ost: karen in michigan caller: yes. i think we should let the people michigan for work in and there has been several farmers that has not been up to do their crops like asparagus because they didn't have the people to do it. then on the other hand, the aople that come over here and dozen of them live in one house and a go get food stamps and just one person, just one person is working, nobody else. ago, i made a dollar -- i was taking care of five children and my granddaughter and it would get nothing. i think they should be able to come over to work but then go back home. thank you. guest: it is more than just several farmers. my district in michigan, very diverse agriculture. apples,, we go through great apples by the way. very diverse. a peachtree st picked three times. we really require a migrant workforce. as i sit down and talk with a good number of my farmers, , they left farmers last year literally hundreds of thousands of unpaid crops, whether it be cucumbers, tomatoes, peaches, apples because they haven't had

the gentleman from michigan. mr. rush: mr. speaker, might i inquire as to how much time is remaining on both sides? the chair: the gentleman from illinois has five minutes remaining. the gentleman from michigan has 7 1/2. mr. rush: we have no further speakers on this side. mr. upton: we have a couple more speakers. we'll go through and then close if we have time. the chair: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. upton: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lamalfa: thank you to the gentleman. thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support for this commonsense hydropower streamlining process for modernizing the way we permit in order to bolster the process for over 400 existing hydropower projects in the united states. very important in my area as well. hydropower delivers clean renewable power 24 hours a day, unlike other renewable power which fluctuates with time of day, sun, wind or lack thereof. in 2014 california alone p

the gentleman from michigan. mr. huizenga: i'm pleased to yield such time he may consume to the gentleman from pennsylvania, the vice chairman of the financial institution subcommittee of financial services, mr. rothfus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time he may consume. mr. rothfus: i thank mr. huizenga for yielding. i want to start by thanking the gentleman from north carolina, mr. pittenger, for leading on this important legislation. i rise today to express my support for the clarifying commercial real estate loans act, the financial institution subcommittee has spent a signature amount of time analyzing the state of bank lend lending. not surprising -- bank lending. not surprisingly aside from from major banks to major corporations, we foundback lending in today's environment is weak. we need to jump-start economic growth once again so we're going to need to find ways to address some of the unintended consequences of the rules coming out of washington, d.c. the high volatility comm

and on that subject, i think michigan is a great case studdy. my home state of michigan. you see i'm from the motor city where we're known for our blue collar work ethic. our families come from all -- humble beginnings. they get up every morning and go to work to make ends meet. to build a better life for their family and kids. and we persevere through some retty serious economic death spirals i must say. very serious. 2008 as efer back to an example. more than 8,000 people left our state. just think about that. we're the only state in the union to lose population. and more would have left had they lost 2008 as an example. more -- had they had a chance to sell their homes. at the time i was a senate majority leader under the last administration. overseeing the only republican branch of government. i saw firsthand how the administration pursued targeted tax credits, one after the other, that favored one industry over the other. it was a classic example of government picking winners over losers. and as expected it failed miserably. as we see at the federal level today, in m

ost: karen in michigan caller: yes. i think we should let the people michigan for work in and there has been several farmers that has not been up to do their crops like asparagus because they didn't have the people to do it. then on the other hand, the aople that come over here and dozen of them live in one house and a go get food stamps and just one person, just one person is working, nobody else. ago, i made a dollar -- i was taking care of five children and my granddaughter and it would get nothing. i think they should be able to come over to work but then go back home. thank you. guest: it is more than just several farmers. my district in michigan, very diverse agriculture. apples,, we go through great apples by the way. very diverse. a peachtree st picked three times. we really require a migrant workforce. as i sit down and talk with a good number of my farmers, , they left farmers last year literally hundreds of thousands of unpaid crops, whether it be cucumbers, tomatoes, peaches, apples because they haven't had

