent some of the things that happened in 2016 from happening again. preventing foreign governments from getting campaign information, disclosures of foreign governments and political advertisements. there are about ten bills that are sitting in the senate. senate leadership will not allow the bills to be moved. the chance people are taking is that they don't have to worry about what happens in january of next year an

he also serves on the ways and means committee. man, thanks so much for joining. >> good to be with you. >> we're on our way to a senate trial of the president. since the house impeached -- and you voted, of course, against it, new evidence has come to light, including documents that show direct communications between the white house and those who were delaying this aid. we have a new witness, one who has raised his hand, john bolton. shouldn't senators be able to see that new evidence before making a decision on the president's guilt or innocence? >> well, you know, i hesitate to tell senators what to do. i think the senate is going to do its work. i am glad to see the impeachment moving to the senate. the sooner this gets addressed and closed, the sooner we can get back to the business of the american people. >> well, let's say you're not advising senators but just giving your opinion as a sitting member of congress in the house. what would you do? isn't more evidence better than less? >> if i had an ability to do that, i would ha

darren lahood from state of illinois back at white house signing, member of ways and means committee, co-chair of the u.s.-china working group as well. congressman, you dealt with these issues a lot. a big day for you as well, to be there, watch this happen. let me dive into the specifics. we'll talk about agriculture in a moment important to many farmers in your state, other states. to follow up on edward's reporting on intellectual property. i will put another segment of the deal up on the screen. after 30 days after the date of entry into this agreement, china will promulgate an action plan to strengthen intellectual property protection aimed at promoting high quality growth. if that action plan is not up to snuff, congressman, as edward reports there could be, you could drop out of the deal, tariffs could come back on. all kind of things could happen. what makes you believe this time china means it, they won't go back on their word? >> first of all today was historic day for america. i thought the president did an excellent job in the signing ceremony, talking about importance wha

the president's tax returns will immediately p sent from the irs to the chairman of the ways and means committeend house members, but especially these senators should know that they are now possibly one year away from the full release of every single document that's in contention here. their votes will be measured against that information when it comes out. >> but the chance they're taking, the presumption is that it's not going to be a different president. and they're taking that chance i think in some measure because of what we see today. i think some people are forgetting that this actually is about the integrity of the 2020 election. it's about what the claim is that the president tried to do with regard to the 2020 election. and even as we sit here and as we watch this impeachment there's legislation like the shield act which was sponsored by zoe lofgren that's designed to prevent some of the things that happened in 2016 from happening again, preventing foreign governments and being able to get campaign information, disclosures of foreign governments and political advertisements and so fort

he spent 14 years on the staff of the most important and best committee, the house ways and means committee. he and his colleagues were given a prize for social science for being champions of the public good and advocates for public policy. he is a pioneer in his field. we also have the chief executive officer of the data core. he helped craft the milestone foundation. he has worked with numerous federal agencies and congressional committees to design effective data evaluation and privacy policies. professor of economics at notre dame. go irish. he has been a visiting scholar at the national poverty center and at the university of chicago. he founded a lab for economic opportunity, on which i serve the board. these three gentlemen will come up and answer profound questions on the future of policy and evidence. [applause] good morning. askedlly am the one being these questions. to be an interviewer is a fun thing for me. i want to ask each of you to comment on this. the evaluation officers and arguments changing around working toward these results? how do you see the federal government actua

because of the work of the chairman of the ways and means committee will also make vast improvement. would not have been able to pass the bill. >> she said she made a team that made vast improvement to the deal. lance, republican from texas joined us now. how much credit does speaker pelosi deserve for usmc. >> she deserves all the credit for holding this thing up for 14 months. after the president negotiated that she and democrats held it up for 14 months. that is what she gets credit for. it is so ridiculous to see them now wind that they were not invited to the white house for assigning party. these are their priorities. if they'd been invited they would not have gone. it's always something with the democrats that are running the house. but nancy pelosi has held the agreement out and waited until the last possible minute when vulnerable democrats in swing districts said we have to get this passed and we have to deliver something always done is impeachment. >> i know you're in congress and the house of representatives but i want, on impeachment which is going to the senate. it look

in 1986, he spent 14 years on the staff of the most important and the best committee in the house of representatives, the house ways and means committee and subsequently appointed to be the senior advisor to president trump and welfare policy. he and his colleague were awarded the 2016 monahan prize by the american academy of political and social science for being champions of the public good and advocates for public policy based on science research. he is a pioneer in his field. nick hart, nick hart is the keefe chief executive officer of data coalition which will be playing an incredibly important role in this future endeavor, the policy making act, including the open government data act and worked with numerous federal agencies and congressional committees to design effective data, evaluation and privacy policies over the past decade. jim sullivan. professor jim sullivan is a gilbert schaeffer college professor of economics at notre dame. go irish. he has been a visiting scholar at the poverty center and chicago harris school. the consumption, borrowing, behavior of poor households and how welfare and taxes affects the we

