Growth in overall business conditions. Higherthanexpected retail sales, and Online Shopping actually increased more than expected. That underscores the rosie manufacturing data we have been seeing. We are still seeing the conundrum of anemic wage growth, despite the tight job market. We have one company in boston reporting anecdotally that 20 out of a remained open factory with 100 positions, and they were struggling to find highly skilled labor. The Silver Lining though, increased wages are generally seen i a lot of districts Going Forward, and some firms are raising wages across a broader set of industries from the last report. So potentially some Silver Linings goers forward Going Forward into 2018. Overall a positive reading, underscoring what we have been hearing so far, with the fed penciling in these three expected rate hikes. Julia wage increases there, but modest pricing pressures mix. We will wait and see if they go through. Lets get a check on where stocks are and how they a
Remain problematic. Multiple state Department Reports document Chinese Companies and individuals to continue export dual use goods relevant to Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missile programs in and around north korea. Year after year individuals have been sanctioned related to efforts to proliferate weapons of mass destruction. What is preventing the chinese in taking action against the come to me if and individuals identified to them. I would like to hear whether the proliferation record was addressed during negotiations. This agreement presents us with a golden opportunity to place pressure on china to hold these dangerous activities. The second set of concerns focused on plans to export Nuclear Power plant based upon technology provided by westinghouse under a deal signed 2007. To transfer to china. Then kris exporting reactors with the markets the United States used to have. The transfer of the most advanced u. S. Technologies may provide china the keys were dominated the world Nucl
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Talk for about implementing the buffet rule, and, you know, specifically that involves, and i noticed a lot of new York Congress members on the list, but a number are not. Talk about the people not on the list, have you reached out to them . Do you expect all new york members of congress to sign on to them . We started with app effort through the National Congressional caucus and a number of members, and some do not sign pledges. Theres a lot of folks in the congress who make a policy not to sign pledges, but who i reached out to the response was positive. Saw a number of them here today. I think what ewe saw, literally in a few weeks the first meeting was april 2, and were here less than six weeks later and theres been a tremendous response, and i think it indicates that a lot of people who work in this building are looking to join a coalition to make a change at the fundamental level of the politics. Here the problem, they heard from a lot of them they cant change the policies in the
Agree with all of these items. They know what it happening to them. So i am very proud to stand here to fight to raise bankwages, protect unions protect and expand social security, medicare, and medicaid. Thank you, mayor deblasio. Congressman charles rangel. Colleagues and friends, when i marched from selma to montgomery, i had no idea there could be dramatic changes made in our constitution. That constitution did not include disparity in wages did not include blacks did not include women, and it did not include middle class poor folks. A change was made because america thought a change should be made. Everyone came together and said its time for a change. This is a patriotic opportunity for us to say what is it that we can do . The president is talking a lot about tpp and tpa which means it is a trade agreement. It is not a secret. The muppet nationals know exactly what is in that trade agreementings and they also know about the millions and trillions of dollars they will be able to