Good morning. This hearing on the subcommittee on readiness and management support will come to order. Today this subcommittee meets to receive the testimony from deputy secretary of defense David Norquist concerning the department of defense 2018 and 2019 audits. Last year when he was serving as the dod comptroller, secretary norquist completed the first dod audit ever. Soon thereafter secretary norquist was nominated and then confirm as deputy secretary of defense, withh Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a welcome wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank you for being here today. To a lot of people, aside from a good friend senator perdue, who im hopeful will be here a little bit later, the dod audit might not come across as the most interesting topics in the world. However, Ranking Member kaine and i taket her oversight responsibility serious and are happy to havee this important d timely hearing. Another responsively take circe is one in providi
Chair fewer good morning, everyone. Accept my apologies for being late. This is the wednesday, november 6, 2019 budget and finance committee meeting. I am chair of the budget and finance committee. I am chairman sandra lee fewer. I am joined by supervisor Raphael Mandelman and catherine stefani. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements today . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, can you please call item number one. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman thank you, chair fewer. We considered this item last week. If youll recall, i offered amendments which needed to sit for a week, so i would ask today that we forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation. Chair fewer thank you, supervisor. There is no b. L. A. Report on this, and so lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public want to comment on item one . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer id li
Sevenweek win streak and tech is the secondworst performer in the s p. Joining us for the hour, Barbara Duran from bda capital is here at post 9, talking more about a market that happens to be happy as long as trade tensions are not escalated, pretty much right . That is for sure. And i think a lot is being discounted in the market in terms of global recovery, the fed is on hold, but watching careful. And we have yet to see the effect of the Interest Rates next year. But trade, i think, its what people are expecting is that therell be no more bad news i think hoping for something more, like a rollback of tariffs would be a bit much. This seems to have morphed into a geopolitical technological fliskt i think the downside is limited also for those same reasons, plus people are defensively postured and so on but i think what its going to take is next year, having to see what the earnings are going to be and thats a possibility is the market even considering that possibility is that priced
Good morning, this hearing on the subcommittee of ready miss and management support will come to order. Today, this subcommittee will receive testimony from deputy secretary of defense david new york was concerning the department of defense is 2018 and 2019 audits. Last, year when he was serving as the gop controller, secretary northwest, completed the first d. O. T. Audit ever. Soon thereafter, secretary northwest was nominated and confirmed as deputy secretary of defense, with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a lot of people aside my good feel my good friend, the d. O. D. On it might not come across the most interesting topic in the world. However, Ranking Member cain and i think our oversight responsibility very seriously and are happy to have this important time here. In the responsibility we take seriously has been one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our militar
Good morning, this hearing on the subcommittee of ready miss and management support will come to order. Today, this subcommittee will receive testimony from deputy secretary of defense david new york was concerning the department of defense is 2018 and 2019 audits. Last, year when he was serving as the gop controller, secretary northwest, completed the first d. O. T. Audit ever. Soon thereafter, secretary northwest was nominated and confirmed as deputy secretary of defense, with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a lot of people aside my good feel my good friend, the d. O. D. On it might not come across the most interesting topic in the world. However, Ranking Member cain and i think our oversight responsibility very seriously and are happy to have this important time here. In the responsibility we take seriously has been one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our militar