Good morning. Before we begin, i certainly want to express our support for and thoughts and prayers for all the victims of the recent hurricanes and most recently, of course, in the state of florida and our colleague in the Ranking Member on this committee, senator nel. He and senator rubio are there today as they should be. And looking out for the needs of their constituents. So again, we certainly want to express our support, prayers for them and the people of florida as they deal with a horrific storm and its aftermath. This committee has been working for some time in a bipartisan fashion to address the advancement of Autonomous Vehicles. I especially want to thank senator peters for partnering with me in this effort. I also appreciate the contributions of Ranking Member nelson, who as i said is unfortunately unable to join us today. We put a lot of work into this effort to date. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to introduce and pass bipartisan legislation. Gi
Doesnt focus on and why did you do it . We realized that with people understand thehe relationship ty had with manufacturing. Our goal was to great documentary is going to allow people to understand kind of the history of manufacturing and the role that they play as consumers. The film takes you through three Different Companies that are making things in america are wanted to make things in america and helps you understand that personal connection you have to it. Host are guesswork and to join us for if you have questions about the work of manufacturing and the state of it, 2027488200 for democrats, 2027488201 for republicans. Independence 202748 8202b if you work in a manufactured. A manufactured and what to give us your thoughts, 8203. Lets see the trailer from the American Made movie. U. S. Steel corporation today announced it is probably closing the fuel plan and shutting down. Get rid of your manufacturing base, the results, you have a domino effect. I always set armada was you dr
Seema mody. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Happy to be here. Lets get to the Global Market action. 2017 has started on a positive note. Last week was a little bit lackluster, 2016 fizzling out. We saw about 1 of declines for the week as a whole. Big gains, though, for the year as a whole. The dow ending up 13. 4 . The s p 9. 5 , the nasdaq 7 . So seven positive years in a row for the dow. Lets look back at todays futures market. They are called higher today. We have a general riskon trade. U. S. Futures expected to open very prominently higher. The dow called higher by almost 150 points. Tenyear treasury note for you as well, quick look at that, had is at 2. 496 this morning. Not too Much Movement in bond markets today. More in currencies and equities. Still below the 2. 5 level. Global Economic Data this morning, a private china Manufacturing Survey rising more than expected showing a pick up in factory orders. This follows the official pmi figures over the weekend which sl
Then we need to address that and be communicating clearly with us about the impact of the request, and how we can better Work Together. If it is the latter, then you will just be dragged into this committee, and subcommittees until the end of time. Because it is disrespectful not to address congress is right to have information. So, we need to figure out which one of these things it is. In the department of Human Services there was a request regarding secret service misconduct. There were a number of issues which were already addressed. My understanding is there is one more issue that is outstanding. Im not quite show what it is, are you aware of it . It is one of 16 issues that have been identified and have been responded to. With regard to the secret Service Request, were dealing with two different documents. One was the february 18 letter, that contained 16 requests. Complying with the request as a matter of fact. The process worked as it should. The request was very broad. So we we
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