[background noises] [background noises] is nick any on education and workforce will come to order. I note the quorum is present. That objection the chairs authorized to call recess at any time. Good morning everyone and welcome to todays hearing. Acting secretary at soup, i like to start by saying you have been a hard witness to schedule. The committee began working with the department to secure your in person testimony beginning in march. You would not appear in may, we honored your request to appear in june. Using the day, june 7, that was offered by your staff into which you agreed. More than a commenting to establish a mutual date for this meeting, this hearing. Why is it that late friday evening following the committees public posting of the hearing a week ago, your staff told us you were quote no longer to make june 7 work . What was so important that you are willing to stop the work of a Congressional Committee come up in the schedule 45 members of congress and leave the America
Cisco just posting its worst revenue decline in five years. And gdp in the Second Quarter did not go at all. The compass the economies of both germany and france actually shrank. U. S. Markets are waking up. You are with that european news. We are joined by Bloomberg Economist david howell. The numbers for germany, france, both worse than excited. Itd take the markets by surprise . Yeah. Both of those numbers were less than expected, so they took the markets by surprise. The moral of the story is the drag on growth came from weakness because of the unusually mild winter in europe having advanced construction activity, which kind of stole away from the Second Quarter. The other is the drag from that export, which is partially linked to the situation in Eastern Europe with russia being a very large trading partner of germany. That meanid, does things will get worse, or was this just a oneoff . Unfortunately, it looks like things are set to it looks like the growth picture is set to stay
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Manufacturers suggest Trump’s removal as business groups condemn violence
The top lobbying group for U.S. factories suggested using the 25th amendment to remove the president from office.
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. | AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
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A group representing U.S. manufacturers said Vice President Mike Pence should consider moving to eject President Donald Trump from office. A lobby representing corporate executives called on Trump himself to end the chaos in the nation’s capital. Bank CEOs were bluntly angry.
The storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters on Wednesday, after the president urged a larger group of protesters to march on Congress, spurred an outpouring of unusually emotional condemnations from influential business leaders who had long been supportive of the president and his party.