The committee on rules and administration will come to order, good morning i want to thank my colleagues for joining us today, i would like to welcome my nominees to todays hearing. Shana broussard, sean cooksey and Alan Dickerson are the president s nominees to be members of the federal elections commission, 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, is significant president ial nomination and significant to the work of this committee and i know youre proud, your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a little bit about the nominees and then ill turn to another Committee Member senator cruz to talk about the third nominee, Alan Dickerson is not the nominee to be a member of the federal Election Commission for a term expiring on april the 30th 2025 and he has been practicing law for 20 years primarily in the areas of First Am
Wednesday. Feels like a friday on after the bell. Lets look at the news thats happening at this hour. Team coverage with more on the markets. Hillary vaughn, covering the president elect. Lets start with you, the day before thanksgiving. What are we seeing . We are seeing a retreat partially for the s p. The dow transports, all retreating from record highs but the dow closing at 29872 on track for november since 1928. Youve got to go back really far. The nasdaq, first, record close september. 12,000 94. The first force was this rotation weve seen for the week out of tech to cyclicals that reversed today. Energy was your worst performer and tech was your second best performer. The second we noticed is the Economic Data that poured in this morning. That was a reality for many investors. Jobless claims rose for two weeks in a row. The First Time Since july, 778,000 americans filing for firsttime unemployment benefits. Claims rose the most in states where infections also rose the most. Min
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
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White house were with the senate or with thehe hous [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] the u. S. S who has gaveled back into session. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speakers table the bill h. R. 6395 with the Senate Amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate Amendment and request a conference with the senate. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 6395, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities for the department of defense for military construction and for Defense Activities of the department of energy to describe military personnel strength for such fiscal year and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to the request of the gentleman from washington . Without objection, the request is agreed to. Wi