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Itself makes a strong statement, the nature of this regime. the practical effects may be limited but hopefully we're closing off a few loop holes with this. >> thank you, mr. secretary. if china does not agree to cut off oil shipments to north korea, how can we possibly get enough pressure on them to come -- >> their fuel supplies are already quite constrained. we have evidence that there are fuel shortages in north korea. obviously the civilians are by and large the ones that can't get fuel. so we see long lines of vehicles at petro stations and certain petro stations that appear to be out of...

Mislabelled and they're in danger of losing support for this tax reform. >> neil: to your point, you're a great communicator. they're too lost in the weeds and explaining the weeds. they're not really stepping back and saying this is what we're doing. the j.f.k. won it was looking at the argument for just increasing revenue that would win over liberals and conservatives. but then when you get mired in this gook, you lose folks. >> exactly. means more take-home pay and higher wages. the language is, it lets you keep more of your hard-earned dollars. i don't hear them saying that. a similar exam...

Getting rid of loop holes. >> laura: that's the big issue. >> it has to pass the house. >> laura: this is what happened with obamacare. you got it through. it dies in the senate because you have two people, senator mccain and senator flake who do not donald trump to an be a successful president. that's my belief. how concerned are you that for all of this work you have been doing, some people still don't like it, you did something. goes over to the senate and guys? how worried are you? >> i should have brought my other chart in my pocket. we passed more bills here in the house in the first 10 ...

This will create almost one million new jobs. >> laura: why change it today? >> that's a manager's amendment. he applied feedback. >> laura: it will be retroactive? >> we are looking at all sorts of things and taking feedback from colleagues. >> laura: do you think rates are too high in the united states? >> of course i do. >> laura: what should they be? >> i am an old flat taxer. >> laura: i think any individual can spend this much time working this hard and saying 46% in a certain income bracket. >> we are simplifying the tax system. 90% of americans will get to use this. getting rid of loop...

Publicly. and we don't see anything. i think we've got to close these loop holes. >> just before i let you go, you were down in this part of the country in the last couple of days. give people a sense of what this area is like. this is smalltown america where people still leave their doors unlocked. >> oh, yes. i have family there. i ate dinner last night in new braunfels, texas, where devin kelley is from. this is a place where, as you say, people don't necessarily lock their doors at night. it is the most polite, genteel place. they are the kind of people who will not walk by without nodding...