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Quorum call during this. Id note the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call quorum call mr. Durbin mr. President , i come to the floor to discuss the republican tax reform plan and what impact it will have on the Fiscal Health of our nation, but especially the impact it will have on working families across the United States and in my home state of illinois. Ive represented illinois and congress both as a house member and a senator for a number of years. Im proud to say that during my career i have not shied away from tackling big issues, maybe one ...

One of our witnesses, ms. Thosht needs to leave by 10 30 in order to join secretary tillerson on a trip to china and we have a vote at 10 30. In order to allow more senators time to ask their questions, senator brown and i have agreed to submit our Opening Statements for the record. And we have also asked each of our witnesses to shorten their open statements to just a couple minutes each so we can get right to the questions. Obviously, im also going to ask the senators to be very careful to follow the fiveminute allocation for their questioning. First we will receive testimony from the honora...

Officers. Theyll be offering remarks and laying a wreath at the police memorial. Well have live coverage starting here at is 11. And also the Senate Meeting at 3 00 today, working on Transportation Department nominationings. Live coverage here on cspan2. Thanks for everyone here who came on time, and i just want to give brief introduction. My names colin quinn, im the Deputy Director of communications here at csis. Thanks very much, colin. Normally when a president goes to israel, you have a very pleasant public profile, and usually an announcement of some new form of usaid or assistance to is...

At csis. Just a few points of order for housekeeping purposes. Well be taking a transcript so as best you can use the microphones when youre asking questions. That would be great. Well go through the first rtion of the trip p followed by our Department Deputy director will take us through the remainder. Following that well open it up for questions. Hopefully we can get to everyone here. Okay. Without further ado ill hand it over to tony. Thank you very much. Normally when a president goes to israel you have a very pleasant public profile and usually an announcement of some new form of u. S. Ai...

Dr. Corpsmen is going to take us through the first portion of the trip and followed by our Deputy Director of the Europe Program senior fellow will take you through the remainder. Following that we will open it up for questions so hopefully we can get to everyone here. Without her there but do i will hand it over to tony. Thank you very much. Normally when the president goes to israel you have a very pleasant public profile and an announcement of some new form of usaid or assistance to israel. The problem with that is there a lot of underlying issues. How many of these will actually be dealt w...