From three women about their experiences Running Companies and working to promeet increase ownership and nvrsment roles for women in American Business and industry. This is just under an hour. I know everybody is having a good time. And net working and moving the enterprise forward. We have two votes at noon. Well be on a short string here. That shouldnt in any way dent grate the importance of this hearing. Of the Small Business committee. And what were going to do today is explore ways to help women owned businesses reach their full potential and grow the american economy. I want to thank my colleague senator shaheen for working together on this. A matter of great importance to all of us. And to all america. Even though all america sometimes doesnt know it. Fair statement. As you know october is National Women Small Business month. Which sefbs as a great reminder that female entrepreneurs own more than 11 million businesses in the country. And employ more than 9 million workers. They
I know everybody is having a good time. And net working and moving the enterprise forward. We have two votes at noon. Well be on a short string here. That shouldnt in any way dent grate the importance of this hearing. Of the Small Business committee. And what were going to do today is explore ways to help women owned businesses reach their full potential and grow the american economy. I want to thank my colleague senator shaheen for working together on this. A matter of great importance to all of us. And to all america. Even though all america sometimes doesnt know it. Fair statement. As you know october is National Women Small Business month. Which sefbs as a great reminder that female entrepreneurs own more than 11 million businesses in the country. And employ more than 9 million workers. They contribute 1. 6 trillion in sales to the National Economy and capable of more as its Fastest Growing sector. Administrator linda mcman joined me in idaho. And we visited a number of Small Busin
Where he also have a fatal collision in the south day. It is been one week since the Deadly Church shooting in baptist. They will reopen today as a memorial. We will have more on what is being planned later today. Veterans celebrations continue. In San Francisco they are going to have a parade in just a few hours. Affair is always a great event. Lets head over to rosemary first. I think it is a bundle of mourning for parade. A little bit of fog out there and it is kind of. Partly cloudy skies. Temperature similar to yesterday. A near repeat. Here is a look across the bay. We are looking toward the east where we have cloud cover. You can see it here. There are a few areas of hearing. The Golden Gate Bridge is kind of clear. We are down to about a quarter of a mile of visibility. You will find this through sonoma and then on highway 101 all the way into and around petaluma. For communities right in here, even around the canyon. We are starting in the mid40s to mid fifties. 52 in San Fran
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This hearing will come to order. Today well receive testimony from the secretary of the United States department of treasury on domestic and International Policy issues. Thank you mr. Secretary for attending today. This is secretary mnuchins first hearing since being sworn in as treasury secretary in february and we look forward to our discussion. Many of this committees priorities fall within the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department, including Housing Finance reform and development of policies to encourage a healthier economy. We look forward to working with you and your staff on these priorities and improving the lives of americans. Hou housing reform means the most significant piece of business following the crisis. Its important to build bipartisan support for a path forward. Last week we received testimony from the federal Housing Finance director mel watt. He emphasized its congress that needs to act to determine the future of housing reform. The hearing reinforced why its uns