i want to thank the ways and means committee for letting us squat in their room. ank you to the c-span cameraman, thank you for sweating with us in here, and to the person doing the transcription, thank you. and to our committee staff for putting together such a thoughtful panel. without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit additional written questions for the witnesses to the chair which will be forwarded to the witnesses for their response. i ask our witnesses to please respond as promptly as you are able. without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. thanks, everybody. [ applause ] [ indiscernible conversation ] [ indiscernible conversation ] >>> weeknights this week, we have featured american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight we focus on president ronald reagan, beginning with celebrities who participated in a variety of club

i want to thank the ways and means committee for letting us squat in their room. c-spanou to the cameraman for sweating with us in here and for the person doing the transcription, thank you. to our staff for putting together such a thoughtful panel. objection, we will have five days i asked our witnesses to please respond as promptly as you are able. without objection, all members will have five legislative days with which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record and with that, this hearing is adjourned. thanks, everybody. newsmakersk, interviewed the number two democrat on the foreign relations committee. senator vitter card and of maryland talks about u.s.-iran relations, the nuclear deal, and discusses the u.s.-mexico-canada trade deal approved by the senate. watch today at 10:00 a.m. and again on 6:00 eastern on c-span. you can hear it on c-span radio and watch online at c-span.org. the white house did not release a weekly address from the president. senator kit -- tim kaine of virginia gave the democratic address talking about p

right where he served as a member of the house ways and means committee. he loved the house. memberd and john paul, a of the house transportation committee, they were freshmen together and he spoke fondly of this house and served him well when he was vice president and president of the united states. my wife martha and i think about one thing. we had the pleasure to know over 40e years and worked for for four years. everybody has hen when you are at school, there is a form, in case of emergency and there is a blank and you are supposed to put a friend's name, a neighbor's name, a colleague's name. when we think of george and barbara bush, we think of that form. in case of an emergency, call george bush. call barbara bush. because that's what they were. they were neighbors. in their soul as the ranking member of north carolina said, service was at the heart, whether pushing the cart across the randall's parking lot or serving cookies in the mansion p here in washington, d.c.,, service was at the heart. service was at the heart, that was george and barbara bush. you think about

i want to thank the ways and means committee for letting a spot in their room. ank you to c-span cameraman, thank you for sweating with us in here and to the person doing the transcription, thank you, and to our committee staff for putting together such a thoughtful panel. without objection, all members will have five legislative days within weeks to submit additional questions for the witnesses to the chair which will be forwarded to the witnesses for their response. i ask all witnesses to please respond as promptly as you are able. without objection, all members will have five legislative days with which to submit extraneous material for inclusion in the record and with that, this hearing is adjourn. thank you, everybody.

deficit, taxes, today's signing and more congressman kevin brady, ranking member of the ways and means committeeof tax cuts congressman. anything. >>> so congressional budget office, excuse me, was pretty clear yesterday that the tax cuts and stronger economic growth is reducing the deficit by over $700 billion over the next decade and make it clear to if the individual cuts aren't made permanent growth will slow and deficits will increase so job number one is to make the cuts permanent for families and small businesses secondly, we believe there's more growth to be had in the economy. we are developing a growth agenda for the 2020 election in contrast to the democrats taxing agenda and part of that will be making sure that america is the most innovation friendly country in the planet and our global competitors are really aggressive here. six countries have already lowered their corporate rate since we did they have very aggressive innovation tax policies. i think the country that wins the innovation race wins the future on the globe so that means jobs, more opportunities for families and yeah,

what's really going to solve climate change the bill now waits for hearing before the house ways and means committeeting in washington, i'm morgan right. >>and coming up after the break new a city leaders in new orleans are fighting an uphill battle as they try to explain protesters why it's taken months to recover the bodies of 2 peopl good morning we're back on kron 4 news we can and what a difference an hour makes yes about an hour ago are taking a live look outside the golden gate bridge and then plenty of clouds and still is to look like a storm even the tip of the golden gate bridge a little bit of fog but that has since cleared at least for that area. >>other parts of the bay area though still seeing some patchy fog. some behind you there. yeah, that's berkeley actually a berkeley camera and then also on we're still seeing some fog as well and then other parts of the bay area the south bay we're seeing low clouds still and even some light spotty showers yeah, it all depends on where you are in the bay area. that's why i love the microclimates care. >>in our region so they're saying seeing mia

