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biden s nominee to be deputy-energy secretary. the committee is meeting the committee is meeting today for both a business meeting and a hearing. we are going to begin by considering the nomination of david turk to be the deputy secretary of energy. i am going to start with my opening statement. then, i will turn over to senator barrasso for his. and then, we ll have hopefully one more ready to roll. i was highly impressed by mr. turk at our hearing last week. he clearly has a firm grasp on the wide range of issues facing the department of energy. he is going to bring a wealth of practical experience to the job of deputy secretary. he started his career working in the senate for our former colleague, kent conrad, who speaks very highly of him. he then worked on the senate-judiciary committee for senator biden. he held a series of national-security and foreign-affairs jobs in the house, in the state department, and at the national security council. he spent two years as depu
[inaudible conversations] twenty as we need today for business meeting and a hearing and we will begin by considering nominations of david turk to be secondary deputy. mr. barrasso will have his and then one more and ready to go. i was highly impressed by mr. turk at her hearing last week and he clearly does have a firm grasp on the wide range of issues facing the apartment of energy and will bring a wealth of practical experience to the job as deputy secretary and started his career working with the senate for our former colleague kent conrad who speaks very highly of him and he then worked on the senate judiciary committee for senator biden. he had a series of national security and foreign affairs jobs in the house and state department and at the national security council. he spent two years as deputy assistant secretary in the apartment of energy and has spent four years in senior positions at the international energy agency, including the last 14 months as the deputy. qui
The s p also down. 1 . All oil at session highs, energies leading the gains. The nasdaq is down. 4 . At the lowest level in more than a week. Take a look at some of the currency trades happening. Major markets are still shot, so we are seeing some position adjustments. Not much moves in the dollar, after two weeks of decline. Some growing optimism about the strength of the u. S. Economy after that tax bill. The japanese yen strengthening a little bit but around that sixweek low against the dollar. The boj cap its loose Monetary Policy stance last week. When it comes to treasury yields, 2. 46. The 2 10 spread is now there are for a fourth straight session. That is a look at the market. President donald trump signing the gop tax overhaul bill last week. Congress also signing a budget deal to avoid a shutdown before going on its holiday recess. So what is next on the agenda, what could it mean for the markets . Joining us to discuss from los kumar strategies and founder, komal srikumar. T
Democrats are spoiling for a big fight in the new year. The major difference between the house and Senate Republicans could play a larger role on how the legislative agenda plays out. Here with all the details is laura curtis. Let me get this straight. House republicans have added a week on to their holiday vacation. We were all surprised i think at the end of christmas when they had this massive tax overhaul. Mitch mcconnell starting to preview what we potentially could see as the big legislative goal for next year. I spoke with a top official just before christmas, and what he was saying is that infrastructure appears to be what the white house wants. It do what House Republicans want and infrastructure plan . It is an interesting point. Bigink it could be a real win for not only House Republicans, but democrats in both chambers. The question is how you pay for it. Kevin the socalled deficit hawks, we will go along to get along, so to speak. We will pass this major tax reform plan. T