Because the threat posed by covid19 remain serious and widespread, we are proceeding in the best manner we can, remotely in todays case in order to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff and the public. Todays conversation is essential to the oversight of how we should adapt and meet the challenge of increasingly assertive china especially in the backdrop of a Global Pandemic. I had hoped this would be a bipartisan discussion. Unfortunately, without reason or justification, republican colleagues have decided to absent themselves from the committee. I repeat my hope they will reconsider and join us for future unclassified public hearings and unclassified closed roundtables. We will continue to have them as they are being used to frame the oversight issues and requests and inform our members of the various threats facing the country. The American People expect congress will continue doing its job even in a pandemic and that means showing up at a minimum whether we want to or
Sec. Pompeo good morning, everyone. Seeing as we are in the fourth of july, i thought i would lead off with americas founding principles for us this morning. The u. S. Was the first nation established on the premise that government exists to protect our godgiven, unalienable rights. I will say more on that in a couple of weeks. It was a revolutionary idea, we shouldnt forget about these complex Foreign Policy issues. The idea remains important and was unique. We are all striving for a more perfect union, we dont get it right every day. We use our unmatched power to protect rights at home and abroad. Happy early fourth of july to you all and your families. Now turning to the substance of my remarks today. I want to talk about one of the worlds most unfree countries. Yesterday, the Chinese Communist party implemented its Draconian National security law on hong kong in violation commitments it violation of commitments it made to the hong kong people and the united kingdom. In a u. N. Regi
This is what the markets are doing. The focus will be on the u. S. Data. The latest in the u. S. , the focus has been on what the European Central bank has done. Hero trading at 113 against the dollar. Theres a lift to the euro trading at 113 against the dollar. Theres a lift to the market. We could have the extension of these action cuts. Production cuts. Brexit not going as planned. ,f you are expecting for a deal pound is moving. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with leighann gerrans. A night of largely peaceful protest has americans gathering for george floyd, the unarmed black man whose death sparked unrest. The extended security theft is across fences across the white house. The kronos reported a Record Number of deaths. The nation departing italy to become third in the world. It has become an epicenter of the virus, with over 600,000 confirmed cases. Fears of deflation warranted European Central banks decision to ramp up stimulus. Thats according to the policym
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