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So transportation ballot measures were a mixed bag. Like youre talking about earlier, the federal gas tax has not been raised in about 20 years. Most states have raised theirs in about 20 years, and states are constantly worried about finding money for infrastructure to pay for road repair and bridge repair. It is an issue that voters really care about. There was good news on tuesday in texas, wisconsin and maryland. Voters approved measures either to increase or protect transportation funding. In texas they are not going to put a part of the revenues from oil and gas taxes toward paying for t...

We cant hear you. Here it comes. Yeah, for each question identify the organization. Hello. Identify yourself and your position. Im a humble tax reporter and analyst. There three of us. Im not an expert about Social Security, but my understanding is that surpluses of the program for a given year invest in a trust fund and treasury bonds. They have a low yield. There was a plan to privatize Social Security. It would seem to me that having a slightly more normal its endless. For example, raisings and eliminating the tax cap. We had to pick and choose which to include. Especially in the trade off,...

Seat, despite the fact wert a jju investments in infrastructure create jobs now and make us stronger in the future. This committee has not held a hearing on this topic in the last four pd discussions with the chairman, we can Reach Agreement quickly on Holding Hearings on the financing of major infrastructure legislation as discussed. Tax reform as you say must be a central focus of this committee. Democrats believe that reforming the tax code should not be centered on right cuts at the; very top for the wealthiest americans and weve seen from the chart why thats true. But rather on creating Ã...

Of production to the best of their abilityx x focus onkrnn striping awaydtbn interferences for productivity growth. What kind of policies are wc they. Trade ii policies are a great opportunity right now. The tpp and estimates in my testimony suggest this could increase gdp by 200 billion if fully h. 4himplemented. This has been historically a spur ofifqhy trade growth. We saw a tremendous boom in trade technologies. To get that done, you do have to2onn give the president trade promotion tax reform is a great opportunity. I dont belabor the pieces that are this my written vw5 testimony but its ...

85 of the projected growth in spending over the next decade is driven by health care and retirement entitlements and interest on the debt. So thats where reforms need to target. To balance the budget before the end of the decade, we saw in the last house budget, it takes more than 5 trillion in cuts. That is assuming you start cutting right away. If you decide to cut in future years and not address spending next year, it takes bigger cuts to get to that ballpoint. So the sooner lawmakers can start cutting, the better. Where exactly should they start . Repealing obama care has to be their First...