In illinoisillinois illinois ca tennessee recently testified. Id like to hall kacall the to order and thank our witnesses for joining today. I know its early. The one thing thats certain about us in washington d. C. Is that theres uncertainty around us, so because of other meetings scheduled and planned, we ask for you to come early. And i personally appreciate it. It shows you the interest of our colleagues that theyre here this early. So thats great. No matter how many miles youve first of all, we have folks as far away as alaska and as close as pennsylvania. No matter how many miles youve traveled to be with us, were grateful for the time and financial sacrifice to share your expertise with us today. Even though they did not have send someone to present oral the testimony, i appreciate the Environmental Protection agency providing us with written statement to include in our hearing record. I ask that unanimous consent without objection. So ordered. Im also pleased to announce the ag
Masters all weekend . Erik i didnt, actually. Stephanie you should have. Erik i watch some. Amazing performance by mr. Spieth. Tying a record set by tiger woods. We are going to start you off with the top business stories of the day. An activist investor is targeting qualcomm. Asking qualcomm to think about spinning off its chipmaking unit. Shares of qualcomm are down 11 over the past year. Here is where they are today. Breathing a little life into qualcomm, but not enough to recoup all of the losses. Meantime, in china, exports unexpectedly fell by the most in more than a year. That adds to concern over chinas growth. Next stop, iowa. That is where Hillary Clinton is headed as she begins her Second Campaign for the white house. She ended the suspense over whether she would try to become the first female president. She used a video to announce her candidacy. I am running for president. Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times. The deck is still stacked in favor of
And we begin today in on the details of John Boehners plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. We want to hear from you. How optimistic are you that a compromise can still be reached before the end of the year . Give us a call and you can get up with us on all your social media web sites on facebook and twitter, or e mail us. A very good morning to you. I want to take you to the lead story in todays Washington Post. That was todays Washington Post. Heres the headlines from politico today. I want to take you to speaker John Boehners comments on the state of the current negotiations and his plan b. [video clip] what the white house offered yesterday was 1. 30 trillion in new revenues for only 850 billion in net spending reductions. That is not balanced in my opinion. At the same time we will continue to talk to the president , we will also move to plan b. We all know every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate january 1 unless congress acts. I believe it is important that we p
Both can be found at theatlantic. Com. Thanks for joining us. We will take you live to the house floor. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2012] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , december 19, 2012. I hereby appoint the honorable Daniel Webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the chair will receive a message. The messenger mr. Speaker, a message from the senate. The secretary mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore madam secretary. The secretary i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed to s. Res. 624, relative to the death of the honorable daniel k. Inouye, senator from the state of ohio. Hawaii. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the
Activity. Also this morning, will the senates share of women increase again after this midterm . If something incumbents hold on, then it could be another record total. Much more in todays takeaway. Good morning from washington. Its tuesday, may 13th, 2014. This is the daily rundown, your 2014 campaign headquarters. Well also talk to senator chris koonce about the hearing hes holding about how to help those kidnapped nigerian girls and what could have prevented it. If its tuesday, somebody is voting somewhere and today the somewhere is in two states. Senate races that were probably not going to be talking about in late october, which is not good news for the Democratic Party. But weve got West Virginia and nebraska on the docket today. West virginia hasnt elected a republican senator in more than 58 years. The gop has lost 21 consecutive Senate Contests in the Mountain State but senator Jay Rockefellers decision to retire is giving republicans one of their best opportunities to win a d