Good afternoon, everybody well fed, i hope. Joining us at lunch today is phillip carter, senior fell explore director of military veterans and at the center for a new american security. His research focuses on issues that face veterans and military personnel, force structure and readiness issues. His most recent article, what america owes its veterans, is published in this Current Issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. Serving from 2005 to06 as an advicer to the state departments reconstruction team, mr. Carter returned home to an increasing involvement in veterans issues. As a civilian we has worked in the private sector as an attorney and business adviser, and is currently teaching as an ajunk professor of law at georgetown university. Today he is with us as a moderator and friend of our key note spec, flo groberg. Grown in paris, never a bad thing, and in 2001, naturalized american citizen, after which he became flo bow bobo go flo gw berg. He tackled major seth off the mans suicide ves
Providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment ott bill h. R. 1892 to amend title 4 United States code to provide for the flying of the flag at halfstaff in the event of the death of a First Responder in the line of duty. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . By direction of the committee on rules i call up house 6 727 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk house calendar 174, House Resolution 727. Resolved that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to take from the speakers table the bill h. R. 1892, to amend title 4, United States code, to provide for the flying of the flag at halfstaff in the event of the death of a First Responder in the line of duty, with the Senate Amendment thereto, and to consider in the house, without intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the chai
Centers. Our current continuing resolution expires on thursday, and without this legislation large segments of the federal government will shut down again. Of course, all of us are keenly aware more time is needed for our leaders in the house and senate and white house to negotiate overall funding levels for the 2018 fiscal year. This bill should allow that to happen. My colleagues, this continuing resolution also makes a very limited number of technical changes in funding levels for only the most essential needs to include, to prevent delays in preparation for the 2020 census, to assure that the Judicial Branch is able to pay jurors, to provide 220 million in emergency funding for the Small Business administration, to provide emergency loans to those whose lives and livelihoods were destroyed by last years historic natural disasters. This legislation also includes the full fiscal year 2018 department of defense appropriations bill, totaling 659 billion for our armed forces, and i dont
Divorce negotiations, the British Public must be given a vote on the outcome. Let me be clear, this is not a cool for a rerun, it is not a cool for a second brexit referendum, it isa cool for a second brexit referendum, it is a call for a first referendum on the fact. Applause when we know what brexit means, the people should get the choice. The government deal and from brexit. We know, of course, that the court will rejected by the brexit, we will be denounced as traitors, i half prepared for a spell and a cell with tuna miller, ken clarke and so on. Jean at tuna miller, ken clarke and so on. Jean at miller. But the of sabotage is fighting to protect british jobs and Public Services and the environment and civil liberties, then i am a proud saboteur. Applause the brexiteers will say we have already voted to leave, how do you lot about democracy . Essentially, quite difficult to follow their argument, it seems together consulting the public are having a vote is an democratic. Why . Wha
Details of the unwind, they are holding off on making bigger bets in the market to see what the details of the feds Balance Sheet underlined will be and the market reaction. Not just in stocks but bonds. We will discuss them throughout the day. The dow and the s p 500, in the game today would be record close for these averages. You can see the action is not much and the nasdaq a slightly lower. We are not just watching the fed , we are heading into earnings season. Jpmorgan a set to report on october 12, when things get underway. Take a look at the bloomberg. We have seen stocks rise in earnings season so far this year. You can see the upward trajectory and the earnings season in circles. We are getting to one now as we watch stocks rally, soak strategist say some of the rally we have seen is an anticipation earnings will come in ahead of estimates. Lets take a look at Retail Stocks today. We have got coors seeing a bomb of nearly 4 , raising to outperform at oppenheimer. Analysts say