was busy producing reams of red tape restricting american energy, burdening american businesses and american families with more government, more taxes, more regulation and less freedom. and we all know the results. the most powerful economy in the history of the world grew in the last eight years by only 1.8%. one company after another, heart breakingly not only laid off workers but many times announced plans to expand their operations not here but around the world. wages stagnated for hardworking american families. and worst of all we saw a decline in the number of americans who actually believe the best days for america and the best opportunities for their children lie ahead. make no mistake about it. under president donald trump, those days are over. since the very first day of this administration, president trump has fought tirelessly to give american businesses and families the opportunities and freedom they need to prosper. i'm pleased to report to you since the advent of this administration president trump has signed more laws rolling back federal red tape than any president in americ

this bill makes the american worker, the american family, the american farmer, the american small businesses, and the american economy businesses winners once again. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the tax cut and job act. >> gentleman reserves and the gentleman from massachusetts. >> 20,000 people will use the student loan interest in missouri 8 and claimed nearly $33 million and adduction. i would yield to the gentleman from california. a medical man. from california is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak on this bill. the fact is that i do want to simplify our tax code. i do want tax reform. a tax reform that relieves the burden on our middle-class, seniors, veterans, students. let's see how this bill fares with the middle class, seniors, veterans, and student. my middle-class constituents in california will be double taxed on their income but big corporations will get tax relief. veterans in my district will find it harder to find work or a home because this bill eliminates tax credits for hiring veterans and harms efforts to end veteran homelessness

. -- and it holds ours. 500,000 american troops, 14,000 american dead, $50 billion american dollars later, their war is not for them to win or lose, it is ours as well. it has become the most divisive and 100 years of american history. is it a war we are winning? efforts? can progress be measured? do the results match the efforts? these are the subjects of these broadcasts tonight. >> this special report -- "where we stand in vietnam," is brought to you by western electric, the manufacturing and supply unit of the bell system as their continuing coverage of important events. "where we stand in vietnam" is reported by the saigon bureau of cbs news, and by chief correspondent charles collingwood. charles: this is my fourth visit to vietnam in the last eight years. during that time, one has seen a change, from a vietnamese war to one that is visibly, demonstrably american as well. there were only 773 american military advisers. now there are nearly half a million american troops in vietnam, more on the way, and, to sustain their operations, they have all of this -- acre upon endless acre of

-- excuse me, more americans are going to see their americans go up than go down? and i think the american people are going to be more and more surprised if this bill passes as to what's in it. so we have a chance to actually step back now, we have a chance to step back and take a good look at the bill and figure out which of these consequences are intended and which of these consequences are unintended. and there's time to fix some of these issues. the last point i want to make, mr. president, is that, in addition to middle-class families, millions of them who are going to have to pay more to pay for the big corporate tax cut, you're also going to see a number of other group of americans who are going to get hit hard. so we know that millions of people who get their health insurance through the exchanges are going to see their premiums go up to pay for big tax cuts for corporations. and we know even after all that, after those americans have to pay more in premiums, after millions of middle-class families are going to have to pay more, you still got a $1 .5 trilli

on behalf of the american people, i want each and everyone of you, both american and japanese, to know that your service and commitment helps keep us all safe, strong, and free. i also want to express our gratitude to the family members and loved ones who sacrificed so much to make your service possible. they are absolutely incredible people and it is not easy. america is profoundly grateful for all you do. we are back on starting to do -- i will tell you, you are reading and seeing, really, really well. the stock market is at an all-time high. [applause] pres. trump: unemployment back in the united states is at a 17 year low. [applause] pres. trump: almost 2 million jobs have been added since a very, very special day. it was called election day, november 8. 2 million jobs. that is a lot of jobs. we have dealt isis one brutal defeat after another, and it's about time. [applause] pres. trump: it is truly inspiring to see american airmen and marines, and japanese -- [cheers] pres. trump: you have a great marine here, general kelly, four-star. did anyone ever hear of general kelly? where

want and what americans need. the average american family and let me talk about my family for a second. i think i'm pretty average. my wife and i are fortunate enough to have three great children, nine great-grandchildren. he was lucky enough to work in a small llc, real estate brokerage company, mom and pop brokerage company. my wife taught in public schools and my children went to university of georgia and we saved for education and did everything to invest and hope for the future and today they're gainfully employed and happy and struggling like everybody else is with a burdensome tax system with less opportunity than we'd like for them to have. by simplifying the tax system we're making it fair and giving my grandchildren more opportunity and to america. last thing i want to make this point. there are only two ways to raise taxes or raise revenue, one is to charge more. that means you raise somebody's taxes. the other way to do it is to create opportunity so people create companies and jobs because the opportu

