[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to our witnesses, several of whom have traveled the considerable distances to be here today for this important hearing on paid family and medical leave. Before we move to our scheduled committee business, i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela moomau, a valued member staff of the staff of the joint committee on taxation for over 28 years. A reminder, again, of the considerable talent that exists sometimes outside of the glare of publicity. Pamela began her career at the joint committee on taxation in may of 1991, and over the years applied her skill on many legislative issues, both large and small. Her colleagues on the joint committee on taxation have said that pam was tireless in her dedication to the work of the joint committee, and that she readily accepted projects that were analytically difficult and often data deficient. She was in her office cheerfully worki
And our nation as a whole. Next Congressional Panel looks at developing a National Paid Program House ways and Means Committee vote on how to pay with advocating a payroll tax on employers and employees. Congressman shares a committee. The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to our witnesses some who have traveled considerable distances to be here. Before we move toward scheduled Committee Business i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela, a valued member of staff with the joint committee for over 40 years. A reminder again of the considerable talent that exist sometimes outside of publicity. Pamela began her career as a joint committee on taxation in may of 1991 and applied her skill in many legislative issues with large and small. Her colleagues on the joint committee almost tireless and dedication to the joint committee and she accepted projects that were analytically difficult and often that of efficient. She was working on a leg
Live from our studios in moscow this is R T International im john thomas certainly glad to have you with us we start with breaking news this hour reports say more than 40 people are dead with about 100 injured after a blast in the Afghan Capital of apparent suicide bomber struck a wedding ceremony which had more than a 1000 guests in attendance here some eyewitnesses to the carnage. Heard an explosion and said it was a very horrific situation a lot of guests were killed when the blast happened we heard a big bang and the power went out. But the explosion happened near the stage where the musicians were near all the youth children and all the people who were there some were killed some were wounded and now they are in hospitals and others are dead it was my fathers cousins wedding i took my uncle and cousin who were wounded to a nearby hospital and then they were taken to another Emergency Hospital there are so many dead and wounded victims my father and other uncle are still there to i
Amid heightened u. S. Iranian tensions. We have gasoline futures jumping this after an explosion and major fire at philadelphia area refinery. It is, by the way, the largest facility on the east coast. And slack soaring debut, shares poised to rally at the open but for other tech unicorns eyeing the public markets, is this a sign of peak ipo . Stocks are set to open lower after a record close for the s p. Multiple reports now say the president did approve military strikes against iran as retaliation for downing of a u. S. Drone and later backed off. S p still on pace for the best june since 1955. The nasdaq leading the major indices this month up a percent jim, how much further are people willing to go on the risk curve given the activity today i think were getting too close to the g20. I think that yesterday was a day where there was a frenzy of froth and euphoria i havent seen in a long time. A lot of stocks up 7, 8, 9 points and nothing had happened. I think were all starting to rea
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