detroit free the press called the state of michigan for hillary clinton. detroit free at 10:56 p.m., the associated press called ohio for donald j. trump. called them., they state of north carolina for donald j. trump. at 12:02 a.m., on the knife, they called the state of iowa for donald j trump. the oppositionat 10:56 party det free press put the state of michigan back in the neutral column. it was at that moment that we knew that donald j. trump, the strongest supporter of israel since ronald reagan, was going to be the president of the united states. at 1:35 a.m., pennsylvania fell. at 2:29 a.m., wisconsin fell. at 2:30 a.m., the associated press designated donald j. trump as president-elect of the united states. comevictory would not have without one other person besides donald j. trump, sheldon else in . it is not about resources. it is about counsel, guides, and wisdom. -- guidance, and wisdom. we were down by double digit almost the entire time. when we closed the gap, billy bush weekend happened. what most of the establishment republicans do when t

the gentleman from michigan. mr. huizenga: mr. speaker, at this time i'm pleased to yield five minutes to the sponsor of this very important legislation, the gentleman from north budd. a, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. budd: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the encouraging public official act. a bill that the gentleman from new york, mr. meeks, and i have worked on together and i thank him for that. i'd also like to thank the financial services committee, in tict staff and subcommittee chairman, mr. huizenga. i also thank the chairman, the gentleman from texas, mr. jeb hensarling. his leadership of this committee and devotion and fidelity to the conservative principles are legendary. his retirement will be a great loss to this institution. the hensarling legacy of conservative leadership will not be forgotten. i'm certain its next chapter will be as great as this one. he will be missed by all, especially by those of us, myself among them, who share his visio

or victor, he's a restaurant owner in michigan and he says, quote, we pay our taxes first. we pay our people second. we pay our bills third. and then if anything's left over, we get paid. our plan's going to help people like victor. our plan also means more peace of mind to spend more time with your kids, or maybe your aging parents. or maybe just hang out with your friends. our plan is pro-family and it's pro-economic growth. because we value hard work and family. so if we're going to have a tax code that puts families first, i think we also need to recognize that today's working american family has really changed since our tax code was last reformed. with that comes big change that the realities of our families face every day. for one, women today are making history in the work force. two out of three businesses are being started by women. this means a lot of things. it includes an increase of working moms like some that are represented here today. we, too, are the faces of tax reform. that's why i'm pleased our plan includes an expansion of the child tax credit. a family

host: darline, who work in manufacturing, in michigan. hi, darline. caller: hi, good morning, everyone. thank you for taking my call. it's actually my husband that works in manufacturing. as nafta was passed, we went through from then to now, 14 job changes. it was his job to take these jobs overseas and do the quality control part of it and, you know, we saw first hand every time he came back and got a new job, it was for less money and less benefits. and at 68, he's still working, making two-thirds of what he used to make, with no benefits and it's been really hard. i think what hurts america, nobody really talks, what does it take for a family to actually -- what's a living wage, where you can have a car, two cars, both people working, save for retirement, you can save for college, have good vacation, one vacation for a week a year, you know, nobody's talking what that magic number is and i know it varies between state and like new york and michigan, but there is still such -- you know, i still see we're going down because people going into manufac

host: that is mike in indiana, joining us from capitol hill, peters, democrat from michigan. sir.morning, guest: good morning to you. host: we've heard many democrats, if not all will not bill, will you be one of them? guest: as written now, i won't be supporting it. changes. if it i would love to support a thoughtful tax reform bill, that now, i want we have to work on a bipartisan basis, that is why 17 or 16 of my in talking oined me about how we'd love to work in bipartisan to get to a place helps lps the economy, middle class families, but we're not there yet. host: specifically what changes like to see? guest: one, you can't have a tax bill loaded for folks at the very top. the top 1%, folks ealthiest folks in the country get vast majority of tax breaks. i'm believer tax policy works in from onomy, if you grow the middle out and that means middle-class families, put more monnemiddle-class family pockets that creates a stronger economy, not trickle-down approach that time and time again. we're back to trickle-down economics, which we know is a failure. let's grow the econ

