[background sounds] good afternoon, good afternoon and we will to the American Enterprise is to do. My name is paul, im an aei resident scholar and Financial Services of the organizer of todays events. This afternoon i am pleased to host matthew sake to discuss his new biography of carter glass. One of the most influential politicians of his time, and architect of key legislation that the American Financial system. Kind of in 1858 in lynchburg virginia and grew up in the reconstruction self. Is this policy on the role of government was shaped by the views of thomas jefferson. For just 70 miles north. From 1903 until the early 1940s they played a key role in every important legislative debate. Its colleagues in the house, later in the senate, both democrats and republicans, as the go to expert when it came to baking issues. Our glass was a consummate politician. He was an expert when it came to reading the political tea leaf and crafting compromises that could be passed into law. He was
Dark about those allimportant trade talks with china. Top level negotiations start now. Where are they going, we dont know. But we can tell you that apple has removed an app which had been used to track the movement of Police Forces in hong kong. We can tell you that nba events in china have been disrupted because chinas bullying american basketball teams. And we can tell you that after being dropped in china for supporting hong kong protesters, south park has fired back with an obscenity. We can also tell you that todays market activity hinges almost entirely on any headline that emerges from the trade talks. In the absence of any hard news, its a virtual stalemate. The dow is going to be down maybe 30. Two down for the s p, maybe five points lower for the nasdaq. I will call that a standoff. Heres the stock of the day and its a big winner. Bed, bath beyond is up 19 free market. They have hired a top guy from target to turn around the ailing bed, bath beyond. Looks like that could be
Solicitor during the george h. W. Bush administration. He was asked about safety, the minimum wage and protections for lgbtq workers among other topics. Good morning. Good morning. Should. Good morning. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia. The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will please come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia to serve as United States secretary of of labor. Let me say before i begin my Opening Statement that we welcome secretary chao, secretary, good to see you, and we welcome mr. Scalias family. Well give him a chance to introduce all of them a little later. There are so many of them i will the scalias are especially productive family, apparently, so it wont come any of your allotted time for your statement, and i would say to the family members that the confirmation hearings are a not necessarily a family exercise. I was before this committee myself more
Captioning performed by vitac by those we regulate, and of course, by this committee and congress. Whether were making changes to the staffs longstanding review process for shareholder proposals, assessing the duties of Investment Advisers or considering how to strengthen company disclosures, we must be fair and transparent about the policy choices we make and the data and information on which we rely on making those choices. I thank the committee for its oversight of these important issues. And i stand ready to answer your questions and listen carefully to your thoughts and concerns. Thank you. Commissioner lee. Chairman clayton you are now recognized. And i want to echo the thoughts of my colleagues on the opportunity we have to testify today and note that their testimony demonstrates the wide range of issues that the Commission Deals with every day. I want to thank this committee for your support of the commission and in particular the dedicated women and men who are our most import
Economic expansion going. He is speaking at a fed is listening event at the headquarters in washington d. C. Where they make the decision whether to cut Interest Rates or not. Powell says the inflation is running close to or just and 2 target range. Some members of the fomc that the inflation under that target is a big deal. More people are making more money, yes, but that is not enough money there to put inflation pressures in this economy. That is a signal that the fed may undershoot Inflation Expectations again. And the chairman believes that the tools that are being used right now are effective on the economy. Although he does worry that the u. S. Economy as well as world economies are facing challenges like low growth, low inflation low Interest Rates. The reason he says low Interest Rates because in this speech he is concerned that the lower federal funds rate does not leave a lot a lot of room if tht downturn comes to support the economy. Now the fed is getting input at these ev