Postmaster general louis dejoy, and the chairman of the postal board of governors Robert Duncan to this oversight hearing, and i thank you all for being here. In all of our districts we are hearing from constituents about significant delays in the delivery of mail, medicines, food, and other supplies. These delays are especially concerning and potentially lifethreatening during the Coronavirus Crisis. These are not isolated complaints. They are widespread. Our offices have been receiving thousands of calls and emails about the detrimental effects these delays are having on our veterans, seniors, Small Businesses, and families across the country. When we asked postal leaders about these delays they downplayed them. They dismissed them as temporary. They discounted them as a minor, unintended consequences of reforms being put in place. But then we saw National Headlines describing these delays in much more detail. I have a document here that headlines from almost every state in the count
[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to
Hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to active speaker view. If you have any questions about this please Contact Committee staff immediately. Second, we have a timer that should be visible on your screen when youre in the active speaker with him know. Members who wish to pen the timer to the screen should Contact Committee staff for assistance. Third, thousand rules require that w
Inversions plus, tiffanys mixed quarter, the luxury retailer with an earnings beat. Peloton getting set for the public debut, widening losses ahead of its initial Public Offering as we have said twice now, stocks are set to open lower on worries about Global Growth and the risk of recession. Investors paying close attention to that yield curve and its inversions of the two and ten as well as trade tensions between the u. S. And china about an hour ago or so, we got a president ial tweet, quote, so interesting to read and see all of the free and interesting advice im getting on china from people who tried to handle it before and failed miserably. They got taken to the cleaners, were doing very well with china. This has never happened to them before this being a preference to the large tariffs in place that are set to go up september 1 and then december 15 and the overall there has been some press that echoed some things i was hearing shared on monday that the idea that the chinese have
Been a good week for the markets. If youre long, the markets are rebounding dramatically from the lows that we saw made up almost 60, 70 of the losses that we saw in the s p. European markets have also had what you might expect, a good week also. This morning no exception. Green across the board tenyear yield note has been a focus. Today didnt care down 2. 86. Theres a look at wti back above back above 60 solidly this morning yeah. All right lets get to our roadmap this morning. It does start with the market comeback two weeks since the selling began, and as we just said, stocks have been seeing what was one of the best weeks in years plus, well, the negotiation kind of continues broadcoms response to the meeting with qualcomm or qualcomms response to its meeting with broadcom signaling a deal well, is there one to be done . Were going to give you all the analysis on why thats probably not the case and a busy morning for consumer earnings. Numbers from newell, coke, kraft, campbells so