in grand rapids michigan, this is -- grand rapids, michigan, this is one hour 15 minutes. [applause] >> so character and the presidency is quite a subject, isn't it? [laughter] >> here in grand rapids, we are lucky to enjoyed a fine example of moral courage in the presidency of gerald ford. we thought we would open tonight's program with a brief clip of "general art -- clip of "gerald r. ford: a test of character," a documentary that aired on national geographic last year. after that the ambassador will come up and give remarks about why he felt the need to initiate this series. thank you for being here and let's roll the clip. [applause] >> even as president ford was growing in assurance in popularity, he knew he could not truly heal the country until the situation with richard nixon was resolved. the former president had resigned, but would he be prosecuted for his actions? at ford's first major press conference a month into his presidency, journalists world -- grilled him if he would use his power to pardon nixon. >> are you saying that it is an option you will still co

now we would like to have michigan congresswoman debbie dingell. representative dingell: good afternoon, every fabulous person in this room. it is so great to be with you and to be able to welcome thousands of women with a few men to this great my home state of michigan. notice my voice is a little whatever, but with all of you here at my back, no one will ever let me be voiceless. everybody whok made today such a success and to the local host committee. we all know how much work goes into something like this, and we need to thank every single person who made this what it is today. and i need to say one more thing before i get to the crux of my message. welcomeo give a special to my congressional colleague, the fearless and the formidable congresswoman maxine waters. [cheers] dingell: i cannot tell you how lucky i am to be able to learn from her, because there is no one, no one more willing to call it like it is or speak truth to power. so i want to make a few observations as we to say with one voice, we are here, we are united, and we will be hear

or victor, a restaurant owner in michigan and he says "we pay our taxes first. we paypeople second -- our people second. we pay our bills third. if anything is left over, we get paid." our plan will help people like victor. our plan means more peace of mind to spend more time with your kids are aging parents or hang out with your friends. our plan is programming and it is pro-economic -- pro family and pro-economic growth because we value hard work and family. if we are going to have a tax code that puts families first, we need to record nice today's working american family has really changed since our tax code was last reformed. with that comes big change for the realities that our families face every day. women today are making history in the workforce. two out of three businesses are being started by women. things.ns a lot of it includes an increase in working moms, like some that are represented here today. o are the faces of tax reform. that is why i'm glad it has an crediton of family tax and child tax credit. profamily, pro-growth. that is with this plan

issues such an important for families in michigan and that is why i'm really glad to colleagues.my it is true tonight they are going to have a lot of ghosts and rules walking around knocking on our doors. a lot of scary little kids all dressed up by none of this is as scary as the republican tax giveaway plan. that is for sure. seven or widen just outlined how it will take away people's options for savings for retirement. 18% is a problem when only of americans are very confident they have saved enough for retirement. in michigan, where we have both in the public and private sector, peoples pensions being questioned, people don't know whether or not they're going to get their full pension now and we have a lot of employers that are turning from traditional tensions to requiring people to use 401(k) savings. people will -- deserve a better deal than what is being talked about by republicans. aat is why we are here with plan that gives families more ability to save for retirement. more ability to save for retirement, not less. to, the power to decide how do it. so we are really proposin

now i yield to the gentleman from michigan, mr. walberg. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for main and a half. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3922. i want to thank chairman walden and dr. burgess for their leadership in bringing this bill to the floor today. the championing healthy kids act re-authorizes a number of programs important to my constituents including the children's health insurance program, community health centers and the teaching health center graduate medical education program. h.r. 3922 will continue the chip program for five years, allowing the successful federal-state partnership to provide health coverage for low income children and pregnant women. it also extends funding to federally qualified health centers for two years. a key component to the health care safety net, and helps address our increasing health provider shortages by investing in the education, training of future health professionals. of importance, this legislation is fully pai

