I sat down with my tax preparer and went over my taxes in preparation to file.
I really do appreciate the testimony that was given this morning.
My understanding is, and correct me if I am wrong, that we now estimate that some $385 billion annually is not paid in t...
Please share with all the folks you work with that we thank them very much.
We do not want to undermine the voluntary compliance rates that we have in this country by Americans who pay their taxes...
I tell folks at home when they ask me all about this thing, I say it is like setting a speed limit and then not having a...
what we did in Dodd-Frank law, which is the law of the land, is that we increased your responsibility exponentially.
The ocean is an economic engine.
But the benefits do not stop there.
The lowest priority in the pecking order is the ocean.
We have more area.
I could tell my children that we can get by with one less F-22 if we can adequately regulate our markets.
We borrow without a plan for paying it back by lowering taxes and not having the revenue to come in to be able to pay th...
What you tell your children, I don't think you teach them borrowing is bad as long as you have a plan to pay it back.
So I am coming here to tell you that even the President's budget is not adequate.
NOAA's cut to education has been 75 percent since 2010.
And yet, our survival as human beings on this planet depends on the health of the oceans.
We have got to have those cops.
