Held the secretary, held with china in december, this was one of the issues of very much on the agenda, and weve made some progress in moving ahead on the application of antimonopoly law that we think should be applied to deal with issues of competition, not issues of industrial policy. So we are engaged with them as are our competition authorities and the ftc to work to encourage them to apply the law as its intended to be applied. I know these are tough areas. Canadas creation of a heightened standard for patentability, for pharmaceutical patents is a serious problem for our u. S. Innovators. This standard to obtain and enforce patent rights in canada. Also inconsistent with the World Trade Organization and under the nafta. We have raised this concern directly and repeatedly with the canadian authorities. That issue is now being litigated, and i believe the canadian authorities are looking to see how it proceeds in litigation as we continue that dialogue with them. Ambassador, from o
And pray for our elected officials and, god, pray for wisdom for them in areas they need it and guidance to follow you, lord, in all things. God, we pause today and ask you to use us as your servants. We realize our dependence on you and look to you for answers to the problems that face our country. And i pray that the discussion and the decisions made in this chamber today, god, will reflect your heart and your direction and, lord, we pray in jesus name. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise . Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor independent diindicate by saying indicate by saying aye. Those opposed, no. In the op
Congressman, commissioner koskinen testified last week, if that happens to a taxpayer, the practice is for the irs to work with a taxpayer based on documents that are available. Ill take that so well be working with you and thats why i suggested that we issue subpoenas now because you have not supplied the information you have promised to this committee. Mr. Chairman, i dont have any confidence in this administration to conduct a fair and impartial investigation or to to supply the information this committee has requested for repeatedly and i believe a special prosecutor should be appointed to find the truth as to what actually happened there and for us to go forward as quickly as possible with regard to subpoenas. Now, to return to the matter at hand on fsoc and designations, the chairman asked you a very simple push with regard to consent. I think most people watching understand what consensus means that it means the people at the party fsb in the process said there was a consensus o
Witnesses today. Theres a lot of attendance today. Obviously a discussion that many people are interested in. We do have a series of four votes beginning in a halfhour so im going to be very strict with the time clock today in allowing five minutes to each senator and well be calling on people in order of arrival. So with that, ms. Jones, i wanted to start with you and thank you for sharing your story and being here today to testify. Your story actually really resonates with me. All of my brothers and sisters and i went to college on pell grants and Student Loans to finance our education and i taught Young Children early on in my career which is actually what got me into politic to pe begin with. But the financial burden of Student Loan Debt is considerably more than when i graduated. So i share your understanding and appreciate your being here. In your testimony you said that you paid over 600 dollars a month to cover your federal Student Loans. How much was your monthly take home pay