Burma Violence, Flu Season

Missoulian: S.Res.250 A resolution condemning horrific acts of violence against Burma's Rohingya population and calling on Aung San Suu Kyi to play an active role in ending this humanitarian tragedy.

UN Briefing, 9/25/17
“The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that the number of Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar and arrived in Bangladesh in the past month has reached 436,000.”

Missoulian: US health officials brace for potentially bad flu season

CDC- Influenza

Zinke Monument Cuts, EPA Understaffed

Missoulian: Zinke wants smaller monuments, but not at home

Memorandum for the President

Missoulian: After 34 years, EPA not sure whether Butte residents are exposed to heavy metal contamination

EPA’s Distribution of Superfund Human Resources Does Not Support Current Regional Workload 
“Region 8 stated in its survey response that it had site work it could not start due to lack of FTEs at the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area NPL site in Butte, Montana. Specifically, work is currently delayed at the West Side Soils Operable Unit (OU13), which includes the mining-impacted areas in and around the city. For the site, potential health threats include direct contact with and ingestion of contaminated soil, surface water and groundwater; and inhaling contaminated soil.”

Trump Tax Cuts

Missoulian: Trump vows to cut taxes 'tremendously' for middle class

Remarks by President Trump Before Meeting with Bipartisan Members of the House Committee on Ways and Means

“Second, we will cut taxes tremendously for the middle class -- not just a little bit, but tremendously. That includes nearly doubling the standard deduction that most families take on their taxes, and increasing the child tax credit families really want, and we've talked about it for a long time.

Third, we will lower tax rates for businesses to create more jobs and higher wages for Americans. America has the highest business tax rate in anywhere in the developed world. We're the highest-taxed nation in the developed world, and I think in the undeveloped world too.”

The 25 countries with the highest tax rates in the world (USA doesn’t make the list)
The Global Competitiveness Report 2016–2017

International Comparisons of Corporate Income Tax Rates - Includes the Effective Corporate Tax Rate which is 18.6

Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal on Health Care

Missoulian: The Latest: Protesters in wheelchairs disrupt bill hearing

Hearing to Consider the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal