Joint Economic Committee Chair Pat Tiberi and his guests delve into issues that impact families and employers on Main Street, like increasing job opportunities, creating a simpler tax code & improving the ability of families to get ahead.
Pat Tiberi, Joint Economic Committee Chairman
Kay Hymowitz, William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox, Director of the National Marriage Project join JEC Executive Director Scott Winship to discuss family stability.
Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ) (00:26) joins Joint Economic Committee Chairman Pat Tiberi in the first episode of Main Street Economics. They discuss lowering the cost of health insurance (02:12) and separate myths from facts about coverage (03:45) and risk pools (6:32). As a member of the Ways and Means Committee, Representative Schweikert wrote the provisions that add the invisible risk sharing program (08:20) to the House-passed American Health Care Act. In addition, Chairman Tiberi asks Representative Schweikert about his role as the co-chairman of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus (11:36) and the potential for Blockchain technology (19:01) to improve secure transactions and recordkeeping (13:38). Recorded: July 26, 2017
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