The committee on rules and administration will come to order. Good morning to i want to thank amy colleagues for joinin us today. Id like to welcome our nominees to todays hearing. Shawna bashard, sean cooksy and alan dixon are the president s nominees to be members of the federal elections committee. As our witnesses are joining us remotely i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. This is a big responsibility, its a significant president ial nomination, and significant to the work of this committee. And i know youre proud of your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a little bit about a couple of nominees and then im going to turn to another committee member, senator cruz to talk about the third nominee. Allen dickerson is the nominee to be a member of the federal Elections Commission for a term, expiring on april the 30th, 2025. Mr. Dickersons been practicing law for 20 years, primarily in
Veterans day as we thank those who served us in the past and continue to serve us today im becky quick along with joe kernen along with Andrew Ross Sorkin things are in the green once again. Looks like the dow is indicated up by about 181 points and if we were to open at these levels and hold it through the session, you would be looking at the dow closing at a record high it has been up six out of the last seven sessions. Up another 626 points yesterday. Dow futures are up, s p futures up by about 26 and then the nasdaq, which has been the weaker part over the last several sessions, down more 1 , actually indicated higher today as well. Up by about 130. The bond market today the is closed in ob sservance of veters day. Well talk with David Petraeus later this morning andrew thanks. And an important day in the United States of course. But there is also a holiday going on in china, very different kind of holiday, made up of a shopping a made up shopping holiday i should say called single
Very significant especially after all this long time of conflict on the ground as you know that head of the United Nation support the mission in libya veni williams the acting head just stated that this is a historic achievement that has been achieved by the rival factions it did seize fire it says it sees a permanent ceasefire agreement is to be signed by. Rival delegations those that representing the world have to and the others are presenting the internationally recognized government of National Accord but the question now remains whether or not this agreement will be empty mental on the ground and as you know have been violations of the cease fire agreement that was declared and the passed by the internationally recognized the Prime Minister face a large and the poor House Speaker of the eastern of parliament again when they both declared a cease fire last august after those forces on the ground also continue sending the enforcement to the front lines in the areas of the city it of
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The committee will come to order. I thank all of our witnesses for returning this morning. We appreciate the recognition of our interest and oversight responsibilities. This is a crisis that is evolving quickly. Since our hearing yesterday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Cdc has now reported that we have almost 1,000 confirmed cases. That is up from 100 reported cases a week ago. A 900 increase. Americans are worried. They are scared. It is essential that we are able to hear directly from the Health Officials leading this effort with just the facts. Im going to go to the republican side first which is where we left off. Before i do that, without objection, the following three letters we sent on march 3rd to hhs and cdc requesting basic information including about t t testing are entered into the record. We have not gotten any response to those letters. And with that, i recognize mr. Higgins. Thank you, madam chair. Gentlemen, thank yo