All time shall be allocated and no debate shall continue beyond 11 50. Each member shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Kelly, for five minutes. Mr. Kelly i thank the speaker. I rise today to honor one of our football teams back home. This team this is erie cathedral prep, the ramblers from erie cathedral prep. This is an outstanding football teams. When we come here we often talk about things and we tend to talk about whats going around our district and what were proud of. These types of championships that are won, what happened last weekend, this is something that every Single Player will remember for the rest of his life, their parents will remember it, members of the community will remember it. You know, to be able to stand here today and talk about the ramblers is really an opportunity for me and truly an honor. This is the second straight pennsylvania quad a state championship. Cathedral prep beat charter last week by a score
To conduct its business i will maintain the core of. That means if there is any disorder or demonstration by a member of the audience that person causing the destruction will be escorted from the room by the capital police. First, i would like to welcome the administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt for your tax money today. With respect to todays hearings we will abide by the committees fiveminute rule for length of member questions in the first round. Time permitting we will also have a twominute second round of questions until 12 30 when administrative pruitt has to leave the building. Of course, members will have the ability to submit written questions to administrator pruitt for the record. Todays hearing is to examine the epas record today after the first year of the administration. The Environmental Protection agency under the leadership of administrator pruitt has been doing the hard work of protecting the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the com
First, i would like to welcome the administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt for your tax money today. With respect to todays hearings we will abide by the committees fiveminute rule for length of member questions in the first round. Time permitting we will also have a twominute second round of questions until 12 30 when administrative pruitt has to leave the building. Of course, members will have the ability to submit written questions to administrator pruitt for the record. Todays hearing is to examine the epas record today after the first year of the administration. The Environmental Protection agency under the leadership of administrator pruitt has been doing the hard work of protecting the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the communities our families live in. Mr. Pruitt has led the agency fairly. He is balanced with the need to prioritize Environmental Protection with the desires of americans have thriving and economically sustainable communities. H
The number that we got from the university of michigan was not a strong. As strong. That was for january. This is for february. 162. 4 in expectations component at 109. 7. A handful of economic reports we got this morning including durable goods that fell more than estimated. All of that to weigh as well. Changedcks little following yesterdays rally. Theyve been bouncing between gains and losses. 2006 p 500 going back to beforel about 3 to go we retain that record high. Retail is one of the areas of strength today. Macys with a rebound in its comparable sales. 11 straight quarters of declining comp sales, seeing an increase of 1. 4 . Dillards up 3 . A strong Holiday Season for these Department Stores which desperately needed it. Nordstroms and kohls also on the rise. A potential media takeover or media spoiler. Mark will get into sky in just a moment. Comcast has made a competing bid for the u. K. Media company. This could potentially spoil disneys quest for 21st century one which owns
Phenomenon, namely secular stagnation. High taxes in heavy handed regulatory policy. With the election of donald trump and the passage of the tax cuts and jobs act, that has changed. Unemployment is now at a 17 year low. Wage growth is the fastest in almost a decade and companies all over america are announcing bonus to the employees and expansion in their communities. Economic growth is once again, arching 3 . However, there are some concerns we all recognize that theres been great volatility in our equity markets recently and i notice the s and p five hundred up more than 14 sins last year. Corn whether the fed can unwind a miss storeically unbalanced Balance Sheet after a decade of low Interest Rates. This was not a issue when the economy was stuck in low gear. Now that the economic transmission is shifted into high gear t clearly is an issue sochlt with that backdrop, we welcome you to your first of many hearings, note, we are rooting for you for much is at stake. As we begin a new