you can find that out and it's the same definition, whether the university of michigan or michigan state, where i attended. wouldn't that be a great idea? you can find out about their postcollege earnings. it's really helpful. most people go to college to find a job or postsecondary school to find a job, earn some money and support their family. can they do that? what's likely to be the outcome? the cost of the program. i mentioned that a couple of times. it's not just tuition and room and board. the reality is if during the program your costs are significantly different. my 18-year-old, almost 19-year-old step-daughter attends an art school. beyond tuition, room and board, there's huge costs for art supplies. now, we knew. that i had experience education. there's a lot of people that start these programs and don't understand there are other costs. this process requires reporting of that from the colleges. also information about financial aid that's available for those institutions. so they can compare program to program, institution to institution, and make a decision what's best for th

now i yield to the gentleman from michigan, mr. walberg. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for main and a half. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3922. i want to thank chairman walden and dr. burgess for their leadership in bringing this bill to the floor today. the championing healthy kids act re-authorizes a number of programs important to my constituents including the children's health insurance program, community health centers and the teaching health center graduate medical education program. h.r. 3922 will continue the chip program for five years, allowing the successful federal-state partnership to provide health coverage for low income children and pregnant women. it also extends funding to federally qualified health centers for two years. a key component to the health care safety net, and helps address our increasing health provider shortages by investing in the education, training of future health professionals. of importance, this legislation is fully pai

from grand rapids michigan, this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> so. character in the presidency. it is quite a subject, isn't it? lucky.e are we thought we would open a brief clip from gerald r ford. that, ambassador seki a will give opening remarks about why he felt the need to initiate this series. [video] >> even as president ford was growing in assurance and popularity he knew he could not heal the country until the situation with richard nixon was resolved. the former president had resigned. but, would he be prosecuted for ? at ford: -- ford's .irst meeting, >> are you saying the option of a pardon is one you will consider? >> every day was a different crisis, a different issue. it was a different time. >> he needed to and wanted to attack those problems. but you can't do that when you have a press conference and 90% of the questions are asked about watergate. ruling it out. it is an option. >> over the labor day weekend, ford gathered his closest legal advisors and considered the options. if nixon faced trial, the country would be mired in watergate for years to come. if he

now i yield to the gentleman from michigan, mr. walberg. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for main and a half. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3922. i want to thank chairman walden and dr. burgess for their leadership in bringing this bill to the floor today. the championing healthy kids act re-authorizes a number of programs important to my constituents including the children's health insurance program, community health centers and the teaching health center graduate medical education program. h.r. 3922 will continue the chip program for five years, allowing the successful federal-state partnership to provide health coverage for low income children and pregnant women. it also extends funding to federally qualified health centers for two years. a key component to the health care safety net, and helps address our increasing health provider shortages by investing in the education, training of future health professionals. of importance, this legislation is fully pai

i live in winston-salem but i am originally from flint, michigan. i worked in the auto industry in flint, michigan. can you he he? host: yes, you are on. caller: i want to say that i appreciate the guys that made this movie because michael moore's movie made an impact on the industry. there inrces that are those cities are being quickly torn down. thathe buildings manufacturers could have easily come into and taken over, they are being destroyed. what do you have to say about that? host: vincent vittorio, anything relating to your film? seet: it is mind blowing to this amount of land and huge facilities that look like an apocalyptic religion. it is really sad. but at the same time, the infrastructure is there and restoring it and trying to do something with it could be worthwhile but it is hard when of are attracting a new leg manufacturing or growth of something to restore an area like that, specifically detroit. but the story does do a good job whatowing how -- of happened to detroit and how it could make a recovery but it will never be what it wa

