Representative Mcdermott News Today

The Department of Taxation says its cracking down on landlords when it comes to the General Excise Tax. COVID rental assistance has prompted this move.

Dr. Mehmet Oz announced that he's running for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 but lives in New Jersey. Despite believing in homeopathy, he may not be the worst.

With military force. and we need to do the things from the intelligence side that will gather us the information so that we can intercept. i mean, what happened to new york in 2001 was we could have known it if we had been able to coordinate our intelligence at that point. we didnt do that. weve got to do a better job at coordinating our intelligence. >> representative mcdermott, im going to switch gears here, sir, and ask you about the house ways and means irs hearing the other day. i know that...

Reduced food stamp benefits. the automatic cuts are a prelude to who are cuts down the line. republicans have proposed a new cut, as much as $39 billion. take a listen to how some of them rationalize the cuts at this weeks farm bill conference. >> why does the safety net need reform? because people are getting tangled in it. the house ends benefits for individuals that quite honestly dont qualify for them. >> asking people to work in return for food stamp programs is not any form of cruel or unu...

>> representative mcdermott, you may have seen the web video that was put out by speaker boehner this week in which he asks, why is the obama administration willing to negotiate with putin on syria but not with congress to address washingtons spending problem. thats john boehner saying that. what do you make of his argument there? >> well, its somewhat disingenuous from the speaker. the president has offered, again and again to sit down with people. but the republicans never come out with a prop...

Presidents mired down in the quicksand of iraq. i think that there is not -- there should be no guns. there should be no people. and if we give them apache helicopters, were just going to have them in the hands of the rebels as shortly as you can shake a stick because thats whats happening p. the iraqi army is going over to the sunni -- or to isis, whatever the group is thats taking on maliki. theyre trying to get rid of maliki. >> representative mcdermott, how much are you concerned, though, si...