- had a very fruitful hour and a half with kevin brady, and i believe chairman of houses ways and means committeesulting with our friends in the senate and we are all working together on this, i don't want to get specific, but i just -- look, we want to aim this at middle-class tax relief, we want to aim this at even faster economic growth going out second term, i don't want to get specifics, i feel compelled, i don't know where the payroll tax cut stuff comes from, it's not high on the list, there are a number of other issues, again, for middle class, income tax brackets, you mentioned the earned income, that's something we are looking at, we will certainly keep the child tax credits, the kiddy tax credits and so forth, we might want to make permanent on the individual side and on the corporate side, i'm thinking especially of expensing, immediate expensing which is a very powerful tonic for business investment. stuart: are you basically saying, look, reelect president trump for 4 more years and you'll get fiscal stimulus, that's it, isn't it? >> you'll get lower tax rates and lower tax burdens,

now obviously i want to thank you and thank the ways and means committee as well as industry stakeholders in the nh pco. for working with me on legislation to improve the programs and to ensure that the most vulnerable patients are provided services that they need. in a setting that they can trust. now mr. banach, if i could, as you know, the only remedy for hospice providers that are cited with significant deficiencies was removal from the medicare program, correct? >> correct. that is correct. sumac on the oig recommended cms have alternative sanctions for hospice which are included in the hospice program integrity bill introduced by portman and cardin. how will hospice providers adapt to those types of alternative sanctions? >> congressman thank you for your leadership around this. we are fully supported of the idea that we really have to do three things around this program integrity. one is better education, one is better transparency for consumers and the third which were just talking about is better oversight. hospice providers or get a have to adapt. the fact is that the ones were

of how we shaped and altered the president's proposal that came up originally before the ways and means committee anti-task force had a chance to alter it. >> we take you live now to the u.s. house of representatives which today is considering legislation to change the nation's credit reporting system and give more consumers more power over what's in their credit reports. the house will also vote for legislation to extend a ban onp synthetic opioids. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by e guest chaplain, rabbi romi cohen, congregation in brooklyn, new york. the chaplain: almighty, may the words of my mouth declare your praise. the profound humility and deep appreciation i stand before you. as a young boy of 13 years, i was condemned to be dead, to be murdered along with my entire family and including my -year-old little sister. by one evil man, may his name be erased forever. but my life was spared. . was saved by my father by you, o lord, the father of the universe, who brought me to these shores -- to the shores of this beautiful country, the united

couple of things that are too far. 90% of what he proposed was in the bill house ways and means and energy commerce committeen amendment when we debated speaker pelosi's bill. host: we will go to john, democratic caller. guest: i would like to know if you were successful in stopping insurance, will that also cover noncustodial parents ordered by the court to insuranceheir medical . if it is not available through employer, they have to pay for medicaid? are you going to declare all of us citizens of the united states covered by the constitution? of theall citizens united states are covered by the constitution. custodial arrangements are deadly set forth in the court papers -- generally set forth in the court papers, in the divorce requirements. there are plenty of places where there are -- there is room for improvement. he did not state what his problem was. his representative for the house or one of his united states senators can do a constituent inquiry on his behalf. we do that sort of stuff all the time in my office. sometimes we are successful and sometimes we are not. in a complicated case, rather than

for the big deal people who have committees on ways and means where you can extort companies for donationsthose folks have to give up $2 million. aoc has gone out there and she raises small dollar donations from all across the country, but she's raised the most money out of anyone in congress last year, she raised $5 million. what the dccc says is need to kick in some of what you raise when you're out there to the parties so we can support candidates who don't have the fund-raising power. aoc is not a team player. we've seen that from day one. the problem is politics, especially in congress, is a team sport. if you don't have the majority, you really don't have any power. the party can come back and punish her by not putting her on committees, not letting her legislation see the light of day, but she's not going on with the basic rules. she said things like, my college loans are still $20,000, yet i get a bill for $250,000? which is totally disingenuous because she raised 5 million. that money didn't go for her college loans but that's campaign money. she won't kick it into the party. >> t

favor the environment and the common good or those that mean the more land you own the more money you are paid and. the different parties make their way over to the agriculture committee. will also be there and will face powerful opponents. in the old industry and if the food industry and its representatives here in parliament so powerful i believe things would be moving in a different direction neal but the food industry depends on direct payment subsidies to be able to compete in export markets of export mark to. martin one thing wants to see an eco friendly agricultural policy as do environmental and consumer protection groups the e.u.'s farming policy is hammered out here by the agricultural committee which side will end up getting its way albert desa is the c.e.o. of a major dairy producer. is an organic farmer. and maria noise is a former teacher. if i'm not talking to phil kogan is the european commissioner for agriculture and rural development and an advocate of area based subsidies. to ensure a full standard of living for the community in particular where increasing the areas of persons engaged in. one time for martine hoisting to have his say. also house lea

yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, the distinguished chairman of the committee on ways and means. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i want to say in support of the position adopted by my friend mr. shimkus, there are a lot of things that the appropriators do around here that i don't like. i rise today in full support of h.r. 535, the pfas action act. this will significantly help communities around the country that have contaminated water supplies due to their pfas chemicals. this bill is also an extension of the good work the house accomplished last year with many provisions relating to pfas contamination in the national defense authorization act. one in my district has been particularly affected by these substances because of a past use of certain types of fire fighting foams for the aircraft fires at barnes air force national guard base. mr. neal: unfortunately, the situation of westfield is hardly unique. for years, cities and towns around the nation have been trying to resolve this problem with very little help