host: go to stephen michigan. caller: i have a couple of comments. it is an giveaway to the rich .ecause it is hindering the emt the only thing that may trump pay taxes in 2005, he said $31 million in taxes -- he saved $31 million in taxes. they are trying to take away the estate tax, no. i don't know anybody that makes $4 million that would pay that. job.ea is a real con the republicans are telling you to go down works. it doesn't, it never has. economics 101 teaches that. host: for the next 20 minutes, we will continue to take your calls. those of you who do find yourself as middle-class. we will show you some of the stories as we go along. postoore, the washington breaking the story initially saying -- you can see that story in the washington post today. pat in montana. go ahead. caller: i'd like to know what people consider a fair share, because you make a decent wage, and investor money and don't drink it or smoke it, does that mean these people use our rose more? our libraries more? public facilities more? if someone could explain to me what th

i know people in michigan's will knowlot of concerns i people in michigan will have about their health care. toomey has said everything is going to be hunky-dory. that we are going to be able to talk about our concerns with this amendment. i would like to have clarified that healthity, amendments would not be ruled as non-germane. that all the health amendments within the jurisdiction of this committee be considered germane. i think that is the minimum importancegiven the of this very important issue which just blew in through the door in the last couple of hours . understanding is that the individual mandate is a tax collected by the irs. the individual mandate, the supreme court ruled, is a tax. it seems to me it is within the jurisdiction of this committee to move forward and address imposing ahat is mandatory tax on millions of americans who for simply choosing not to buy health insurance, that is what we are talking about. this is a tax that punishes people for doing something they would not want to do. it seems to me that it is within this committee's jurisdiction to address this

for michigan seems to suggest that every iteration of this is getting worse. these iterations are getting better and better for working families. let me ask a couple of questions. on taxes thats people actually have to pay, not payments that the federal government makes to insurance companies. so let's not focus on payments my colleagues are suggesting is a tax increase. if you look at the actual taxes that are paid by people, and we look at the chart produced on november 11, i see reductions in every cohort. $20,000 cohort. is inumber on my she average 7% reduction -- the number on my sheets is an average 7% reduction. >> the senator is referring to jcx 53. yes. $30,000 we000 to estimated that the total taxes collected to that in group would fall by 7%. >> right. it falls in all of the brackets. jcx 53.three of it illustrates contrary to what we have been hearing all week that every middle income tax cohort has a tax cut. thethen, putting aside payments the government makes to insurance companies, i know you ran a set of numbers exclusive of that dynamic. app

for us in michigan, 4.8 million people in michigan will be hit by this. 150 million americans with employer-provided health insurance will be hit by this. i was glad to be a part of an effort to fight to delay this until 2020. but it's coming very quickly and if we're going to do something on health care and taxes, we ought to do something that actually helps people in this bill. as it relates to tax cuts. so, mr. chairman, i would urge that we pass the amendment to repeal the cadillac tax. >> mr. chairman, thank you. i want to thank the author of this legislation or this amendment and i will assure you that i agree with everything that you said. the problem is this is a good amendment on the wrong piece of legislation. senator heinrich, as you mentioned, and myself have been working on this for quite some time. in fact, this was supposed to go into effect in 2018. with the help of the chairman, we were able to postpone it to 2020. mr. heller: the clearly the angle and the goal here is to repeal it altogether for all the reason us that said so. this does effect 150 million workers. 1.3 million in ne

host: we have gone from michigan. -- don from michigan. caller: it's always the nafta deal, it's always the republicans the democrats are hollering about. if you read bill clinton's book, this is not true. he was on the phone getting this passed. there was no way the republicans could pass anything. there is no way the republicans could pass nafta. nafta has been good for farmers. it has hurt manufacturing. nafta was ank bipartisan project. president bush the first signed it and bill clinton worked very hard to pass it. big group of democrats that voted for it. s have come in and the benefits we were promised, the higher wages, more balanced trade, that did not happen. we have seen people can't get a raise. prices keep going up. wages in mexico are down. this set of rules didn't come down from god. this isn't even free trade. negotiated rules is behind closed doors with over 500 corporate advisors. , wee replace these rules could have a trade agreement on a bipartisan basis. that would be better for working people. nafta has been very good

