This hearing will come to order. Since this is our first hybrid hearing, a brief explanation of how it will work will benefit senators and the public. The hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended 6 foot social distancing between senators. Nominees, and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which would have kept to a minimum. A number of senators have chosen to use secure video teleconference technology which will allow them to remotely participate. For those joining by videoconference, once you start speaking they will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen. To minimize that ground noise, we ask senators who are using the videoconference option to please click the mute button until it is your turn to ask questions. If there is a technology issue, we will move to the next senator until that issue is resolved. I remind all senators and the nominees that the fiveminute clock still applies. For senators using the video op
The 30year at 3. 222 and today is jobs friday lets look at expectations forecasters say that the economy probably added 160,000 jobs last month. The Unemployment Rate is seen Holding Steady at 3. 5 the backdrop for this mornings report, stocks at record highs the dow closing within points of 29,000 yesterday, 28,956 apple was a big driver shares of the neck giant up more than 2 and its also adding to the gains this morning its up another 2. 20. Apple last trading at 311. 84. On a trillion and a half. Trillion and a half market cap. It was a broad rally, all 11 sectors of the s p 500 closed higher. Are we taking the under on the jobs i just feel like it would be the under on the jobs. Youve got the weird seasonal things that take place. The number was so blow out last time. It revised higher than months before that, too. It seems like eventually theres a regression or whatever you want to call it to the mean. Im hoping its good. 160,000. 160,000 is a lot. Trade continuing to be a huge s
Item number 2, opportunity for the public to comment on any matter within the committees jurisdiction that is not on the agenda. Seeing none, were going to move on to item number 3, approval with possible modifications of the minutes of the august 26th, 2019, meeting. Minutes, any objections . I dont have objections, but i did note a lot of typos in there. I marked several of them up, and i can give them to you. I can go ahead and take them. Reporter they missed a bunch. Maybe you want to take a look in addition to what i wrote down. Okay. But its nothing too major. There are a couple that may have confused the meaning a little bit of the sentence. For the most part, you can figure what it is and theyre bad for the agreement, and some of the tenses werent right. This doesnt preclude us from approving minutes, does it . Other than that, sure. With the correction of the typos, but no material changes. Yes. Public comment . Seeing none, well move on oh, sorry. Ill move to approve the minu
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