A mess. Obviously the iphone sales were a little bit lower than expected. Emily earnings per share did beat this is not atypical of apple. And other really interesting number is the china sales of 13. 23 billion dollars. There has been so much concern about the China Economy at the big stockmarket plunge that we saw over the last quarter. Emily what is standing out to you . Julie we have the ensemble of everything, and we can pick out what is most interesting. First of all, the companys earnings per share coming in for sense of estimates. Apple tends to be estimates. It is that i vote number. 47. 5 billion iphones in the Third Quarter, the estimate was for 48 port a million phones. Apple depends so heavily on the iphone, so if it has lower sales than estimated, that is a bubbly a problem. On the other hand, the average selling price with weeks 5991 699. 91. The ipad average selling price was below the estimate. The estimate about 426. 4. 8 million macs sold over the Third Quarter, that
Nutrition for street to order. Todays hearing marks this committees ninth hearing this year, dedicated to enlisting listen to our stakeholders around the country on out our Office Programs are currently working or need improvement as we work towards farm bill reauthorization during this congress. This includes taking a look at spending request for proposals for 39 programs in the farm bill that do not have budget baseline. And as i said each of these hearings are committee must be mindful of very tough budgetary environment that we have to face. While it is a principal duty of this committee to ensure the next farm bill provides our nations agriculture produces with the necessary tools and resources to feed a growing and hungry world, our responsibilities and the will of the is a you not stop there. It is also critical for next farm bill works to support Rural Businesses and cooperatives and Health Clinics and schools, Renewable Energy, and biobased product manufacturers manufacturers
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There must be whistleblower protection. Can you address how you feel about whistleblowers and retaliation within the department. I would be happy to. Should i be confirmed i would do everything in my power to make sure theres no retaliation. I feel whistleblowers are an important part of the way democracy functions and i was happily recently the president signed into law and other whistleblower due to efforts, but i believe within each department we need to ensure not only various environment of of trust and respect, but a safe place for voices to be heard. Its vital we understand concerns of employees. Let me also address contracting after disasters. We are all very worried about all of the americans. For the first time i believe, in my lifetime weve been unable to restore a sick living necessities to thousands of americans for weeks now. Im confident you will get other questions about puerto rico, but i want to hone in on contracting youve awarded more than 2 billion in contracts, tw
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