about 12% or 26% of families in michigan claim it is all over the country. some have said it could be up to $1800 a year because of the loss of that deduction. and i think you will see a number of those figures. so given what you have said, i hope you'll understand when those of us are pushing back on a proposal that may be put before us, we are going to say, we can't support that and hope we'll be aligned with the president that we can't support these increases on middle class families. and we will push back aggressively on the republican proposal. mr. hassett: that's understandable. when the complete plan is available, i look forward to working through those numbers with you and your staff. sen. peter: thank you. rep. tiberi: dr. hassett, we are grateful to have you here. congratulations on your confirmation. we look forward to having you at your new role at cei. -- cea. we are in the middle of a debate that has been made clear this morning in our discussion. i want to pick up on something senator peter's was discussing -- peters was discussing. having to

they open your addiction issue is impacting every community i know in michigan and across the country. i think it is important to take a stand and say we will not allow people to lose critical services. >> you have one minute. >> thank you, mr. chairman. amendment.e the when i think about opioids in my state, i think of a man sitting with his 30-year-old daughter in cincinnati. he said, if it was not for medicaid, my daughter would not be alive. i think about how 200,000 people in my state are getting opioid treatment because they have insurance because of the affordable care act. i think we need -- when we make these decisions, we need to put a human face on them. >> i appreciate that. the clerk will call the roll. >> it is not germane. >> i know it is not germane. >> but this amends the internal revenue code. it is not amended the health code. we drafted the amendment consistent with your instructions. i would urge the chair to be fair. this amends the irs code, not the health code. >> i have been told it is not germane. >> could i ask the reason why it is not germane? if this is no

district i represent, michigan's seventh district. because of michigan's rich manufacturing history, there are a number of former industrial sites that are ripe for revitalization. these sites can range from large industrial manufacturing sites to local corner gas stations. this program provides communities the chance to take abandoned and vacant sites and once again turn them into economic assets. all the while cleaning up our beautiful environment. just this summer the e.p.a. the historic former products site received a $500,000 grant to revitalize this 5053 eric industrial site. this $500,000 grant will go the historic ng former manufacturing facility site and create more jobs in the process. in monroe, the brownfields program played a key roll in restoring land for the river raisin national battlefield park, which is one of the leading historic attractions in our area, and one that i'm delighted to say was involved with former congressman john dingell in making an impact for this great district. impact for these e former communiti

she eventually went to ground in michigan where she lived in battle creek. that is where she is buried, we want to have a moment of silence for her. please come about your head for a moment of silence. thank you ery much. >> you did that very well. isn't he good? we would like to have michigan well. isn't he good? we would congresswoman? >> good afternoon to every fabulous person in this room that came from all over the country. it is so great to be with you. to be able to well come thousands of women to the straight state of ichigan. you are going to notice my voice is a little whatever. with all of you here at my fact no one will ver let me be voiceless. i want to thank everybody who ade today such a success. to the local host committee we all know how much work goes into something like this. we need to thank every single person who ade this what it is today. i need to say what more thing before i get to the crux of my message. i want to give a special message to my congressional colleagues, the fearless and formidable congresswoman maxine waters. can tell

michigan has a -- reputation of going more out there. we only have time for a couple more questions. are you think biographers and historians will write about our current situation 20 years from now? we have the crystal ball right there. ronald: i only write history. [laughter] it is a tumultuous time to which we have no idea how it will play itself out. people said donald trump won't last for three or four months or a year. we have no idea what will happen. there are forces at work that are different than what we have had before. it is a different political culture. it is frightening because it is so different. it would be foolish to make a prediction. as i have written one million times, i am not a fan. this is the most dysfunctional white house i have ever seen. my view is that donald trump is the wrong answer to the right question. a lot of people who voted for trump voted for legitimate reasons. having to do with social breakdown, economic dislocation, the moral injury they have suffered, a loss of dignity, a sense of invisibility.

