I this hearing is an hour. I want to thank everybody for getting here sort of in a rush. Were going to have to vote a little after 3 00. I think theres like six votes and there may not be a rezmption of the hearing. So were going to get to it and have a good discussion. Today were going to look at the federal governments role in funding research. Im concerned that government system of supporting research have inefficient and often incents haves the wrong thing which leads to wasted taxpayer dollars. Weve posted examples like this National Science Foundation Study which had money being spent on ugandan gambling habits and we do it year after year. Senator langford found investigating if kids dont like food that has been sneezed on. Are you more or less likely to eat the food in the buffet line if someone sneezes on it. And who could forget the shrimp found on the treadmill. I remember as a kid in the 1970s seeing senator william describe wastes such as this as he gave his Golden Fleece
I this hearing is an hour. I want to thank everybody for getting here sort of in a rush. Were going to have to vote a little after 3 00. I think theres like six votes and there may not be a rezmption of the hearing. So were going to get to it and have a good discussion. Today were going to look at the federal governments role in funding research. Im concerned that government system of supporting research have inefficient and often incents haves the wrong thing which leads to wasted taxpayer dollars. Weve posted examples like this National Science Foundation Study which had money being spent on ugandan gambling habits and we do it year after year. Senator langford found investigating if kids dont like food that has been sneezed on. Are you more or less likely to eat the food in the buffet line if someone sneezes on it. And who could forget the shrimp found on the treadmill. I remember as a kid in the 1970s seeing senator william describe wastes such as this as he gave his Golden Fleece
Should receive one, were interested in hearing what you would do with it. Would you save, would you spend it, invest it, do other . Let us known our first hour. What would you do with a tax cut . Weve divided the lines differently. If you make under 50,000, call us, 2027488000. If you make between 50,000 and 100,000, 2027488001. And if you make over 100,000, 2027488002. You can also reach us at twitter and give us your thoughts, cspanwj. Several people posting on facebook this morning, facebook. Com cspan. Washington post features a photo with President Trump and members of the Senate Finance Committee Meeting at the white house yesterday in his effort to try to sell members of the committee, particularly democrats, on the republican plan for tax reform. During that time with the committee, the president laid out specifics of what he hopes to see and how it might benefit americans. Heres the president from yesterday. President trump we are doubling the amount of income that is taxed at
In a side arbucarticle that the Washington Post report on the fiscal cliff this morning. Heres an article from Washington Times now this is from politico. A situation that was in the paper couple weeks ago. Looks li finally, before we go to phone calls, this article from the daily caller again, that is reported in the daily caller. We begin with a call from diane in julian, california, on our democratic line. Caller good morning, peter. My prediction came true, reelecting a president. Women against violence acts, being held up by the house. John boehner and the Republican House majority leader eric cantor. I tweeted last night quiet late saying the republicans are going to gang up on john boehner. There is an article in the New York Times showing they feel he is dragging his feet and waiting until january 3. I also understand that the chairman of the government oversight and Reform Committee darrell issa, which is from our district here, is holding up the vote on the women against viol
He was finishing a press conference down the hall. With every passing day, the republicans are calling on john banner to guarantee tax cuts to the middle class. Today, sen. Cornyn will be the second ranking republican next congress. Theyll call upon john bennett to the reasonable thing. They will have this below sooner or later. Those rates go up by operational law on dec. 31. Luol and he said this all, this is true. Within threequarters of the American People including 61 of republicans agree with john corn john cornyn that they cannot be held hostage were giveaways to billionaires. He cannot ignore the American People forever. At some point reality should set in. The only question is how much the trusts sole class families and how much they will have to endure during this process. Many other pieces of business critical to middleclass families that we will be working on if we resolve the fiscal cliffs. The three leaders here with me will talk about that today. They are waiting and wai