U. N. Chemical weapon inspectors are set to start work in syria on tuesday. The u. N. Security Council Voted unanimously on friday on a resolution to secure and destroy syrias chemical weapons. While reaction to approval of the longdebated resolution was greeted with relief in new york. In syria the action has been muted. We go to the turkishsyrian border with more. Speaking to syrian activists, many express sceptisism about the chemical weapons deal, worried about the regimes compliance and told us its like the International Community procrastinating when dealing with bashar alassads regime. There is significant infrastructure damage and something as basic as watching television is a luxury for many. Others express concerns about the fact that this is specifically a weapons deal that is only concentrated or focused on chemical weapons, and many told us what about conventional weapons, the main tool by which many syrians, 100,000 were killed over the past 2. 5 years. A lot of sceptisis
Happening in venezuela and they are financing and that there is also a move to move in this direction. Is there any is there any outside pressure or suggestions from abroad to maybe move a little bit more . I mean, i think that, you know, from the perspective of the brazilians that primarily are concerned with being repaid for their investments, so, you know, reforms that, you know, facilitate repayment, you know, green light those. They like. They like those. Green light those right away. In the case of the cubans, i think youre primarily concerned about the oil shipments. So i think have they stayed low . Yeah. No change . Not that im aware of. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So okay. I mean, i think that i could see from a certain perspective the cubans arguing for more a more flexible economy, considering the recent reforms they have made to their own system. I think that would be i think thats plausible in some ways. And i also think that the cubans may have an interest in wanting to reduce som
Motivation for both sighs to get something done before they ave,t leave. But theres a really significant difference between democrats anb republicans over how that package should look. Packag and the big thing is whether youre going to change the law so that its harder for people who are coming in to the country from Central American countriest too get these automatic files. Theres a lot changed in 2008 thats really leading to a lot of people crossing the board right now. And democrats and republicans disagree on how o much you shoua change thaw t lawto to try to mp prevent more people from trying to come in to the United States. And what about the Highway Trust Fund deal . A lot of outrage certainly from governors at the national the Governors Association meeting who are veryn worried that ied Congress Wont reach a deal. Dea. Do you see one in sight . Question. In fact, at the end of last week it looked like the house and ikh senate were becoming really, really close on a deal that wi
Eserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman wishes to clarify the chair wishes to clarify with the gentleman whether the bill called up is with or without amendment. Mr. Pe try without amendment. The speaker pro tempore the pending bill is the Union Calendar version which has not been amended. The gentleman from West Virginia is recognized. Mr. Rahall i yield myself such time as i may consume. Congress has previously grandfathered truck weightsen roads that have on ta obtained interstate designation including in wisconsin and maryland, i point that out to note that what is being propose in the pending legislation is not without precedent or justification. While i support this legislation and consideration support this legislation, consideration of this bill should not be considered an indicator of movement on whether to increase truck weights generally. This is a limited measure and i am evaluating it as such. I support this bill and urge its adoption and reser
Very fortunate that i got in position to collaborate with others in trying to realize some of those things. In is a question from twitter that i was also interested in. The question is, how does the fed evaluate costs and benefits of Equity Capital requirements . How do you get to that number compared to where basel was . We did an awful lot of work on capital ratios, both the levels that seemed prescribed or needed in order to reduce e chances of financial instability but also the cost of the economy. We did a lot of that in collaboration with other Basel Committee members in a quite substantial exercise but we actually did a bunch of that on our own. So we actually formulated, i think, quite a good an lytic framework on both sides of that question and that informed our positions on baseliii and on the surcharges. In both cases we were in favor of somewhat higher numbers and eventually came out and that was based in part on the analysis we have done. With respect to the leverage ratio