as opposed to michigan. but my question is, does the president really regret intervening in the case of the ucla basketball players and what , message does that send to other u.s. citizens who may be held captive by a foreign government? sec. sanders: look, the president was certainly very glad to see the release of the three ucla athletes by the chinese government and frankly, , it is very fortunate that the president has built a strong enough relationship with president xi that he was able to help secure the release of the american citizens. whenever the president is able to use his office and those relationships to help american citizens held overseas, he is certainly going to do that. and again certainly, the , president was happy to intervene, and i think, he has made that clear by taking that action upon himself to do that without being asked and certainly, something he has done something several times in these brief, short 10 months he has been in office, where he has secured the release of several am

host: we have gone from michigan. -- don from michigan. caller: it's always the nafta deal, it's always the republicans the democrats are hollering about. if you read bill clinton's book, this is not true. he was on the phone getting this passed. there was no way the republicans could pass anything. there is no way the republicans could pass nafta. nafta has been good for farmers. it has hurt manufacturing. nafta was ank bipartisan project. president bush the first signed it and bill clinton worked very hard to pass it. big group of democrats that voted for it. s have come in and the benefits we were promised, the higher wages, more balanced trade, that did not happen. we have seen people can't get a raise. prices keep going up. wages in mexico are down. this set of rules didn't come down from god. this isn't even free trade. negotiated rules is behind closed doors with over 500 corporate advisors. , wee replace these rules could have a trade agreement on a bipartisan basis. that would be better for working people. nafta has been very good

the gentleman from michigan. >> mr. speaker, as i'd said before, when information is the equivalent of modern day gold, we need to make sure that whatever vaults that information, that gold is going into, are properly protected. properly protected for consumers and their personally identifiable information. mr. huizenga: and we have an obligation as government to make sure that their information is protected as best as possible. and doubly so when it is going into government-run systems. so that is the reason why 3973 is so imperative, that it be passed. i again commend my friend from ohio, mr. davidson, and my friend from california, mr. sherman, on their bipartisan work on that. and with that i urge passage and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time has been yielded back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3973. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having

. >> i'm thankful they sent me to the university of michigan and not ohio state, go blue. i'll get that out there. my question is on taxes as well. the president seemed to suggest today that democratic health is all but gone for. do you still think that you can get democrats onboard? ms. sanders: we certainly would still like to. democratsnow why wouldn't to support tax cut knows middle class. as we have said many times, seems like something they should be running to cast their vote for and we would welcome their support if they want to help that effort. >> i'm thankful for the first amendment. >> oh, yes. >> kellyanne conway today -- ms. sanders: i think we all are. >> i want to ask about kellane conway. she was here on the north lawn alabama voters not to support doug jones. not to be fooled by doug jones. is that the position of this white house, that voters are better off voting for someone accused of assaulting teenaged girls, than a democrat? ms. sanders: look, as i've answered, i think even for the third or fourth time just today, at well as ten or 15 times on thurs

senator from michigan seemed to suggest that every iteration of this is getting worse. these iterations are getting better and better for working families, middle class, and in every cohort. so, let me ask you a couple questions if i could. to focus on taxes that people actually have to pay. not payments that the federal government makes to insurance companies. so let's not focus on payments that my colleagues are absurdly suggesting is a tax increase. if you look at the actual taxes that are actually paid by human beings, and i look at the chart that was produced on november 11, i see reductions in every single cohort. every income cohort. let's take, for instance, the $20,000 to $30,000 cohort. that number on my sheet here is a 7% average reduction. in taxes. do you see that? >> which year? senator toomey: 2023. >> the senator's referring to jcx 53 which was the distribution analysis for the underlying chairman's mark. yes. in the 20 to 30,000 we had the total taxes collected attributable to that income group would fall by 7%. senator toomey: right. and it falls in al

