A little leery of that figure these figures are almost guesstimates that have to be revised two times and i would not be surprised if retail is revised upward in a significant way if retail goes up twenty five thousand and set it down twenty thousand then my estimate was was right on the money yeah i was surprised by the retail number two that it wasnt higher going into the Holiday Season but you know weve talked with some retail experts in the past and they say people are moving more and more to online purchasing so it might be lower than us and i thought back to the construction though are some of those Energy Sector jobs that were created in construction really due to those unfortunate hurricanes that we had this year. Oh yes weve weve had a naturally increase in construction jobs and then as we get into this boom of course theres even more construction jobs and then the hurricanes just come right on top of that in texas and south florida and and puerto rico where theyve added a gre
The consensus and two hundred and its less than the two hundred thirty nine thousand jobs created in november lets get into the dates with dr Mark Thornton a senior fellow at the me season just to dr thornton thanks again for joining us it seems like a pretty good report but not a toadie the tiger great report whats your take on some of the highlights in terms of specific sector specifics. Well i was thinking that it was going to be a tony the tiger type report of two hundred thousand or more new jobs added and as you said the consensus amongst economist was for one hundred ninety thousand. And on the downside the Retail Sector surprisingly lost twenty thousand jobs in december im a little leery of that figure and these figures are almost guesstimates that have to be revised two times and i would not be surprised if retail is revised upward in a significant way if retail goes up twenty five thousand and set it down twenty thousand then my estimate was was right on the money i was surpr
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 233, the nays are 181. The resolution is adopted. And, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. He house will come to order. Members are requested to take their seats and remove their conversations from the well. Members are requested to take their seats. Members are requested to take their seats. Members will clear the aisles and remove their conversations rom the house. Members will clear the aisles and remove their conversations rom the house. For what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition . The gentleman is recognized. The speaker my colleagues, i rise for a very happy purpose that the to recognize honorable don young of alaska is the new dean of the house of representatives. All right. The tradition of having a dean that dates back centuries to the house of commons. It is an honor that goes to our longest continuous serving member. Don young is one of only 28 americans in our history of
This is live coverage on cspan3. Sub committee will come to order. After recognizing myself and Ranking Member duetch for five minutes each for Opening Statements. We will then hear from our witnesses and without objection the witnesses prepared statements will be made a part of the record. Members may have five days to insert statements and questions for the record subject to the length limitation and the rules. As prior, we hear that this is your first congressional testimony so well ask you the really tough questions. Kidding, kidding, kidding. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes. Since our sub committees last hearing on lebanon, much has changed in our by rilateral relationship. The picture in neighboring syria continues to look dire. Isis appears to be on its last legs yet again. But despite these changes and in some cases because of them, many of the same challenges and concerns about lebanon and u. S. Policy remain. As one of my israeli friends put it, lebanon is e
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