Democrats 202 5853880, and independents, all others, 202 5853882. You can send us a tweet. Or you can go to facebook. Com, or send us an email. Before the house acted on their border legislation last week president obama held a News Conference on friday, and this is what he had to say about executive action. We all agree that theres a problem that needs to be solved in a portion of our southern border. And we even agree on most of the solutions. But instead of working together, instead of focusing on the 80 where there is agreement between democrats and republicans, between the administration and congress, House Republicans as we speak are trying to pass the most extreme and unworkable versions of a bill that they already know is going nowhere. That cant pass the senate, and that if it were to pass the senate, i would veto. They know it. Theyre not even trying to solve the problem. This is a message bill that they couldnt quite pull off yesterday so they made it more extreme so maybe t
Front of me. Ambassadors of the african private and public sectors. Thepecially want to thank staff of congressman gregg meeks dialogueng this allowing us to meet and interact and defined u. S. African business relations. Im here to deliver a message. One to the u. S. Private sector and the other to the u. S. Congress. Two american ceos, i want to thank you for being open to expanding your business interests to the african continent. You have learned plenty about the warmth of the African People , a warmth you can actually see in front of you. I have a couple of points i want to share here. Withs that african ceos the confidence of the african by any global, standard. They have made significant africa, and the countries are part of the growing countries in the world as evidence in countries like andria, rwanda, mozambique, tanzania. Countries that are making strides in spite of the negative press stories we hear every day, stories of terrorism, disease, and corruption. , isria, for ins
Mr. Gibson and i joined together to introduce legislation that clarified rules under the doddfrank act with regard to margin clearing and reporting requirements of interaffiliate transactions. What that means is a lot of main street businesses in various industries from agriculture to Consumer Products that work across International Boundaries use this central treasury unit structure to offset competing or offsetting risks and that way they can decide what their total aggregate risk is and then make it much more affordable for a corporation. Unfortunately the way the rules were interpretted by the commodities futures trading commission, these companies were being charged double or triple the cost by imposing these Central Clearing unit ways of managing risk. It just didnt make sense and it actually cost them more money. And these companies did not add systemic risk. Thats what the rules on swaps were all about is to make sure we reduce systemic risks. These companies are using these co
They are as great supporters of the programs we do at the Roosevelt Library and we appreciate very much. Dictate the format of the session for those of you who havent been to a reading before. Will introduce a speaker and she will talk for slitted minutes or so after which if time permits we will take questions. If not for the season would be happy to speak with the oneonone as she signs books at the new deal store, where after your wonderful discussion you want to flee the room so that you can buy one for her to sign. Susan dunn is the author of 1940 fdr, wilkie, lindbergh, hitler the election amid the storm. She is the parish the country professor of humanities at Williams College where shes been teaching since 1973. She graduated from Smith College and has a phd from harvard university. She is written and edited books that focus on two key periods in american history, the founding. And the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. Don is also the officer of how fdr fight to change the democ
Korea has agreed to let in nuclear inspectors. So, is kim jong un getting serious about denuking or is this just more smoke and mirrors . Lets get to it. Now, Shepard Smith reporting, live from the fedex news deck. Shepard good monday arch from the fox news deck. Judge Brett Kavanaugh is now Justice Kavanaugh. The fight over his Supreme Court confirmation is not over yet. Republicans and democrats are using the kavanaugh confirmation or the controversy surrounding it as a rallying cry for the midterm elections just 29 days away. The president says Justice Kavanaugh was caught up in a hoax that was set up by the democrats. I think you are going to see a lot of things happen on november 6th that would not have happened before. Mr. President. The American Public has seen this charade, has seen this dishonesty by the democrats. Shepard the democrat senator mazie hirono from hawaii says her colleagues need to focus on getting control of congress. And i said to the women who are justifiably