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As you see in the chart, its been a fast and furious increase. sean, weve never seen prices rise this quickly for the period of one week. the last time we saw anything like it was back in 2005 when hurricane katrina hit. thats at the national average up $0.49 a gallon in one week. as i sit here this evening, the national average is up $0.61 a gallon. thats only for gasoline, sean. the price of diesel there in your shot, you see it, $6.99, the price of diesel nationwide is about to skyrocket to $...

Well, into ways. one, texas. the build back better plan, it raises taxes on corporations, but they dont pay taxes, you pay taxes. it raises taxes on small businesses, individuals, and families and after they take a bite of the apple, when you die, they will take an extra $0.61 of every dollar you might have in your piggy bank. everyone in america will bill the impact of these taxes. it doesnt matter if youre wealthy, poor, middle-class, somewhere in between. reparations, businesses, will not sit...

Single penny? well, into ways. one,ax texas. the build back better plan, it raises taxes on corporations, but they dont pay taxes, you pay taxes. it raises taxes on small businesses, individuals, and families and after they take a bite of the apple, when you die, they will take an extra $0.61 of every dollar you might have inin your piggy bank. everyone in america will bill the impact of these taxes. it doesnt matter if youre wealthy, poor, middle-class, somewhere in between. reparations, busine...

Mulvaney, talking to new york reporters and basically saying its new yorks problem, its new yorks own fault, that is not a good way to be a spokesman for the administration. that hurts all republicans were running for office, it makes it sound like the administration is anti-new york. my district is a democratic district, president trump carried it. its going to be hard to keep caring district like that if they think the administration is giving up on new york. thats part of why thats what i sai...

Tax reform bill which is going to raise their taxes. they are the areas that are hurt the most. my suburban district voted for barack obama twice, voted for donald trump by nine points. it was a 14-point turnaround and they are going to lose most of their property tax deduction, all of the state income tax deduction, the family of four will lose $18,000, the individual exemption, medical bills youll lose that especially if they have someone with a long term illness. all of that this is going to ...

Be moving in the right direction. >> sandra: it reminds me of something i had in front of me. the va health care costs are eating the defense department alive. i thought that was important to get in there and we did talk about the change that is being brought about for our veterans in the va on the state. >> no doubt about that. health care costs are rising in the private sector for every american, and its certainly no different inside the united states military and inside the va. health care is...

20% for defense, 2% for homeland security, 2% for education, 6% to pay interest on the federal debt. whats left funds all the other functions of government, road building, veterans, national parks, you name it. taxes dont cover it all. in fact, out of each dollar spent by the federal government this year, only $0.61 is paid for by taxes. $0.39 is borrowed. many experts call that figure stunning. >> the fact that were borrowing so much is okay in a year coming out of recession but its incredibly ...