Line between Civil Service and the military. If confirmed he will be the first black american to lead the pentagon. Getting there will require a special congressional waiver since he hasnt been out of active service for the requisite seven years. Some are hesitant to sign off. Biden wrote an article in the atlantic explaining his choice and urging a swift confirmation. Austin led the u. S. Central command under president barack obama when biden said he pved he could react well under pressure. Biden wrote his many strengths and knowledge in the department of defense and our government are uniquely matched to the challenges and crises we face. He is the person we need in this moment. The required congressional waiver has been granted only twice in the past, most recently when Congress Approved president Donald Trumps nomination of jim mattis in 2017. Biden says he aims to vaccinate 100 million americans for covid19 during the first 100 days in his administration. My first 100 days wont e
U. S. House here on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray, lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At a time when so many are worried about business survival, rent payment and unemployment benefits, impell those in our government that are charged with the general welfare to come together to negotiate solutions benefiting all americans in need. Put forth your spirit of wisdom, patience and goodwill upon all the members of congress during these troubling days for so many of our nations citizens. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last
In one of my earliest conversation with him i said who among your or my colleagues should we go about trying to get involved . And he gave us three names, and two of those three names are joni ernst and ron johnson. We are grateful, but i also want you, your honor the legacy of dr. Coburn on your participation today. Joni, senator ernst, but start with you. Open comments. Senator johnson will then go to you and opened up for questions if this time are many. Thanks for joining us. [inaudible] a great champion and a wonderful college to work on these issues. Just starting of course you mentioned senator coburn because you really did pave the way when it came to waste cutting efforts within our federal government. He was great support of the commissioner and so we do want to honor him for that. Hes been an inspiration for so many of us. But i know several of you will remember that when i first ran for office i did that make a squeal sound. This is not easy. [inaudible] in the swamp. For e
The tape that 83 people in long islands Nassau County are being monitored now for exposure to the deadly coronavirus. Now weve got multinational corporations today from nestle to ericsson asking employees to work from home or skip traveling all together. The dean of the Miami Business School who ran the China Europe International Business School is here in a fox business exclusive on how he sees the economic and business spending impact affecting some of the stocks you own. Our power panel is here as well to tell you whether you should buy china during this outbreak. Yeah, there are some chinese stocks you should be scooping up. Plus disney investors asking themselves how a low profile dark horse executive suddenly grabbed the reins of the mouse house. We are about to tell you how he did it. It is a classic tortoise and hare story. Wait until you see what the hare brings to the csuite. Plus, bitcoin dropping below an important key level. Luxurious stock picks to make now. And charlie b
Markets. It has been a wild ride this week. There was rotation on the back of positive news when it came to trade and then we saw stocks retrenching. A lot of the focus is on u. S. Tariffs in europe. Jeanclaude juncker says that is not so. A lot of focus on data out of germany. You can see the u. S. 10 year yield at 1. 91. Coming up, the intesa sao paulo chief executive joins us for an exclusive interview in a couple of minutes. We focus on earnings and the Banking Sector. First, lets get first word news. The u. S. And china agreed tariff rollbacks will be a key part of any agreement, the big question, is a deal any closer to being done . Donald trumps advisors dont sound certain. Yet to be decided, the time and place for signing this potential packed. Donald trump wanted ukraine to investigate joe biden, that was the message and it was clear according to one official. He says the words being pushed by the administration our investigation, biden, and clinton. Special visashere for doct