Undesirable development insofar she thought moving towards being a federal state would inevitably mean a breach in the long run with the united states. As for her, as for churchill, of course, remaining friends and allies with the americans was at least the second and probably the first principle of foreign policy. Next, john, i would like now to bring the doctor back into discussion in terms of Margaret Thatchers time in office. Oxford. I might ask you the question. How important do you think lady thatchers views were in shaping her later views in life . Why is it that Oxford University has been so incredibly successful in terms of producing british Prime Ministers, i believe, 26 have been educated at oxford. Far more impressive than cambridge, i might add, by i mile, i believe . Nothing parochial here. No bias. What was it about her oxford time that fashioned one of the truly great leaders of our time . Well, one thing i would say just to supplement what i have just heard from John S
Building up to congressional testimony, if you cannot tell. Obviously, i do not want to continue to bang the drum about the centrality of european command to the Global National Security Issues we face. I do want to bang the drum. It is not what it was 18 months ago, or even six months ago. New threats and challenges seemingly emerge every day. We stand ready to meet them, and the supporting commands of silicon and afrikaans and the supporting test command every day. Finally, our commitment to our article five obligation in europe is ironclad. Giving the complexity of challenges we face globally, it remains critical that we continue to Work Together with our allies and partners. This has been true for 60 years, and it is true today. With that, im ready to take your questions. General, the army chief just returned from ukraine. On the way home he said he is recommending a search of army forces into europe. What does that mean . And if i could, have you seen evidence that the russians ha
Rep. Brady it may be longer than people believe. Paul ryan is a once in a generation leader. He will bring new ideas and new energy to the caucus. It is a fresh start. You have someone who has led to committees who understand you can let legislators be legislators and empower people to bring their ideas forward. Some of them may be partisan and some of them may be bipartisan, but he will put in place a process where we can move our legislation and that is something that is very exciting. Susan let me bring in the two reporters who will be joining us. Emma dumain covers congress for roll call and Richard Rubin is with the wall street journal. Emma susan mentioned at the start of the program that you are interested in succeeding paul ryan as chairman of the ways and Means Committee. Could you talk about what you would bring to that committee and how your similar to former chairman ryan and how you would be different. Rep. Brady we need a progrowth conservative who can advance paul ryans
Republicans economic agenda, included massive unpaid tax cuts for the rich. Two unpaid wars and a doctrine of no regulation no supervision of wall street. It is this radical agenda that precipitated the financial meltdown and shattered our economy. How bad was it . On the night of thursday, september 18th 2008, the secretary of the treasury came to the capital for an emergency meeting with congressional leaders to inform us of the severity of the meltdown. When i asked the chairman of the fed, at the time ben bernanke what he thought of what the treasury secretary was telling us . He told the leaders, if we do not act immediately, we will not have an economy by monday. This was thursday evening. Thats where we were, september 18th 2008. In order to stop the meltdown of americas financial institutions, it was necessary for us to pass the troubled assets release program tarp supported largely by democrats and later we enacted historic consumer wall street reforms with dodd frank regulati
Screeria nigeria. Anthony foxx. And a discussion about u. S. Cuban relations at the heritage foundation. The irs has asked congress to provide 12. 9 billion for funding in 2016. 18 more than the current fiscal year. Irs commissioner john kostka testified. The Senate Finance committee is chaired by utah republican orrin hatch. This is just over two hours. Welcome to the irs john cost koskinen koskinen. Also fiscal year 2016 Budget Proposal. Commissioner costkoskinen. More than 152 years ago the finance Committee Received a letter from george butwell who president lincoln had apointed as the first commissioner of the international revenue. The letter came in response to an inquiry from the committee seeking information about the commissioners organization, his budget and the activities of his office. Does that sound familiar . In his letter, dated january 21st 1863 commissioner bodwell tried to answer the committees questions by starting by first asking congress for more money. Specifica