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Health care to prisoners of war simply because i want that standard to be available to our soldiers in future wars. The standard we set today could follow us into the next war, and unfortunately, there will be. But having to take him off the ship because he was sick is no excuse to stop the interrogation to gather intelligence. Putting him on the ship because you dont want to use Guantanamo Bay is an illconceived and designed strategy that its not changed or replaced is going to come back to hau...

On the sidelines of an asian summit, treasury secretary assured partners. China is the biggest holder of u. S. Debt. It holds about 1. 2 trillion. Fidelity says it no longer holds any u. S. Government debt that comes due in late october or early november, around the time the nation could hit its borrowing limit. The nations largest money manager has been selling Government Debt holdings over the last couple of weeks. Fidelity says it expects the debt ceiling issue to be resolved. Thats the good ...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] here we go. The committee will come to order. On january 27, 1838, a young state legislator named Abraham Lincoln spoke before a gathering in springfield, illinois. At the time, america was a deeply divided nation. Lincoln warned that the g...

He said it got fixed within a month and a half, he said it was up and running and then he said now its working the way its supposed to. According to the president of the United States healthcare. Gov is now working the way its supposed to. Mr. President , the president of the United States is in denial. This is an incredible statement that he has made. I find it especially hard to believe when i looked at the Washington Post the next morning on monday, the day after the president s interview whe...

Is a very reasonable people here in congress. There are many who want to do what is right. There are many who want to Work Together to conduct the business of our nation. I would say to them in all my colleagues, now is the time. Now its time for for congress to stop fighting battles. Now is the time for congress to come together to do what is right for the nation and now is the time for congress to come together and fulfill americas financial obligations. I began my remarks and i thought approp...

Cost of tax reductions. The alternative minimum tax is 28 . If your tax rate was lowered to 25 . You still have to pay 28 . That is correct. For incomes between to london thousand dollars and 500,000, the effective tax rate is 35 . You hit the 35 rate and incomes fire lower than the income levels at which you would hit the 35 rate and regular tax. Why do they call it a patch . It is a one time year by year patch to stop the broad expansion. You could ask why they call it a cliff. They have discu...

Benefits in place after they were shut off by the shutdown. We will get all those stories this morning and we are opening up our phone lines to you to hear your thoughts on day 10 of the Government Shutdown and how it may be impacting you. Give us a call you can also catch up with us on your social media pages or e mail us. A very good thursday morning to you. I want to bring you the latest front page headlines about the government shut down, day 10, the front page of the richmond times. Jersey ...

Painful recession. Were not interested in negotiating on those terms because its not in the best interest of the American People. Im pleased that weve been joined by the distinguished representative from the great state of california, let me now yield time to representative barbara lee. Mr. Lee thank you very much. First let me thank you, both congressman jeffries and congress mrman horsford, for your tremendous leadership, your vigilance and your diligence. And we appreciate your conducting the...

Here are the figures, when you look at it. Oecd started after world war ii. You could at least tell what the revenue was. We did know what the gdp was. No. And we are now, all governments, spending 42 of the gdp. And we want to make any effort to stop that . Or are we discussing to say it has never stopped before . I think the earlier Social Security, not fully implemented. There was no medicare. It has been pretty stable since 1980. It goes up and down with the business cycle, but it is pretty ...

Ridiculous the way we kind of lost, i think, our bearings on what economics is. Another thing thats burning me about verybodys talking backing the american dollars. What i was taught when i was in college is that the goods and services that a country produces is what backs the currency. If youre not producing anything, you havent got any backing. Alan you said youre a farmer. What do you grow . Farmer rancher. Wheat and corn and alfalfa hay. And thats another thing, we have a direct payment that...