many mexican-americans and african-americans, and japanese-americans, particularly after pearl harbor in december of 1941 support what was known double v campaign. it was victory a broad but also victory at home for first-class membership in american society. you cannot win abroad without also winning at home. you could not fight for american democracy overseas without fighting for equal citizenship on the home front. this became a fundamental principle for many mexican-american, african-americans, and other folks. there were some successes. in civil rights during the war. franklin delano roosevelt, president during the initial years of world war ii signed executive order 8802 that banned discrimination in the work place and called for fair we have black and brown veterans returning to their old lives expecting equality. there are responses to this and racism and discrimination and lack of opportunity and the entrichementen entrenchment not just of jim crow segregation against african-americans in the deep south, but also jim crow and what we might call juan or jamie crow against mexi

for american and japanese commanders, to plan their missions. for almost 60 years, the military alliance, we see on this base has endured a corner stone of sovereignty, security and prosperity for our nations, this region, and indeed, the entire world. today, we pay tribute to that legacy. a legacy you protect and grow each and every day. we dominate the sky. we dominate the sea. we dominate the land and space. [ cheers and applause ] not merely because we have the best equipment, which we do. and by the way, a lot of it's coming in. you saw that budget. that's a lot different than in the past. a lot of beautiful, brand new equipment is coming in. and nobody makes it like they make it in the united states. nobody. [ cheers and applause ] got a lot of stuff coming. use it well. but because we have more important than equipment, we have the best people. each of you embodies the warrior creed. your devotion, and expertise make you the most fearsome fighting force in the history of our world. together, with our allies, america's warriors are prepare

that's americanism. you turn on a faucet, that's americanism. the banning and controlling of them, the taxing of them that's progressivism. mark, you point out and i suspect you can give me the street, the results of this plan have been so abysmal and tragic not just in the u.s. but throughout history, around the world we have seen what it does to people. it doesn't lift up the common man, it oppresses the common man. the free market system that can make some very wealthy creates a better situation for the rest of us. why can't people see the obvious? what do you think is keeping americans from understanding that these original ideas were so superior to what were dealing with now. >> first of all, if you believe in americanism you believe in the power of individualism. you believe in the power of a handful of the human beings. if human beings are imperfect, and we're why would you want a handful controlling the rest. if they make bad decisions those are pushed throughout society, if i make a bad decision that i made a bad decision for my self an

maybe people have seen the exhibit they have on americans at war at the museum of american history. they have a small section devoted to world war i. they have a website based on it as well. as far as i can see, there is almost nothing on the movement to oppose that war. the images i got on the website are typical images. the famous flag poster, the song about the woman working as a nurse, combat photos, african american soldiers, etc. photos of pro-war images generally. hardly anything about the movement that was so important giving americans an alternative way of thinking about the war and doing a lot to stall those who wanted the u.s. to get into the war and then continuing in opposing the war after the u.s. declares war in april, 1917. the basic facts about opposition that are known to scholars are unknown to most people. how large draft resistance was, for example. how many people outside this room know there were 350,000 americans who resisted conscription? there were 3 million americans who never registered for draft. how many know it was the women's movement that began the a

they see american culture as something to preserve and the source of american exceptionalism. the problem -- i argue in special problems -- the existence of these four schools has contributed to american success. i believe that. there is a recurring problem, which is that the jacksonians are so numerous and when aroused, so politically powerful, that you cannot really have an american foreign-policy -- an effective, strong and -- strong, and expensive american foreign-policy without jacksonian support. when they really want to do something, it is hard not to do it. it is difficult and costly. the question has always been, how you get the power of jacksonian political support behind foreign policies that can also command support from hamiltonian, jeffersonian or wilsonian elites? what i think we are seeing in our country today, a moment when that gap is wider than ever and has created a real crisis in american foreign-policy. i noticed -- one of the things i noticed when president trump took office is something that happened early. a portrait of andrew jackson was installed in

as the british and the american forces built naval fleets, the americans build fares at whitehall. the british built them on the river that lake champlain flows into to the north. these two fleets would clash on october 10, 1776, where benedict arnold's navy fleet gave the british all the good handle on that first day of what when turned out to be a three day running gunbattle, the. length of the lake wouldtely, arnold's fleet either be sunk, surrender or scuttled as he made his way back down towards the protection of a guns at crown point. the spirit of the mission was successful, as the commander of the british invasion force got down tours ticonderoga, took a look at the american defenses sore and decided that, being late in the season and the northeast with winter coming on, he did not want to get involved in a protracted siege of ticonderoga. he returned to canada. ings would result i in him be replaced with the gentleman johnny burgoyne, the famous british general who would come back down lack champlain -- lake 777,plain in the summer of 1 press through the american defenses

