Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person and those that are appearing distancely. We look forward to their testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the Third Party Administrators are in administering the mission act. Im also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation, as well. Almost every member of our committee, though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us, almost every member of our committee will be participating and is expected in todays hearing. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title 1 under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs related to Veterans Community care programs and the program of comprehensive assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While va officials were
Tifment for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition . Mrs. Dingell pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Rush will vote aye the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition . Mr. Courtney as the member designated by mr. Langevin of rhode island, pursuant to House Resolution 965, mr. Langevin will vote aye on s. 3147. The speaker pro tempore as the member designated by representative roybalallard pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Roybalallard will vote aye on s. 31747. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . As the member designated by. Khanna, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Khanna will vote aye on h. Res. 3147. As the member designated by mr. Gonzalez of texas, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Gonzalez will vote aye n s. 3147. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gen
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change his vote . Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote . If not, the yeas are 52, the nays are 44, and the nomination is confirmed. Under the evious order, the motion to reconsider is consideredade and laid upon e table and the president will be immediately notified of the senas actions. A senator madam president. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call wit respect to the shelt nomination be waived. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk clotu motion, we, the undersigned setors, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, hereby bring to a close debate on the nomation of judy slton, of califora, to be a member of t board of governors of the Federal Reserve system, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is,
19 infections soar chancellor america is reportedly considering drastic measures to slow the spread of the virus. And we take a look at the Game Changing discovery that could transform space travel scientists confirmed there is a lot more water on the move and anyone thought. On the welcome to the show u. S. President donald trump has hosted an event at the white house celebrating the confirmation of his latest pick for the Supreme Court just an hour earlier the Senate Approved the nomination of Amy Komi Barrett to fill the seat of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg democrats tried to delay the confirmation until after the election but were overpowered by the republican majority in the senate tony barrett is the 3rd Supreme Court justice has appointed. After a month in the spotlight she finally got to say these words. Judge any county sheriff is heading to the u. S. Supreme court. Its a privilege to be asked to serve my country and this office and i stand here tonight truly honored and humbl
Hsbcs turnaround picks up speed. The bank surges in hong kong as speculation grows around a return to Dividend Payments. Good morning, everybody. It is wednesday morning, just over an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. Lets look at futures. European equity markets, u. S. Equity markets of by more than 1 . And, of course, we have touched the levels key levels. The dow at 30,000, and the s p touching an alltime high at the close as well. Real strength coming into today, in futures suggest we have some upside to play for. Futures all point higher. European futures also to the upside. Ftse futures up by about 0. 3 . Broadly speaking, it is the same as the last couple of days. We are talking about vaccine optimism. The news about janet yellen picked up the appetite. It is into just stocks. We can look at what has happened through the asia session. Some of the markets in asia have turned increasingly negative as we have gone through the session. Parts of asia now retreating. Th