Currency, shareholders protections and climate related financial disclosures. This is an hour and a half. Today we will receive testimony from the securities and Exchange Commission jay clayton regarding the work and agenda of the sec. I thank you for your willingness to appear before the committee today, mr. Clayton, your willingness to testify is essential to our oversight of the sec. The mission of the sec is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly and efficient markets and facilitate capital formation. It plays a Critical Role in ensuring that our nation has Capital Markets that the public can have confidence and trust in and for investors as americans prepare for their futures they may not only have a wide variety of financial opportunities, but they also have the information necessary to make informed investment decisions. Chairman clayton, you came before this committee a year ago and assured us that you would continue to take steps to ensure that the u. S. Capitol markets
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Of the present. A warning and published by 12 bucks. According to the Washington Post which received a copy of the book ahead of publication i had decided to publish this anonymously because the debate is not about me it is about us. It is about how we want the presidency to reflect our country and that is where the discussion should center. Some will call this cowardice my feelings are not hurt by the accusation. I may do so in due course. They are expanding on an opt add they wrote for the New York Times in september 20, 0018 entitled i am part of the resistance inside the correct decision assertion they made. I was wrong about the quiet resistance inside the Trump Administration or refine the malignant management style. He is who he is. Next weekend book tv will host a journalist discussion on a warning gerrys side. And jeff mason. White house bureau will be our guest. Check your Program Guide or book tv. Org. Focused on the families. Recently spoke at the Heritage Foundation in was
Heritage foundation Nick Lawrence and friends of the orte discuss the Trump Administrations plan to leave the plan to leave the paris climate agreement. The u. S. T wednesday, house of representatives will do something it has not done in 21 years, hold a public hearing on the impeachment of the president of the United States. Good morning. This is washington journal. We would like to know your expectations for that hearing. What do you hope to learn next week in the two hearing set and what do you hope or anticipate the outcome may be . Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And for independents and others, that is 2027488002. You can also text us, 2027488003. Make sure you let us know where you are texting from and your name. cspanwj is how you reach as on twitter and facebook. Com cspan. A headline this morning in roll call, open impeachment hearings to begin next week. Katherine tullymcmanus writing the house will move into the public hearing phase next week. Bill taylo
Great stories in the new yorker or books such as lost city of z, elizabeth flower moon, but we are here to discuss the most recent work the white darkness published last year by doubleday. About that credited the new york story. A fellow named aband determined to replicate them or surpass them. Its spare and beautiful book a lot like the terrain it describes. In the images are so riveting i hope its no disrespect to another to say that i couldnt tell if the images and company tech accompanied the images. Well talk about the book and if you come up to either the microphone you might be included in videotape of this event. You will be immortalized and replayed at some later date. First off, david, who is Henry Worsley and what do you do want to tell his story. Henry is one of those most remarkable people id written about over the years. He was a special forces officer very decorated army officer was also almost a throwback to another age he was renaissance man who wrote poetry who painte