the american families standing with us today. thank you as well to the ways and means committee members who have been listening and traveling across this country for this historic day. this is an exciting day. i think we all feel the excitement here in this room and here in this country. i know the american people have got to be excited as well. real relief from today's complex, kansasly, and unfair tax code is on the way. with this bill, there's relief for real american families. there's relief for american workers and there's tax relief for hardworking job creators of all sizes. with this bill, we will grow our economy by delivering more jobs, fair taxes and bigger paychecks to americans of all walk of life. that's -- of all walks of life. that's especially true of low and middle income american whors sick of today's broken tax code, its impact on their jobs, their lives, an their paychecks. under the tax cuts and jobs act, that's going to change. it's going to change right now. far middle income family of four making $59,000 a

american journalism is very good. americans also have very american lives. that takes away the from the power of objectivity. this is something that took me a while to sort out. >> something you talk about and it's a good time to talk but american why because it's very much along the lines of isis and extremism. terrorism has dominated our headlines commits about muslims and islam. when we see terrorist incidents they blamed the religion to a certain extent. one of the things you read about in the book is how in turkey you would watch women who are muslims and cover their hair when it was allowed for women to cover the hair public buildings they're going to university they would have to take the headscarves off. your comment was as if i would willingly deposit a piece of my clothing to a police officer, where's the freedom in that. you reflect a very thoughtfully about what is it mean to be a muslim in the world, not just in the west. what is it that were getting right or wrong? >> it shows something that westerners start to very often, just seeing that musl

i think the american view of the war as more americans became fixated on it was difficult for the american public to pick out what was most essential about the war. this was one of the things that was jarring for people living through this experience. you understood there were humanitarian programs, but at the same time, massive uses of firepower, brutality, and american at its best all happening simultaneously. >> let's hear from rocky point, new york. caller: thanks for taking my call. -- what would happen if we decided to use nuclear weapons in the war? would it have ended the war or would we have had to use too many of them or would it have started another world war? what other countries protest that an say this is not right and join forces? about the exhibit at the archives and the incredible amount of armament that was drawn upon. what was the impact on north vietnam in particular? prof. nguyen: i can tie those two questions together. that last scenario, the people's republic of china and the soviet union would have definitely gotten involved directly had nuclear weapons been used. a

many americans know very little about american institutions and even less about american history. why not give every american student the same civics test of that every applicant for american citizenship has to pass? why not make passing that tests the condition for graduating from high school? second, make civic holidays and the holidays again, days when people do not work and cannot shop. [laughter] philip: days when people might talk to neighbors or watch parades. make election day such a day, as it is in many countries. having a system of national service requires all young people spend a year or two doing something for their country. join the military, clearer trail, teach a class. no waivers, no exceptions. i could be wrong, but most americans would support these measures. like a lot of things of ordinary american support, it is hard to imagine a becoming law. why? in part because our political system is so corrupt and polarized nothing gets done. the source of that corruption is obvious, it is money, the endless flow of influence money. when five of the 10 richest counties

a great american historian wrote one of them. the best selling of those books was walter mills's the road to war. 1914-1917. high up in the best sellers for many months and popular opinion was both helping thooese books sell well and reflected by their point of view as well. 1937, the gala poll found 70% believed it was a mistake to fake the great war. 70%. each of the previous years congress by overwhelming majorities have voted for neutrality akts which took the same acts as the peace coalition had had demanded 20 years ago. and loaning money to belidgerants. of course the war hadn't begun yet. at least not a world war. 1937 law makers overwhelmingly again also slapped the ban on people at war. in other polls, large majority of americans supported ed ed a kaurngszitutional amendment that would require an amendment for the kroous to go to war. and a democrat of indiana. and president franklin roosevelt was so afraid this would pass. he was opposed to this kind of restriction on the war powers. that democrats, leaders in congress

he is an american. i need to point out as you can guess he spent three years living in pittsburgh where he painted the famous panorama in the pittsburgh courthouse and post office. one of the things he was interested in and that i am interested in is the way that wars have these unintended consequences, unseen changes. the way the world is changing around people. in this particular case, this is a challenge to the way americans , thethinking about political consensus that was beginning to emerge in the 1920's and 1930's that the country should go back to the status quo that americans had with the world pre-1914. that has changed. that is now possible even if it took americans a little while to figure that out. a symbol of this great transition. this is in in the years roughly before world war i. if he doesn't look like a mild-mannered professor to you, i'm not sure what one would look like. of history inssor wisconsin and the specialist on egyptian papyrus scrolls. he was educated partly in germany. in

