| 00:00:36 |
Unidentified Speaker
AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I AM PROUD TO BE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CAUCUS, OF THE AIR, SOON TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE...
|
| 00:04:18 |
Unidentified Speaker
THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING. DECEMBER. HOW MANY FAMILIES DO YOU KNOW THAT ARE SITTING DOWN TO DO SOME QUICK MATH ON FINANCES AND FIGURE...
|
| 00:07:45 |
Unidentified Speaker
THE ROUSING APPLAUSE. LET ME THANK THESE TWO FOR INCLUDING ME TODAY IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND WELCOMING ME INTO THE HOUSE AND CAUCUS. I AM PLEASED...
|
| 00:09:22 |
Unidentified Speaker
THANK YOU. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET ME INTRODUCE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SPEARHEADING THIS EFFORT FROM THE GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA. TIM IS KNOWN IN OUR...
|
| 00:09:43 |
Unidentified Speaker
THANK YOU. A 50-50 DISTRICT WENT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA APPEARED A LONG HISTORY OF BEING CENTRIST ON ISSUES BUT VERY PRAGMATIC. THE FARMING DISTRICT INCLUDES...
|
| 00:12:13 |
Unidentified Speaker
DO THE RIGHT THING. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK DEMOCRATS COULD SUPPORT AS MAY BE A BIGGER DEAL? DO YOU THINK IT IS THERE IT IS ON...
|
| 00:12:34 |
Unidentified Speaker
HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR. SO HAS OUR CAUCUS, THAT WHILE WE THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION, WE DO HAVE VERY DEEP, ABIDING CONCERNS ABOUT...
|
| 00:15:14 |
Unidentified Speaker
I WILL MENTION ONE QUICK POINT. I THINK DEMOCRATS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE. WE REDUCED THE COST OF MEDICARE BY OVER $700...
|
| 00:17:21 |
Unidentified Speaker
YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING HOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING. YOU PROPER MOTIONS TO GIVE A MIDDLE-CLASS TAX CUT TO THE MIDDLE CLASS. BLUR THE LINES BY BRINGING IN...
|
| 00:18:05 |
Unidentified Speaker
ON THAT. I THINK IT HAS TO BE SAID. I SAID IT IN MY OPENING REMARKS. I THINK HE HAS GOT IT RIGHT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, AND AS WE...
|
| 00:19:39 |
Unidentified Speaker
TALK ABOUT USING TAX DEDUCTIONS AND LOOPHOLES TO RAISE REVENUE, GETTING RID OF THOSE. STEPPING INTO THE DEBATE, HOW DO DEMOCRATS FEEL ABOUT THE MORTGAGE...
|
| 00:20:04 |
Unidentified Speaker
AT EVERYTHING IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER, AND THE TOTAL ASPECTS OF TAX REFORM IN GENERAL, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE TABLE. HAVING SAID THAT,...
|
| 00:20:38 |
Unidentified Speaker
WITH THE MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION WOULD HURT THE MIDDLE CLASS. >> IF YOU TAKE IT IN
|
| 00:20:42 |
Unidentified Speaker
ISOLATION. IT DEPENDS HOW YOU BALANCE IT OFF. THE RUBRIC FOR US IS, IN HAS TO BE BALANCED. IT HAS TO BE FAIR. IT HAS TO BE COMPREHENSIVE. IT SHOULD BE...
|
| 00:21:10 |
Unidentified Speaker
INTEREST DEDUCTION -- I HAVE A BILL SETTING OUT THERE, TRYING TO GARNER SOME REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, THAT TAKES AWAY THE MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION FOR YACHTS...
|
| 00:21:55 |
Unidentified Speaker
YOU ALL THIS MORNING, AND ALSO FROM STENY HOYER, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME GIVE, THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO GIVE. BUT WHERE DOES THE GIVE COME IN? YOU...
|
| 00:25:03 |
Unidentified Speaker
POINT YOU ALL WHO HAVE HEARD US ON THIS SIDE TALKING ABOUT THIS BILL DO THE MATH. $3 TRILLION WORTH OF CUTS. $1 TRILLION THAT WAS EXACTED AS A RESULT...
|
| 00:28:51 |
Unidentified Speaker
ADVOCATE. THIS IS SOMETHING CONSISTENT TO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. GIVEN THESE CONCESSIONS, TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND OTHER CUTS, DOES THAT MEAN THERE IS NOT...
|
| 00:29:04 |
Unidentified Speaker
GIVE? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL SIT DOWN AND HAVE A BALANCED CONVERSATION AND AGO -- AND NEGOTIATION ON EVERYTHING WHEN THE REPUBLICANS DECIDE THEY WILL...
|
| 00:29:48 |
Unidentified Speaker
PLAN, THE IDEA THAT SPENDING THE FAILED TAX CUTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU SUPPORT? >> I THINK IT PUTS
|
| 00:30:00 |
Unidentified Speaker
MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED THE MOST. PUTTING IT RIGHT BACK INTO EVERY ECONOMY. EVENTUALLY, WHAT WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS CREATING...
|
| 00:32:00 |
Unidentified Speaker
THE FAILED TAX CUT -- THEY ARE SOMETHING YOU PAY INTO AND GET OUT? >> WE WOULD
|
| 00:32:06 |
Unidentified Speaker
NOT SUPPORT IT IF IT DID THAT. WE MADE CERTAIN IF WE WERE GOING TO DO THE PAYROLL TAX CUT, NONE OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY THAT WOULD GO INTO THE SYSTEM WOULD...
|
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.