Proposals and great work from the staff of those of republican and the democrat side and i look forward to seeing progress. The bills to be extended are targeted and promoting innovation, cutting the red tape and advancing Public Safety. To highlight each though i do want to call attention to a couple of resolutions expressing the Guiding Principles on broadband infrastructure that should underpin our efforts first. Any funds for broadband in an infrastructure package should go to underserved areas. Second, as noted, the federal government should not be picking winners and losers in the marketplace. It should be competitively and technologically if we adhere to these principles im confident we can avoid the pitfalls. Most Important Congress should be mindful of the significant amounts of private capital to support broadband deployment. Since the passage of the bipartisan 96 act, the private sector has invested roughly 1. 6 trillion in the networks. To classify the competitive broadband
Sell down on a slight earnings miss despite the dividend hike a better connection for bouygues and the fed sparks a fresh bond market selloff with Janet Yellens final minutes pointing to a more hawkish rate hike approach, amid an improved Economic Outlook we are just getting the german ifo data out. Expectations came in at 105. 4 in february versus the Consensus Forecast of 11 110. 107. 9 the Business Climate index came in at 115. 4 versus a forecast of 117. All of the components of the ifo seemed to have dropped here. Thats coming off very, very high levels back in january. We had high levels back in januariment ty men january. The manufacturing component rose to a new high. Im curious to see where the Capacity Utilization number came in its up at 87. 9 versus an average of 87. 3 still above the longterm average. That Capacity Utilization number is crucial when you think about some of the inflationary pressures that could emerge in germany. Also switching to the construction, i would
Panels effective february 7th, the result of a months long investigation by the bipartisan trade commission on washing machines, nonu. S. Importers will be charged 20 to 50 per unit depending on the volume of the products they are importing. Goldman sachs estimates the price tag a shopper will see will raise anywhere between 8 to 20 in the absence of these highvolume cheap products from overseas the administration on solar panels is adding a 30 levy. It declines over time and it will benefit u. S. Manufacturers. But companies that install solar panels will see their prices increase that led South Carolina congressman mark sanford to call the tariffs shortsighted and said his state would lose over 7,000 jobs in the Solar Industry as a direct result of these tariffs. This afternoon at the white house, President Trump said he expected the move would create jobs our companies will not be taken advantage of anymore and our workers are going to have lots of really great jobs with products th
Got a lot to talk about. With 25 bills introduced in time to be a part of todays hearing. I very much appreciate all of the thoughtful proposals and the great work from the staff, both the republican and the democrat side, and i look for to seeing progress as a move to the next few weeks. These legislative initiatives follow the leadership of President Trumps recent efforts on broadband infrastructure. The bills to be examined in this hearing are targeted at promoting the innovation, cutting red tape, and advancing Public Safety. Its impossible in my a lot of time to highlight each bill butt i do want to call attention to a couple of resolutions expressing the Guiding Principles on broadband infrastructure that should underpin our efforts. First, as noted by vice chairman lance, any funds for broadband inan infrastructure package shod go toac unserved areas. Second, as noted by congressman lotta, the federal government should not be picking winners and losers in the marketplace. Any fe
Use by executive land holding agencies. In your opinion do you believe that gsa has done everything in its power to give life to the directives embodied in section 6409 which you referenced in your testimony of middle class tax relief act . Have they done everything they can . Mr. Chairman, i do not believe they have. As a matter of fact, im a former administrator myself of the federal agency and if i had implemented something too poorly that congress instructed me to do id be embarrassed. Theres an executive order by the president of the United States correcting gsa to move faster to get these contracts together and to date nothing has been done. Three years after Congress Enact this legislation, progress has been slow gsa hasnt been proactive. Proactive. I think our members are having to negotiate for each and every site individually just as they have in the past. Gsa has not implemented the intent of congress and we cant wait three more years for whats needed i think today. Theres a