american public has been asking for it. and i think it's a little ironic that today is the seventh anniversary of republicans being elected to the majority of the house and then moving to the senate and now we have a president who has pushed to make sure hard-working americans get to keep more of what they earn. three major points i want to make. when i was 20 years old, i started my first small business. small business creates more jobs than any other thing in america. in this bill, they'll get lower taxes to go to 25%, the lowest it's been in 40 years. more small businesses, more jobs. second, every single american is going to keep more of what they earn. the single american, when you talk about a standard deduction, instead of the first $6,000 you earn tax-free, it's 12. for these families and couples, the first $24,000 you earn, tax-free. you get to keep it. you get to determine what's best to invest. we're going to bring the money that's sitting overseas back to invest in american businesses. even before this bill goes

with this bill, there's leaf for real american families. there's relief for american workers. and there's tax relief for hardworking job creators of all sizes. and with this bill, we will grow our economy by delivering more jobs, fairer tax, and bigger paychecks to americans of all walks of life. that's especially true for low and middle income americans who are just sick of today's broken tax code. its impact on their jobs, their lives, and their paychecks. under the tax cuts and jobs act, that's going to change. it's going to change right now. for a middle income family of four making $59,000 a year, as the speaker said, this bill delivers tax cuts of nearly $1,200. for that main street business making $52,000 a year, working day and night and weekends, a tax cut of over $3,000 for that main street business. that's your money. you earned it. you deserve to keep t you should be able to use it -- keep it. you should be able to use it for whatever you want. that's what this bill will do and that's why the tax cut and jobs act has president trump's full support. this is it, amer

here's exactly what this means for the american people. it means middle-income families will see their after-tax incomes go up an average of roughly $2,600 nationwide. from coast to coast, the era of stagnant wages is over. in california, middle-income families will get an estimated boost to their paycheck of more than $2,900. for my constituents in texas, more than $2,500. in new york, over $2,700. this growth of jobs and paychecks comes directly from the bold reforms included in the tax cuts and jobs act. under this bill, we deliver the lowest tax rates in modern history for american businesses of all sizes. we take strong action to stop american jobs from moving overseas, and at the same time, unleash investment right here in our community. we give american businesses and workers a tax code that will help them to compete and win anywhere in the world, but especially here at home. from top to bottom, the tax cuts and jobs act is the most transformational tax reform bill since president reagan reformed the code in 1986. but for me, this b

economy, american workers and american businesses for generations. but we need your help. president trump and i need your full and unwavering support. to pass text cuts and tax reform, and to to so this year. you are here today as a member of this counsel because you are uniquely influential, men and women who lead companies of enormous consequence. in our economy, community and country. and halls of government, before you leave town, i want to encourage you, sit down with your employees, suppliers, other, leaders, in your community, and let them know what you heard here today. if you share our convictedtion - convicttion that now is time for historic tax relief for american people, go tell somebody. the people that work for you. especially those people that supply your company. your vendors and sou suppliers,d take the opportunity to speak to the people that represent all of those people that work for you. and let them know that now is the time for us to do all that we and, to set politics aside, and embrace this historic opportunity to pass meaning

in fact, public policies that would harm individual americans, as well as the american economy. and you were very passionate about it. you said that that budget, which was -- passed the house only on republican -- only on republican votes. ms. pelosi: and just barely. mr. garamendi: and -- yes. jeff denham included. and mcclintock and the other republicans. ms. pelosi: all 14 california republicans, like lemmings to the sea, betray the economic security of their families. mr. garamendi: inly aing -- in laying that out you made it very, very clear that it would lead to a tax bill that would be harmful. we had some ideas then of what it would be but we had no idea it would be such a horrendous problem for the american economy. and particularly for the american workers and middle class. you laid that out very well. you also laid out very, very clearly that in that budget was the blueprint for the evisceration of programs that americans depend upon. you talked about medicare and you talked about medicaid. of which 60% of medicaid goes to seniors in nursing homes across this nation.

americans were more concerned about baseball. although president woodrow wilson had officially declared the united states neutral in the conflict, we were supplying the british and french with munitions and germans knew it. using a manhattan brownstone as a headquarters, several german spies organized an attack against america. at 2:08 a.m. on july 29th, 1916, an enormous explosion occurred near the statue of liberty at a place then called black tom island. >> plaqblack tom was an ammunit depot off the coast of new jersey in new york harbor and it had an extraordinary amount of explosives. >> richard powers is a history professor at city university of new york and the author of "secrecy and power, the life of j. edgar hoover." this was detonated with one of the most remarkable explosions in new york city until the world trade center bombings, shattering windows in new jersey, manhattan, over in brooklyn. >> the dark cloud of sabotage rose above the united states. though still neutral, america was becoming painfully aware of the e

