If i could have everyones attention at this time and ask everybody to take their seats. If we might, im congressman ed royce, i chair the Foreign Affairs committee. [ applause ] and we have with us here mr. Force, mike mccall, many of you know is chairman of the Homeland Security committee. [ applause ] congressman brad sherman from los angeles. Congressman hank johnson, as well. What i thought i might do here is let me say a few words of introduction if i could on behalf of mr. Stewart force because i wanted to share with him how much we admire his work, the work he has done, the work his wife has done to try to ensure that no other family has to endure the pain that their family has endured. Their son, taylor force was Great American patriot. He was a west point graduate who served his country with honor in iraq and served in afghanistan. And i remember our meeting last spring with senator corker. My democrat counter part elliot engel and i have put together a bipartisan version of t
Shanghai composite up by 0. 2 . The dax is down by 2 . The tenyear yield, 2. 24 . A couple of big headlines were watching. First one, crude prices. Wti crude trading higher after the ministers of saudi arabia and russia agreed needing to extend the cuts. Including russia agreed to cut output. Deciding whether to extend that agreement. A lot of folks will be watching for that. Also, a big developing story out of north korea, the Company Announcing the missile that carried a heavy Nuclear Warhead is capable of hitting targets in the pacific. The latest launch was widely condemned by the u. S. , japan and south korea. The white house calling north korea a, quote, fragrant menace. And urged allies to enforce stronger sanctions. And then on this weeks agenda, it say big week for retail earning. Those earnings have been not so hot. Home depot and tjx. And wednesday, target and l brands. Thursday, walmart and gap. Also getting results from cisco, alibaba and campbells soup. And some disruptio
He was someone you could work with, and i could call him on the telephone and talk to him about issues. We developed a pretty good relationship. So it took that reports to get the nuts and bolts of tax change done . Guest i think it did. He had a chief of staff at the beginning who was not cooperative, and then he replaced him with Erskine Bowles , and the first few days that Erskine Bowles was there, he called me and said, bill, i am here to work with you. I do not think the republicans ever heard that out of an obama white house. Host and there was a change of leadership with republicans in both the house and senate now and the white house. What does that mean as far as tax reform and their desire to see that happen . What lessons can they learn them your time in office . A verypedro, you have different environment today than you did when i was there. The republicans are far more divided, and it is very, very difficult to get people together on difficult issues. I think tax reform is
President bill clinton. Could you tell us how you got that done, even with a democratic resident . Guest well, bill clinton was a little different than the democrats of the day. He was someone you could work with, and i could call him on the telephone and talk to him about issues. We developed a pretty good relationship. So it took that reports to get the nuts and bolts of tax change done . Guest i think it did. He had a chief of staff at the beginning who was not cooperative, and then he replaced him with Erskine Bowles , and the first few days that Erskine Bowles was there, he called me and said, bill, i am here to work with you. I do not think the republicans ever heard that out of an obama white house. Host and there was a change of leadership with republicans in both the house and senate now and the white house. What does that mean as far as tax reform and their desire to see that happen . What lessons can they learn them your time in office . A verypedro, you have different envir
President bill clinton. Could you tell us how you got that done, even with a democratic resident . Guest well, bill clinton was a little different than the democrats of the day. He was someone you could work with, and i could call him on the telephone and talk to him about issues. We developed a pretty good relationship. So it took that reports to get the nuts and bolts of tax change done . Guest i think it did. He had a chief of staff at the beginning who was not cooperative, and then he replaced him with Erskine Bowles , and the first few days that Erskine Bowles was there, he called me and said, bill, i am here to work with you. I do not think the republicans ever heard that out of an obama white house. Host and there was a change of leadership with republicans in both the house and senate now and the white house. What does that mean as far as tax reform and their desire to see that happen . What lessons can they learn them your time in office . A verypedro, you have different envir