Hour by to think theo witnesses for taking time of a busy schedules to be here. We are appreciative of that. First and foremost, let me reiterate there is no place for Sexual Harassment in our society especially in congress. Period. And one case of Sexual Harassment is one case to many. The speaker of the house, paul ryan task of this committee with extensive review and we take that responsibility very seriously to hold ourselves as a higher standard that we are worthy of the trust by the constituents since the last hearing on November November 14th it surfaced about the related settlements of the rising under the Congressional Accountability Act these issues not only is it is time with the appropriate for the committee to review the policy goals and what we need to do to evaluate with the bipartisan goal of zero tolerance the Congressional Accountability Act has not been reviewed since 1995 to update the policies and procedures it requires all house members including paid and unpaid i
I know called to order for purposes of todays hearing titled preventing Sexual Harassment in the congressional workplace, examining reforms and a crack Congressional Accountability Act. The record will remain open for five legislative days to include materials. Record is present we will proceed i ask for unanimous consent the committee on ethics chairwoman brooks, et never present tuesday appointed to sit and question the Witnesses Today. Without objection so ordered hour by to think theo witnesses for taking time of a busy schedules to be here. We are appreciative of that. First and foremost, let me reiterate there is no place for Sexual Harassment in our society especially in congress. Period. And one case of Sexual Harassment is one case to many. The speaker of the house, paul ryan task of this committee with extensive review and we take that responsibility very seriously to hold ourselves as a higher standard that we are worthy of the trust by the constituents since the last hearin
And spending the consumer wants reliability and the consumer will pay for it thats the lesson of the icr, the big consumer conference i spent all day learning from. A day where the dow gained 150 points, s p climbed 0. 13 and prices were higher earlier today. So many retailers are suddenly doing so well from kohls to childrens place to restaurants like darden. Remember, they are owned by olive garden and then end up with a winner, of course, it is never that easy i think its worth focusing on the consumer side. At least for now even as many of the big gains in the market are coming from what we call the capital good, companies that benefit from the global, not domestic but Global Economic expansion look, ive been recommending boeing for 240 points. Im not whacking away. In fact i think this 318 stock could easily go to 400 bucks caterpillar will be huge, accounting changes in the new tax code and thats not baked into the stock as much as they try to do so united technology, honeywell,
To make some of these, beautiful pictures of rainbows you have been sending so thank you for those. Through the rest of today, we will keep a lot of the cloud for england and wales and it feels quite humid. Patchy outbreaks rain, mostly light through the rest of the day. Eventually, brighter skies across scotla nd eventually, brighter skies across scotland and Northern Ireland and thatis scotland and Northern Ireland and that is where the fresh air is so temperatures down a bit, but feeling a little bit more comfortable. Overnight tonight, the last humid i will start see those humidity levels dropping, 11 or 12 degrees overnight. Wednesdays forecast is probably the best day of the week weather wise. Sunny spells forecast to most of us. Many of starting with almost clear blue skies but a patch of showers to cumbria and orson scotla nd of showers to cumbria and orson scotland as well. It will feel pressure compared with recent days, temperatures 16 to 20. After wednesdays well at every q
Today. Nasdaq inched up. 38 . Some of it is because all we ever do is look at stocks through the prism of the federal reserve. Every day we guessed what the fed will do and every day we make it harder and now that its almost upon us this discussion monopolizes it. We know employment has been strong. Theres no reason to keep shortterm Interest Rates too low. But its how companies are doing like mine. The amazing race would be the last thing you do. I cant name a Business Group doing better than it was six months ago. That is if you thought that Employment Matters all that much because employment wasnt as strong then as it has been in the last few months. They havent missed anything. If hiring is their gauge, still, though, the stock markets rock because anyone that follows individual stocks knows that things just arent so hot. Individual Sector Analysis says things arent that hot. All right. Not that hot. Thats not a technical term. Its a term that explains where the economy is right no