to standing up for the needs of the american worker, for american firms and for american consumers, when it comes to standing up for american democracy, this president needs to wake up and toughen up. now, on taxes. today the finance committee will begin to mark up the senate republican tax plan. the bill put forward by the chairman will not contain the ideas of a single democrat here in the senate. it's the result of not a single negotiation between our two parties. it has been discussed in exactly zero hearings. its merits weighed by exactly zero expert witnesses. rather, the tax bill is one party's back-room deliberations, and although it will affect every person and industry in the country, it's being rushed through committee and may come to the floor of the senate in a matter of weeks. the republican leadership is making a mockery of the legislative process, a mockery of regular order, and the reason for such reckless haste is all too obvious -- the product is a wretched one. if republicans had crafted a popular bill that could get bipartisan support, they would have announced

it is not good for american people, american families, american workers or american businesses, or american children. it will be borne by future generations. floor -- ilo and want to implore to the chairman and our friends on the other side of the aisle. we need something that is fair and that fosters economic growth, that signifies the tax code and reduces the deficit, not make it larger. we need a tax reform bill that is fair and fiscally responsible. let's do tax reform right. think you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, if i could say one last quick thing. sitting next to you -- you have been a great advocate and in a blur of bipartisan compromises in the past. thsis man sitting next to you, ron wyden, he has crafted not one but two major tax reform proposals in the last several years -- not one, but two. with his leadership and hopefully the support of peter here, we can doin this. let's hit the pause button. >> i agree, we can do it. we have not been able, so far. >> a good day in the united states senate is hopefully a good day for the country, as we think about the opportunities to lower

the american abundance that was brought to match the american abundance in country. we needed to show, americans had to see that the boys were being treated well in vietnam. they could have ice cream and hundred degree weather. this also gets to the amazing caller's comments about the south vietnamese army. one of the understudied aspects of the vietnam war is precisely the republic of vietnam armed forces. i think, if we get past the political leadership of the military leadership and the factionalism that did divide the leaders. they lost the war. it was not the fault of the rank-and-file. the average soldier. many fought valiantly. their voices are not heard or seen or written about and -- in the scholarship because they were on the losing side. i think this was a very tough war that had -- before the americans arrived, the vietnamese were at war. >> is tom in illinois, welcome. >> my concern is both professors are talking more on a liberal aim. i served from 1962 to 1965. i was a cb in california. never served in the vietnam. i served in the philippines. i don't

i'm an american and so are you. i do think the issues are -- and i do think condi describe them so well -- in addition to that we are living in a very different world, where the combination of the technology, the interconnectedness of society, have created issues where people -- it used to be that there was a division between rich and poor, but the poor did not always know what the rich had. is absolutely essential for the united states to lead. nikki you haley, said i could call you, unless u.n.,s. speaks at the either at the beginning to start the conversation or at the end to summarize, or sometimes in the middle, nothing happens. i'm very concerned in terms of how we project our leadership, how we explain to the american people that nothing works without us and there are certain sacrifices that have to be made to have that leadership role, but we don't do it alone. about the workg that is alone. it is engaged. there are incredible challenges out there that you see everyday, that we used to, but i think american

my goal is to make american energy as clean as we can as pass as we can without raising costs on american families. president trump shares that goal. that's why e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt has led the charge in cutting red tape. the e.p.a. has taken important steps to roll back the clean power plan and other punishing e.p.a. regulations. i mean, it's interesting. annual cost of high-impact rules by the agency, 2008 to 2016, 13 rules of the e.p.a., in the red right here, billions and billions and billions, over $60 billion. administrator pruitt needs his full leadership team in place at the agency to complete the task. so today this senate is going to vote on cloture so he we can consider the nomination of william william. he -- he has been elected. he has more than three decades of experience in environmental policy. he worked as an environmental engineer, public servant the e.p.a. and environmental lawyer. his time at the e.p.a. includes two years of service as the acting administrator of the office of air and radiation, the same office he has now been nominated to lead. e.p.a.'s o

for the american taxpayer, the gigantic tax code is not a dream but a nightmare for most americans. this has helped the powerful and thehe well-connected but has hut the american workers and american industry and it hurts americans ability to compete with the rest of the world so the bill unveiled today takes a real giant step forward to make our tax code is simpler, fairer and more competitive. it catches us up with our major trading partners have been lowering business tax rates while we have stood still and keeps us uncompetitive. it gives us an opportunity to export more when we are competitive in the global economy. this bill will also help bring back jobs and create new ones. it will boost american wages by promoting economic growth and incentivizing investment. theo centerpiece of the legislation is where it ought to be, in the center of our population, middle-class ameri america, so it has middle tax class tax cuts. the average middle-class family of four would see a tax-cut of morean than $1400. this is an increase in the child tax credit of $650 above the thousand dollars