is calling in on the democratic line from troy, michigan. caller: the biggest news story is the life trying to be perpetrated -- lie tried to be perpetrated, the tax break for the middle class. the millionaires tax cut was a death tax-cut. i do not know how many millionaires need protection because it is around $11 million they have protection. encompassingngs -- the entire story of saving the middle-class, different loopholes for people that are involved in commercial real estate. all sorts of things that they talk about, saving the family farm. uncleicle has a very -- has a very large farm, he was an immigrant. his property was very valuable. him this is how you divide your property among your children so that there is not a tax to be paid. this story about saving the family farm is a fallacy. i hope people take time and realize, because i do not want any more celebrations like they had when they supposedly passed the health that will supposedly given to us in regards to health care. the president had a big party. in the rose garden. that

chairman, i believe the senator from michigan said if you have additional children you are being denied a deduction. in addition to the standard deduction, there is a child tax credit for each child. >> double the tax credit. >> that's what i thought. >> if i might expand on that, but has it involves putting the whole picture together, when you put the whole picture together, this is so skewed to the wealthy . it is wiped the latest numbers under $75,000 a year will end up with tax increases because there is a double deduction, but there is also eliminating the personal exemption. the child credit is double, but working people will not get the benefit of that. $1000currently refundable. it goes to $2000, but only an additional 100 is refundable. number of people, the income level that can benefit from that goes from 75,000 for an individual to $500,000, i have million dollars. increasing folks at $400,000 a year can get this child credit. but only increasing the benefit to working people because it is not refundable. >> >> it doesn't take anything away. they get it doubling the child ta

opinions in g michigan versus epa, advanced critiques -- it's inconsistent with the separation of powers. justice stevens, author of the seven ron decision, it, equently had critiqued so this is not an issue that's particularly aligned with one other.r the or one school of thought or the other. in ice thomas's concurrence the amtrak case called for the nondelegation doctrine to be meaningful enforced. acquiescence of congress's unconstitutional transfer of legislative to the administrative state. and industries rejected the issued by decisions administrative law tribunals could have an effect on lawsuits federal court k. even in this arrest contain area, ustice thomas's vision was clear. the constitution investors the judicial power in the judiciary, agencies.ive branch regarding both justice scalea they are the very bedrock of due process, fair notice and the rule of law and thomas's opinion demonstrates those principles are missing in our current administrative state. n my view the two issues are one and the same. just as regulate tore agencies train their actions, judges must enforce

i told you that people in west michigan are cynically engaged. [laughter] that is a tough one. [laughter] i guess the question has been asked before. have you made any bad decisions? are you willing to admit any mistakes you have made? this is what i found most prepared that perplexing. the unwillingness to admit something has gone wrong. if you look at the vocabulary of great, great, great, great, it just keeps going on. the doesn't be much nuance in terms of the complexity of the life we are facing. >> it is traditional for the columnist to meet with the president once per month. somehow that invitation was lost in my email. i would say, my general rule is don't ask about a past decision. they are usually so defensive that they will waste 30 minutes justified something that they already did. always ask, what are you thinking about the decision in front of you? i tried to get a sense -- president for different public to private. their private lives are much more normal, they are more willing to commit mistakes and to say we screwed that one up. a lot of with the do's character

cannot let the comments on the gentleman from the michigan pass. the fact of the matter is, 70% of tax benefits and tax expenditures go to renewable energy. i don't -- i support all of the above. we are the number one producer of windmill energy and the country of texas, but it is just an urban legend that the oil and gas companies somehow get special tax breaks. in fact, they actually pay taxes. many of these other entities simply get a check from the government. certainly i would vote against the amendment. >> could i just clarify one thing? is there any other category of foreign-based income for any company repealed, or just oil? >> just oil. mr. crapo? >> no. urr?r. b >> no. >> mr. heller? >> no. >> mr. cassidy? >> no. >> mr. well? >> mr. menendez? >> aye by proxy. >> mr. brown? >> aye. >> mr. warner? >> aye. >> mr. chairman? >> no. is 12 ayes, tally 14 nos. >> we will now have three more amendments in the queue. senator mccaskill has amendment number eight. senator scott has number two. senator menendez amendment is number six. this will be fo