tighten sanctions on russia and iran. why is that not getting done if this congress is truly serious? now that the senate has some time on its hands, it should fix the constitutional problem in the bill. as you know, less than a week ago, this solution was suggested by the ways and means committee. it should fix that bill and send it back because our goal is to pass this measure as soon as possible. we need to send this message. this message to putin and russia that there will be consequences for their intervention in undermining democracies around the world and this is a good way to do it. the vote was 97-2 in the senate and the vote also will be very strong in the house. but we need to have that fix done and the bill sent over. hopefully before the fourth of july recess. that would be the time to do it. bill: some are suggesting that bill has been watered down.
area. the agency has not signed any contracts yet but is reviewing proposals. bill: the idea of guaranteed income, minimum income for every american is being floated by some really rich people. their concern is with technology, the technology will eliminate millions of jobs. certainly there are critics in all this and james rosen has a look at that this morning. good morning. good morning. whether a universal basic income would replace the social safety net already provided by state and federal governments or would supplement is one of the critical aspects of this plan that arouses debate. the concept of a guaranteed income is undeniably experiencing a revival of sorts. mark zuckerberg endorsed the idea in his harvard commencement address and musk has spoken in favor of it. forecasting 40 to 50% of all jobs in the united states today will be eliminated due to
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with me now is marsha blackburn. is the big message in all of this is difficulty in trying to take back an entitlement after it has been signed into law? the difficulty is trying to unravel. the american people want to see it off the books. the escalation rate in insurance premiums is something that makes it unaffordable. the deductibles make it unusable and we knew it would be tough and we d have to do it in phases. phase one is what we re doing right now, the reconciliation bill. budget reconciliation. we can do things that fit within that framework and we re already working on our third phase which is medical malpractice reforms across state line purchase of insurance, my bill and bill: those are big deals. do you get a sense of disappointment the senate did not move forward? we re all disappointed they didn t move forward. we sent them a great foundation
message in advance not to do it in order to save lives. bill: if that s not the desired outcome, it s to make sure he does not act again. if the previous act did not convince him, how far do we go next time? so far it s convinced now. now there is evidence that they re preparing or thinking about another attack in terms of the steps that have been taken. so they re on notice not to do that otherwise that squadron again would this new squadron would be taken out. i think that s a strong message to send in advance by our ambassador nikki haley and by this administration. bill: there are some who question, including charles krauthammer, as to why you go public with this. he said this last night here. it is a new line and the real question is why was this a public threat on our part? we are now at a really high point of escalation because there will be no doubt if the