now, i put hope in the american people. this bill puts hope in our american people. . because we trust the people. that's the start of america's comeback. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair reminds all members to address their remarks to the chair and not to the perceived audience. the house will come to order. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. neal: thank you, mr. speaker. always an honor to introduce the very capable democratic leader, the gentlelady from california, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized. mr. neal: for one minute. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him for his superb leadership as the top democrat on the ways and means committee. i commend him and all of his -- our fellow democrats on the committee for standing up for the middle class in our country and fighting for the truth in what is in this bill. mr. speaker, this vote today is a defining moment for our country. our

at least new england americans. in 1772, bostonians publish their votes and proceedings which condemn the british for threatening to impose anglican bishops on america. so did 1775 engraving which i put up here. by paul revere, titled "america in distress," or "a certain cabinet junto" which appeared in "the royal american" magazine. the engraving shows a king and his ministers reviewing -- it's on the table there -- a bill for the total abolition of civil and religious liberty in america. so once again, here's paul revere showing that kind of genius he had for propaganda and for sort of ratcheting up the rhetoric, as he did in that wood cut on the boston massacre. it was he who labeled it a massacre. but you can see as well here that in the minds of many, many americans, religion and politics go together, right? the king and his ministers have an intention to do what, to suppress liberties. not merely civil liberties but religious liberties also. because they are integrally related to one another. so let's turn to

that's an american veteran. [applause] on this veterans day we honor those who served with tributes and promises kept, but as our veterans understand better than most we also ought or their service by ensuring that the men and women serving in our armed services today have the resources and support they need to defend this nation on this day. our veterans will be glad to know president trump has already taken decisive action to make the strongest military in the history of the world, stronger still. this president has already signed the largest increase in military spending in nearly a decade and before this year is out, we will enact the largest investment in our national defense since the days of ronald. reagan. and under president donald trump come i will make you a promise. rebuild our to b military. we will restore the arsenal democracy and give our soldiers sailors, airmen, and marines and coast guard meant the resources and training they need to recall accomplish their mission and come home safe. close le

at any rate, for certainly the first time an american. american. and you're right, there are phrases from that letter which is a kind of hymn to religious liberty that have become well-known and justly so. for example, he says this country gives in the country gives in the constitution -- so the context is will the new constitution and the new federal government, central government -- if i have the date right, 1790. this is prior to the bill of rights. there isn't a first amendment yet. so some jews are concerned this new central government will be less careful with their religious liberties. and in fact this is a concern of a number of religious minorities including baptists in virginia. it's one reason james madison feels compelled to move a bill of rights in the first congress because he'd made an election promise to baptists in virginia that he would do so. so there's some concern on the part of newburry jews and others. and washington writes them back, he echoes back some of their language. it asked that only its citizens comport themselves as

opportunities is what americans want and what americans need. the average american family -- let me talk about my family for a second. i think i'm pretty average. my wife and i are fortunate enough to the great children. worked in a small llc, limited -- a real estate brokerage company. my wife taught in become schools. our children went to the university of georgia and the public schools of our community. we saved for their education. we did everything we could continue vest in hope for them in the future and today they are all gainfully employed, all happy, but all struggling like everybody else if with a burdensome tax system and less opportunities. by simplifying the tax system, by making it fairer, we're giving more opportunity to my grandchildren and my grandchildren and more opportunity to america. lastly i want to make this point. the are only two ways to raise taxes. or raise revenue. one is to charge more. that blind raise somebody's taxes. the other way is to create opportunities so people create companies and jobs, because the opport

on american history tv on c-span3. workingan cities tour, with our cable partners as we explore america. announcer: this year marks the 75th anniversary of the british and american invasion of french north africa, known as operation torch. hal on history bookshelf, vaughan talks about his book, "fdr's 12 apostles: the spies who paved the way for the invasion of north africa." menells the story of 12 appointed by president roosevelt in 1940 as vice counsel to north africa. they helped prepare for the 1942 joint british and algeria. this was recorded at r.j. julia booksellers in 2006. it is about one hour. evening.od welcome to r.j. julia booksellers. i work here at the store. and i did not write this book. and if you are in the right place, this is what we will be talking about and hearing about from hal vaughan. i have a few things to say about the way the evening might progress. if you are going to be seeking, asking a question later, be sure that you get the microphone before you start speaking into thin air for us t

this is about every american family. this is about every american business. this is about the strength of the american economy. it's about the competitiveness of the american economy in the world. we only do this once every 20 or 30 years. so we will live with the down side consequences if we rush and get it wrong. or we can work better to try to get it right. and a bad process starting with we're going to do it with reconciliation just with republican votes, has led to a bad result. the result has been described accurately by my colleagues. the benefits of this overwhelmingly accrue to folks at the top end. millions of middle class people are hurt. the poor are especially hurt, according to the analysis done by the congressional budget office, which is headed by a conservative economist from george mason university in virginia. it's not a liberal bunch, the cbo. the cbo has said this bill is particularly hard on the poor. it dramatically increases the deficit. it will lead to millions of people falling into the ranks of the uninsured. it has a number of prov

