Over an hour and a half. We will come to order, please. We welcome everyone and thank them for being here. Our speakers, thank you for being here. Our fellow members and guests of the committee, thank you. We are here today because 203 days ago, the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation. And the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says its too soon to talk about policies. There have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have been days in the year. If we wait for a day without gun violence to talk about it, we will be waiting forever. The Senate Leader mcconnell hopes if he waits this out, it will go away. Well, were not going away. Children are dying and the trauma is scaring an entire generation. As of this week, 500 children under the age of 11 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Over 2,000 kids between the ages of 1217 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Almo
Hilsenrath. No, no. Never. Also on deck this morning fox news senior strategic analyst and retired four star general jack keane, at the bottom of the hour talking about iran, pesm congressman member of the house of judiciary commit yes and services committee, former toysrus, former vice chairman, gary on china and consumer, Fat Brands International chairman ed ramsey is here. Saturday night live alumni talking about eddy murphy, right now checking on futures this morning, losses slight on the dow futures down 7 points after major turnaround in the markets yesterday as cooler heads, calmer heads prevailing in the trade fight between United States and china yesterday. President trump softening his stance toward china after announcing new heightened tariffs on friday saying yesterday at g7 saying he sees a trade deal happening. China wants to mick a deal, now, whether we make a deal, has to be great deal for us you know, i tell this to president xi who i really respect, i said, look, your
If i could have your attention please. We will get started. The president is on the west coast for a fundraising trip so i am filling in for him. I have a brief chat which is to introduce our distinguished introducer. Megan is a Washington Post columnist who writes about economics, finance and government policy. She has previously written as a correspondent for the economist, the atlantic, newsweek, daily beast. Articles have appeared in reason, the guardian, New York Post and the new york sun. She is everywhere. She started one of the First Business economic blogs asymmetric information and authors a 2014 book the upside of down while feeling well is the key to success. In her spare time she appears as a commentator on fox news, msnbc and npr. She is degree in literature from the Pennsylvania University and an mba from the university of chicago. Please join me in welcoming her. [applause] i admit when i was asked to stand in for him that i had a little trepidation because theres so mu
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Criticized in the book, big business. [inaudible conversations] if i could have your attention please. We will get started. The president is on the west coast for a fundraising trip so i am filling in for him. I have a brief chat which is to introduce our distinguished introducer. Megan is a Washington Post columnist who writes about economics, finance and government policy. She has previously written as a correspondent for the economist, the atlantic, newsweek, daily beast. Articles have appeared in reason, the guardian, New York Post and the new york sun. She is everywhere. She started one of the First Business economic blogs asymmetric information and authors a 2014 book the upside of down while feeling well is the key to success. In her spare time she appears as a commentator on fox news, msnbc and npr. She is degree in literature from the Pennsylvania University and an mba from the university of chicago. Please join me in welcoming her. [applause] i admit when i was asked to stand