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BACK TO DAGEN AND CONNELL.
DAGEN: THANK YOU.
CONNELL: ROB PORTMAN IS TALKING
ABOUT A SWEEPING OVERHAUL OF THE
TAX CODE SAYING THAT AMERICA IS
FALLING BEHIND IN JUST CANNOT
COMPETE GLOBALLY AT THIS POINT.
DAGEN: WHICH EDSON IS LIVE IN
OHIO WHERE HE SPOKE WITH THE
SENATORS THIS MORNING.
RICH: GOOD MORNING.
WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION
ABOUT TAX REFORM.
HE SAYS HE IS WORKING WITH FOUR
OR FIVE OTHER DEMOCRATS LOOKING
FOR A PARTNER TO ROLL OUT ITS
CORPORATE TAX PROPOSAL.
HE CAN'T AND WILL GET SOMETHING
DONE ON CORPORATE TAX THIS YEAR,
HE JUST NEEDS A WILLING
PARTICIPANT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE SIMPSON
BOWLES PROPOSAL THAT CAME OUT
YESTERDAY.
PORTMAN SAYS THAT IS AN ODD
STARTER.
>> YOU HAVE NARROWED THE BASE.
EXACTLY.
WE HAVE DONE THE TAX INCREASES
OVER TEN YEARS.
NOW IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
OKAY, THIS IS THE CODE THAT WE
HAVE WHICH HAS BECOME A
MONSTROSITY.
NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
NOT TALK ABOUT THE TAX INCREASES
OR TAX CUTS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW TO GET THE
TAX CODE TO WORK BETTER FOR
AMERICAN WORKERS.
THIS IS ABOUT WORKERS.
THERE WAS A STUDY DONE BY THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.
LOWER SALARIES, FEWER BENEFITS,
FEWER JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
IF WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE
GLOBALLY, IF WE WANT AMERICAN
WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE,
WE HAVE TO REFORM OUR TAX CODE.
I THINK THERE IS A GROWING
CONSENSUS ABOUT THAT.
RICH: PORTMAN SAYS THAT
CONSENSUS COMES FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION.
HE SAYS THAT THERE IS AT LEAST A
WILLINGNESS AMONG THEM
ADMINISTRATION.
RIGHT NOW HE IS IN CONVERSATION
WITH OTHER DEMOCRATS.
A LOT MOVING ON CORPORATE TAX
REFORM, HOWEVER, STILL A LONG
WAYS OFF ON FINDING A PLACE
WHERE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
CAN REALLY GET TOGETHER.