president donald trump, the american people have a leader who has boundless confidence in the american people and the capacity of the american economy to grow, expanding create jobs and that enthusiasm and that unity gives us great confidence as we move forward in the house, move forward in the senate and negotiations in december. before christmas president trump is going to have historic tax cuts on his desk and be able to sign them into law. merion more on my exclusive interview with vice president mike pence. coming up we are discussing why he thinks tax reform will help american families and also we are getting to other issues. stay with us on that but first take a look inside air force two. i got a chance to set up their as they landed. it was pretty exciting. more on that interview exclusive right here on sunday morning features, next. meet grant. his family. his steinway, which met a burst pipe. so grant met his insurance: you are caller number 12. which didn't quite cover the steinway. but what if he'd met pure insurance? owned by members. he'd have met: lisa, your member advoc

you were there playing an american i think, north american. so i'm honored to be here as the person facilitating this conversation. to my left physically but not idea logically is the former prime minister of canada, steven harper. to his left which may be true, i'm not sure, is the former speaker of the house newt gingrich and to his left is our former mexican ambassador to the united states. so we have a very interesting and experienced group here. i don't think i will have to be too provocative to get the conversation started. let's put this in context. the people that think this is the first time free trade discussion in north america has been controversial or difficult haven't read history. in 1988 in canada national election was fought fundamentally over whether or not to have free trade with the united states where the then incumbent progressive conservative prime minister was arguing for it and liberal party was arguing against it and we entered into the canada u.s. free trade agreement which was the precursor to nafta. of course, spea

this requires a tax code made for americans. we are proposing for major reforms to the tax code on the personal and business side. the first is tax relief for american families, the second is simplification, eliminating loopholes that make our system complex and unfair. the third is making our business rates competitive again. the fourth is illuminating the incentives that reward off shoring of jobs and keep cash overseas. -- willforms were alone allow everyone, but especially those in this audience, to benefit on the business and personal side. we want to make a level playing field for our franchisees, domestic manufacturers and family-owned, small businesses that have been forgotten by washington. throughntly passed entities like llcs at a top rate of 39.6%. we are going to lower this rate to 25%. that is the lowest rate for small and medium-sized businesses in over 80 years. [applause] sec. mnuchin: this is money that these companies will reinvest into expanding their business and create better paying jobs and more economic g

the american plane. it was shot down near the electricity, near the power plant. during the day, 10 american planes were shot down during the same day. john mccain here. this monument. brian: that is a picture from hanoi and the voices of mr. hung, the c-span minder while we were there for the four days in hanoi. that is a monument to john mccain, on behalf of john mccain. what are we looking at? sen. mccain: i never understood that. in the middle 1970's when that was built. i'm not sure exactly why. course, there are a few mistakes. i was in the navy and they called me a major and i was a lieutenant commander. whathey erected it and significance it has to them i never really quite figured out. i complained a couple of times when i heard the grass was overgrown and there might have been some bird droppings around it. they thought i was serious. i don't complain anymore. lake. down right in that as he mentioned, the thermal power plant we were bombing and i was hit over the target. , i landedjecteejected

american tax cuts for american workers with american jobs. we give these small businesses a break. the mom and pop shops that employ pennsylvanians. we give entrepreneurs who have so much innovation and creativity a wider cushion to take a risk. we're putting more money in the pockets of hardworking families. we're doubling the standard deduction, which means that 94% of taxpayers won't need to itemize at all. let me say that again. 94% of taxpayers won't even need to itemize at all. by expanding the child tax credit and creating a new $300 credit for parents and independent children, we put an additional $1,800 in the pockets of every family of four. that's money that they can use as they see fit. and we've streamlined the maze of education tax credits that included in my bipartisan bill apprenticeship programs that can now be made affordable. the taxpayers i hear from say they want to pay less in taxes, not more. if limiting some deductions and lowering your rates means your tax bill is lower at the end of the year, that's a good deal for taxpayers. we owe it to the hardworking t

the american worker. that will continue to make us desirable for other countries to and makeo trade deals sure they are investing and working together with us. but the question really is in asia, how are we going about doing that? we cannot do what president trump did, unfortunately, when he was in vietnam and gave us each to a roomful of officials and said, we are not going to get cheated by you anymore. that is not the kind of attitude that is going to get these countries come running to us and want to negotiate better trade agreements. what you need to do is sit down with them and show a willingness to actually engage. make trade-offs with these other countries like we all do. are the ways in which we will get the best results for american workers. unfortunately, what is happening the countries in asia which are important economic markets for the united states are becoming more and more hesitant about doing what you suggested which is running to the table to want to strike an economic deal. in the long

