Trump Address To Congress

Trump Addresses Congress, Taking Lighter Tone In Outlining Vision

... he is leading the nation in a new direction. Under pressure. He is under pressure to issue marching orders for Republicans who have been attacked in their home districts over a lack of specifics about key planks of the Trump agenda. There are no concrete plans yet to provide Americans with a workable alternative to the Affordable Care Act - a reality that is fast eroding Republican political capital. But Trump promised a much better system than the one that formed the centerpiece of Obama's political legacy. A new system, he said, must retain coverage for Americans with pre-existing conditions, should offer plans backed by tax credits and expanded Health Savings Account and should preserve Medicaid expansion in the states. Trump also vowed to bring down the high price of drugs "immediately.". "Obamacare is collapsing - and we must act decisively to protect all Americans," he said, "Action is not a choice - it is a necessity.". House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who was instrumental in passing the law, shook her head as Trump condemned it. The President will also signal action on another key piece of his agenda - tax reform. "My economic team is ...

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... had convinced big firms like Ford, Sprint, Soft Bank and Intel to invest billions of job-creating dollars in the US. He noted that stocks have put on $3 trillion in value since his election and claimed to have saved hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, including on the new F-35 jet fighter. Trump said he also kept his word by cutting government regulations, clearing the way for the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines and pulling out of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal. The President also laid down clear principles for the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, a key policy goal that is threatening to become overwhelmed by the complications of writing health policy. A new system, he said, must retain coverage for Americans with pre-existing conditions, should offer plans backed by tax credits and expanded health savings accounts and ...

Donald Trump's Address To Congress

... at the center of his presidential campaign. His national security message centered largely on a call for significantly boosting military spending and taking strong but unspecified measures to protect the nation from “radical Islamic terrorism.”. Underscoring the human cost of those efforts, Trump honored Chief Special Warrant Officer William “Ryan” Owens, who was killed in a raid in Yemen during his first days in office. Owens’ widow sat in the guest box with tears streaming down her face as the crowd stood and applauded at length. Owens’ death, as well as the killing of several civilians, have raised questions about the effectiveness of the raid. Owens’ father, Bill, has refused to meet with Trump, has called for an investigation into the raid’s planning and has criticized the administration for its timing. Pushing back against the criticism, the president said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had assured him ...

Cnn's Reality Check Team Vets The Claims

... 2017, Trump signed an executive order that restricts the future lobbying potential of all Trump appointees to Executive Branch offices. The order does indeed require appointees to sign a pledge that they will refrain from lobbying activities - with the same agency where they were employed - for five years following the end of their employment. But the order does not ban lobbying across the board. Rather, according to the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), the scope of this ban covers only a portion of the activities that lobbyists (and former executive branch officials) have been known to pursue. Specifically, former appointees may be allowed to engage in activities that the existing law - the Lobbying Disclosure Act - does define as lobbying when dealing with members of their former agencies. JUST WATCHED. MUST WATCH. Mixed reaction to Trump's 'drain swamp' pledge 00:34. The ...

President Trump's First Address To Congress

... first address to Congress. Carryn Owens, center, cries as she is applauded by the chamber during Trump's speech. Owens' husband, Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens, recently was killed during a mission in Yemen. "Ryan died as he lived: a warrior and a hero, battling against terrorism and securing our nation," Trump said. The applause lasted over a minute, which Trump said must be a record. Hide Caption. 6 of 22. Photos: President Trump's first address to Congress. Trump also recognized Megan Crowley, a college student who, at 15 months old, was diagnosed with Pompe disease and wasn't expected to live past age 5. Her father founded a pharmaceutical company to find a cure. "Megan's story is about the unbounded power of a father's love for a daughter," Trump said. "But our slow and burdensome approval process at the Food and Drug ...

President Trump Addresses Joint Session Of Congress

... reporters that he is going to “show great heart” to children who were brought into the United States by undocumented parents. Undocumented and legal immigrants alike will sure to be listening to what tone he takes Tuesday. Victims of anti-Semitic violence. Trump ran a campaign accused of playing to support from intolerant groups such as white nationalists and even Nazi sympathizers. He eventually condemned the support of such groups, but was criticized for his at times seeming reluctance to do so. It’s an issue that followed him into the White House. Recent anti-Semitic vandalism and bomb threats against Jewish schools and community centers have roiled communities around the United States. Asked about it during a news conference, Trump told a Jewish reporter to sit down when he asked about how Trump plans to combat anti-Semitism. Trump has since called on the violence to stop. “The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are ...

Real-time Fact-checking And Analysis Of Trump’s Address To Congress

... Crowley. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post). Midway through his address to Congress, President Trump paused to highlight the inspiring story of Megan Crowley, 20, whose life is a testament — in part — to American entrepreneurship. When Megan was diagnosed with an extremely rare disease as a baby, her father, John Crowley, founded a small biotechnology start-up to try to cure Megan and her brother — an effort that ultimately grew into an 80-person company  and helped create the drug that keeps Megan healthy today. Megan’s affliction, Pompe disease, is exceedingly rare. The course of the disease varies by patient, but it causes children’s muscles to weaken and, eventually, their lungs may fail. Today, thanks to the work of her father — and the American biotechnology industry — Megan is a sophomore at University of Notre Dame. Trump said that cutting regulations at the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates drugmakers, would be a path to more stories like Megan’s. “If we slash the restraints, not just at the FDA but across our government, then we will be blessed with far more miracles like ...

Here's How To Watch Trump's Joint Address To Congress

... jobs and tax and regulatory reform." Expect talk of his budget , which would boost military spending and make deep cuts to other federal agencies, to be folded into all that. So, it's not a State of the Union. Nope. Presidents typically don't give State of the Union addresses until they've been in office for at least a year. That's because new presidents don't know the true state of the union until they've been governing for a while. Who will be there. Member of Congress are invited to attend, and each of them gets to bring guests. Often, who they take onto the House floor is a statement in itself. For example, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she plans to bring guests who are under threat from the president , including an undocumented immigrant who faces deportation and a woman who lost her son to gun violence. The White House also released ...

Trump’s Address To Congress

... map a path ahead on thorny legislative priorities, including health care, infrastructure, and military spending. The address is set to start at 6 p.m. Pacific time. It will be carried on many television networks and their websites and social media feeds. Among the organizations planning live coversage: ABC, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, C-Span, Fox, Fox Business, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC and PBS. “We’re going to spend a lot more money on military,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” in an interview aired Tuesday, saying he could stand to see even $30 billion more than what’s being recommended. “We’re going to get involved in negotiating. We’re going to be able to get, I think, a lot more product for a buck and I’m going to be very, very serious about it,” he said. The White House said Trump has been gathering ideas for the address from the series of listening sessions he’s been holding with law enforcement officials, union representatives, coal miners and others. Aides said he was still tinkering with the speech Monday night. Republicans, impatient to begin making headway on an ambitious legislative agenda, hope Trump arrives on Capitol ...

Fact-checking President Trump’s Address To Congress

... his five-year ban on lobbying is less than advertised. Trump has originally promised to extend the ban to congressional officials, but he did not. Moreover, the five-year ban applies only to lobbying one’s former agency — not becoming a lobbyist. Trump actually weakened some of the language from similar bans under Obama and George W. Bush, and reduced the level of transparency. “We’ve defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders wide open, for anyone to cross — and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate.”. The data are mixed on the amount of drugs coming through the borders. The amount of marijuana seized at the border continues to decline — probably a reflection of drug use in the United States, as more states legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use. ...