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That put more money in the hands of hardworking americans. I would like to remember a formercolleague and a chairman of the committee who recently passed away, the new mexico senator that was a true ledcal conservative and pul members of both parties together. I know that we all appreciate his service and sacrifice as a member of this great committee. This budget resolution begins the process of pursuing the overdue tax reform that will jumpstart Economic Growth and it starts with creating the fiscal framework and Holding Back Investment and american productivity. There has been positive the t...

Of the Budget Committee. Good morning and welcome to our first day of markup for 2018, focusing on growing the economy through tax policies that put more money in the hands of hardworking americans. I would like to remember a former colleague and a former chairman of the committee who recently passed away, the new mexico senator that was a true fiscal conservative and pulled members of both parties together. I know that we all appreciate his service and sacrifice as a member of this great committee. This budget resolution begins the process of pursuing the overdue tax reform that will jumpstar...

Watching, but there are a significant number of people in my whole state of florida on Social Security and on medicare. As i said, my mother is one of them. Im an enormous supporter of these programs. I also look at these programs and i look at the number of people going into it and how long they are going to live, and the math tells you these programs are going to have some big problems in the years to come which threaten not just to take them down but threaten to trigger a debt crisis in america. So we have to deal with the spending side and create a more disciplined way of spending in the f...

Senators come to the floor to talk about the budget resolution and tax reform. We would hear from senators merkley and murray and later senator jack reed of maryland. Our nation was founded on a principle encapsulated in the first most important words of the constitution we the people. Our founders wanted us to have a nation that didnt work for the powerful and privileged but for the people by the people and for the people as president lincoln so eloquently described the nation mocks by hand for the privileged i am for the people. Tomorrow a bill this coming to the floor that couldnt be more o...

Consent that my intern be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Merkley thank you, mr. President. Our nation was founded on a principle encapsulated in the first three and most important words of our constitution we the people. Our founders wanted to have a nation that didnt work for the benefit of the powerful and the privileged, but for decisions by the people, for the people, as president lincoln so eloquently described our nation. Not a nation by and for the powerful, not a nation by and for the privileged, but by and for t...