president donald trump, the american people have a leader who has boundless confidence in the american people and the capacity of the american economy to grow, expanding create jobs and that enthusiasm and that unity gives us great confidence as we move forward in the house, move forward in the senate and negotiations in december. before christmas president trump is going to have historic tax cuts on his desk and be able to sign them into law. merion more on my exclusive interview with vice president mike pence. coming up we are discussing why he thinks tax reform will help american families and also we are getting to other issues. stay with us on that but first take a look inside air force two. i got a chance to set up their as they landed. it was pretty exciting. more on that interview exclusive right here on sunday morning features, next. by listening to an thiaudiobook on audible.ame and this guy is just trying to get through the day. this guy feels like he can take on anything. this guy isn't sure he can take it anymore. unwavering self-confidence. stuck in a 4-door sedan of sadne

and, his wife is as american as they come. he was the son of an emigrant, fly theer signed up to day after pearl harbor and instilled in his boys a deep sense of duty to serve their country. for a time, even as he served in the army reserve, check ran a ford dealership with his brother cars offies who drove that lot had cars sold by an american icon in their driveway. taught themt chuck about the wonders of flight. in constituents, he served mostly democratic councils. he is a public servant that major their voices were heard. -- here is beautiful bride, and, who literally was the girl thereoor, next week is anniversary. so, happy anniversary. in a lot of ways, check kettles is american. to the dozens of american soldiers he saved in vietnam have his century ago, check is chuck is the reason they came home and had children and grandchildren. entire family trees are possible by the actions of this one man. we honored to be joined by not only hand but eight of tens children and three of their grandchildren. it is kind of a famil

on the other hand, for the 5,000 american families, 5,000 american families with fortunes in the millions of dollars or more, the republican plan to repeal or drastically curtail the estate tax could on its own funnel hundreds of billions of dollars to those few who need it the very least. the mere idea that we would raise taxes for tax cuts to the wealthiest epitomizes how this is at odds with our value and the trillions of dollars this bill will add to the deficit will lead to deep cuts in earned benefits like social security and medicare as well as our national defense. indeed, major cuts to defense historically follow tax cuts and this is almost precisely why we have an estate tax in the first place. our nation first enacted estate taxes to pay for military conflicts without driving the nation deeply into debt. starting in 1797 and continuing through the civil war, spanish-american war, and world war i, estate taxes were used to offset the cost of war. it was kept to counter the massive growth of inequality, something that we're seeing today on a more intense scale. the estate tax was

of american identity itself. on one hand, broad social changes attributable to the market revolution inspired a belief with self fashioning and public performance. the antebellum. , ofthe era of humbug andkface, menstrual confidence man. the fugitive slave law provides aa barometer of the anxiety, resting on the logic of racial recognition and reinforced the widespread concern that people were passing for something they were not. the rise and what was termed scientific racism demonstrates the paradox. at a time when audiences flocked to theaters every night to be fooled by white men wearing blackface scientific men were , busy measuring and codifying the differences of the races, and insisting not on the fluidity, but they fixicity. -- on its six city. examining the lives of dust on it fixity. i argue that this inventive hair novelty of thehe indian as a sort of escape hatch and i think that their choices reveal the currency inflexibility of the indians as a signifier. indianess involved a wide-ranging set of ide

he also discusses how christopher columbus, native americans americans, and females -- areicted in the depicted. this is about an hour. >> welcome to the lecture series. i'm the chief of stories here at the society. it is great to see everyone here. namedeaker today is a guy matthew restall. i want to read the title because it is ponderous. edwin earl sparks professor of latin american history and director of latin american studies at penn state. educated at oxford, easier like, .nd published numerous books some of you might recognize his name and some of the things he will be touching on from our last dome, where he has an article on help montezuma keeps surrendering in the art of the capital. and historical indications. various -- and historical variations. this is a chance for us to highlight interdisciplinary andoaching capital is allowing us to hear various stories and because various , itorians like matthew takes a village to tell the story of the capital. , whenpublishing a book montezuma met cortez, the meeting that changed history. it will be out next month. he is currently th

this is about every american family. every american business. this is about the strength of the american economy, it is about the competitiveness of the american economy in the world. we only do this once every 20 or 30 years. we will live through the downside. we will work better to get it right. if that process, starting with reconciliation and republican votes leads to a bad result. the result has been described accurately by my colleagues. critical at the top end. millions of middle-class people are hurt. the poor is especially hurt according to the analysis done by the congressional office. conservative economist from georgetown university. the cbo has said this bill is particularly hard on the poor. it dramatically increases the deficit. it will lead to millions of people falling into the ranks of the uninsured. it is particularly harmful to virginia. i we doing it this way? why? we had a press conference this morning. 16 democrats, when republican. there were former democrats, former insurance commissioners. every one of us. every one of