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Remember what clyburn said that her majority whip. he said this is the time to restructure into their vision government. this isn't about oversight. sounds like pure politics. really the speaker should be focused on what we need to deliver to the american public let's take care of the crisis at hand right now. we have five different oversights already looking at this. and this is what she comes up with? we need to implement the trillions of dollars that we just said that we passed. let's get it to small business. let's get people continuing to work. let's make sure we get that 140 billion out ...

>> last year we spent $140 billion on alzheimer's patients. and by the time all the baby boomers are retired it's 15 or 16 million. which would raise the total cost up to 600 billion. which would be the same as the defense budget this year. >> the more the public is aware and it's just a decision we have to make, the better off and the healthier america will be, especially in terms of alzheimer's. so we con be better served than glen campbell -- i mean, getting on the stage and singing, that must be fun. right? coming to congressional offices, that's really generous. >> do you know where you'r...

How would you pay for wiping out a good chunk of that? >> the way you pay for the program going forward is a 1% tax on for profit and not-for-profit corporations. if you put 1% against $24 trillion which is the revenue those entities put forward, approximately $140 billion of that will go forward with additional $100 billion used to reduce the amount of money already barred by the u.s. treasury and put out to the market. >> i don't want to get too much in the weeds what you are talking a tax on revenue. usually in america we have income tax on money that you have made but a revenue tax is some...

Welcome back to "hardball." after initially telling reporters that the government lacked the resources to fight the fires in the amazon rainforest, and now under increasing international pressure, brazilian president bolsonaro late today signed an order deploying federal troops finally to battle the fires. this comes amid dire warnings from scientists that say losing just 20% of brazil's rainforest could accelerate global warming. as "business insider" reports, these fires coupled with deforestation losses, could destroy so many trees that they trigger a doomsday scenario for the world's large...

Welcome back to "hardball." after initially telling reporters that the government lacked the resources to fight the fires in the amazon rain forest, and now under increasing international pressure, brazilian president bolsonaro late today signed an order deploying federal troops finally to battle the fires. this comes amid dire warnings from scientists that say losing just 20% of brazil's rain forest could accelerate global warming. as business insider reports, quote, these fires coupled with the deforestation losses could detry so many trees that they trigger a dooms' day scenario for the rai...