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Sanctions. We will not get any sanctions because the other countries will not go with it. Host ok, we are all out of time on capitol hill right now. Before the Senate Finance Committee Testimony to be had about protecting taxpayers from schemes and scams during the 2015 tax Filing Season. That is the topic. We will bring you live coverage on cspan. Welcome. The Committee Meets to talk about growing criminal activity that is threatening taxpayers across the country. These criminal acts are preven...

Years. Somebody needs to deal with that. You could take everything the 1 in america own including their dog and not come close to balancing the budget. You cannot tax your way out of this problem. You could eliminate the department of defense in every other department we have and not balance the budget. Two thirds of spending his entitlement spending and interest on debt. By 2042, all of the money you pay in taxes will go to pay the bills for medicare the security. Social security. The system ca...

Some russian making a mistake, a loose nuke idea. Do you lose sleep over that . Director brennan it has the potential for some type of cycle that was not the intention of either side. When there is a lot of violence going on that will provoke a reaction. And just a quick series of reactions to that. Whether we are talking about ukraine or the situation between north and south korea, that spark has the potential. That is why it is important to call attention to these issues. This is the time to t...

That is long overdue as far as im concerned and well get into it. I have to apologize. Senator widen is not here yesterday. But hes coming. In this town especially right here on this committee, we often talk in terms of hundreds of millions, billions or even trillions of dollars. Some joke about a number called budget dust even if that number has nine or 10 zeros behind it. But let me tell you about a number that is truly stunning, 15,800 dollars. Thats saved through hard work, sacrifice and hon...

Maude barlow is the worlds preeminent water rights activist. If you google the phrase water rights activist she is the only person named in the result. She chairs the board for the member of the council of canadians food and water watch and the world future council. She holds 12 honorary doctorates and has received numerous awards for her work on water rights, most recently, the earth care award. She is highly published and her latest is blue future. Protecting water for people on the planet for...

Quarter of a million times already. Nobody wants to be a burden. I think thats so at any age. Dr. Baldwin . One of the innovations i want to bring forward is something that weve been charged with at cdc. That is to think about the connection between clinical medicine and Public Health. In early september, all the cdc leadership was sent a note saying, how can we improve prevention in health care . He outlined four specific areas that i think crosswalk nicely with transportation. The first was to...

Is the need not only to keep our promises to the retired community, should be considered, invulnerable in my view, but also everyones commitment to people in active service that they have the best training, best equipment, that the families have the best opportunities while they serve. And thats one of the fundamental tensions were trying to deal with. Is that accurate, admiral . Yes, sir, it is. I would add if i could, the only real interest that i have in deliberately doing this is silly to ma...

, want to plug my colleague senator rockefeller for making significant efforts to bridge the chasm between the committee and the director on some of these issues. It does not appear to be in the directors nature to accept these overtures, frankly. I think that is incredibly unfortunate. I am fully confident in the factual accuracy of the report and nothing in your response so far has persuaded me otherwise. Director brennan, let me get to a few questions. On march 16 2009, 1 of your predecessors...

The meeting will come to order. I will say at the outset that we hold this hearing to provide information to the public on the Intelligence Communitys assessment of threats facing our nation. I ask that everyone in this room remove any signs you may have and refrain from any disruption during the hearing so that the committee can conduct the hearings and people sitting behind you can see. I will ask the Capitol Police to remove anyone who disrupt this proceeding. Today inittee meets open session...

Ok. The other person in the car was one of my best friends. I did not know. I did not really recognize that at the site of the crash. I think because i prayed over and over for him to be ok and then he wasnt. I thought nobody listened. God was not listening. My prayer was not answer. I went through a very long time of not believing. Not believing that prayers could be answered. Time and a lotng of growing up to come back. Laura bush monday night at 9 00 eastern on cspan and c span3 and cspan rad...