Lisa hurricane laura is moving rapidly toward a category four hurricane, possibly inflicting billions of dollars of damage on the gulf coast. Interesting to see how that evolves with respect to oil prices. What else can 2020 bring . Tom it is going to bring a lot of challenges in academic growth. Futures red and green on the screen. Lets get right to the Business Review this morning. Ata what we are looking for 8 30 a. M. Is the july durable goods numbers. Interesting to see what this tells us about Capital Expenditures at a time of such uncertainty for companies. The u. S. Is selling a record 101 of a record 151 billion fiveyear yields. See viceing to president mike pence headlining day three of the Republican National convention. Look out for his 2024 that form, also expected money 24 platform, also expected to be his 2024 platform, also expected to be a potential candidate in the future. Tom we need to stop and explain jackson hole. It is a beautiful place with mountains that only M
Barreling toward the location where the Oil Production goes on. Energye about the oil space, what the 2020 policy has to do with that. We are going to turn our attention to the fed, the big event this week. The markets are watching the annual market symposium in jackson hole tomorrow. It will be virtual and the theme is navigating the decade ahead. The kansas city president Esther George spoke with michael mckee. I will offer you from my perspective this has been a useful process, process that really asks of ourselves to look at what we have learned over the past decade, to try to think about how the economy may have changed, and think about how we communicate to the public. The process in and of itself has been a useful one, and i will leave to the chairman to talk. Michael you have been considered an inflation hawk. Where are you on average inflation targeting . Is to bee my focus true to our price stability target, that our 2 really has to represent what is happening in the real eco
Washington has been demanding business transparency and threatens to delist mainland companies. Protests against Police Shootings spread to the nba. Playoff games are canceled as refused toee bucks leader court. Haidi we continue to have that lackrnaut rage despite a of very meaningful headline developments on the positive side. We are getting incremental positivity when it comes to u. S. China trade as well as daily developments on the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine as well. We are seeing futures flat at the moment, lower by. 1 after both the s p and the nasdaq hitting another alltime high. Optimism being seen in the fourth straight day of record highs for u. S. Stocks. The nikkei 225 just erasing some of the earlier moves, flat at the moment when it comes to futures trading in chicago. We wait to hear from president abes press conference tomorrow. The focus being on his health and the future of auburn onyx and where dollaryen goes from here. It is holding at 105. 91 at the moment.
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 223, the nays are 194. The amendments en bloc are adopted. Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the question amendments en bloc number on amendments en bloc number 3 printed in house report 116459 offered by the gentlewoman from new york. The clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc. The clerk en bloc number 3, consisting of amendments 74, 76, 15, 25, 36, 68, 101, 89, 90, 95, 96, 112, 120 and 124 printed in house report 116459 offered by mrs. Lowey of new york. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from new york. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial pu
We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, but we will be joined by a handful of our colleagues who were unable to be here due to the pandemic. Before we begin i have a number of housekeeping announcements. First, we should all be mindful of our health, and take appropriate actions. Following doctor monahans guidance, everyone, everyone must wear a mask and provide social distancing. Also, this information was previously conveyed to your s