Constraints these time to his race will do the best we can. The question he will be done by subCommittee Members only, and under the fiveminute rule. President fords appearance demonstrates his commitment to open and to be candid to the American People. It is absolutely vital for the restoration of the American Trust and for the institution of the political body, and it is support for the future administration. In parisaper le monde about therote sweeping and irrevocable pardon by a gerald ford. They parted was seen as a way of preventing congress and the law force from conducting an investigation. Nixontember 8, president offered a full and complete president ford offered a full and complete pardon to president nixon read several questions have and raise related to the circumstances of the pardon, and whether a result of the pardon and says with agreement and subsequent agreements were related to discussions with the former president. More than 70 members of the house of representativ
We have showers headed away. We do have a chance for showers today. Also a chance for thunderstorms. It can be potentially active weather pattern. Is a look at what were expecting for the rest of to date no. Day. Temperatures i faid once again. 64 in oakland 54 and not put and low 60s in downtown San Francisco. Low 80s today 81 in livermore 81 in pleasanton. Low seventies and the oakland 67 in downtown San Francisco 80 and a sunnyvale 78 and san rafael. Temperatures will be staying in the low 80s and and le0s. Mid9e back in your forecast and let come thursday and friday. one accident is and east bay on the concord. And the sun is built area theres another fatal accident northbound one 01 wet lands are blockedhere lanes are a 10yearold girl is recovering this morning after being shot during a Birthday Party in oakland. Ten year old alyssa brooks was at a Birthday Party for her one year old cousin on saturday. They were opening presents when two groups of suspects opened fire at each oth
We thank the witnesses for being here and it seems to have developed among some of the members that the costs of some of these regulations and the red tape thats resulted from these regulations, a lot of that has been testified to by mr. Wilson. A lot of it is either not real or either not real or if it is real its not having an impact or not significant. In fact, it seems that were heralding that this is a good bill because wall street has hit alltime highs. And i would suggest that may be true but it does not properly reflect the overall economy and the reality that the folks i represent are feeling. And i represent virginias fifth district, a rural district. 23 counties and cities. Mostly main street america. Weve had in the last six years unemployment in parts of our district as high as 20 . North of 20 . Theres still localities in our district where we have unemployment almost as high as 10 . Our economy is struggling and we need jobs and we need to capital. We had access to capit
My predecessor at the fed, chairman ben bernanke, demonstrated such courage, especially in his response to the threat of the financial crisis. To stabilize the Financial System and restore economic growth, he took courageous actions that were unprecedented in ambition and scope. He faced relentless criticism, personal threats, and the certainty that history would judge him harshly if he was wrong. But he stood up for what he believed was right and necessary. Ben bernankes intelligence and knowledge served him well as chairman. But his grit and willingness to take a stand were just as important. I hope you never are confronted by challenges this great, but you too will face moments in life when standing up for what you believe can make all the difference. Having dwelt for a moment on failure and grit, let me turn to the deeper meaning that underpins grit and can carry us beyond failure. The hard work of building a life that makes a difference is much easier to sustain when you are passi