You retiring. Why . Guest ive had a great run and i been at his 22 22 years n the u. S. House, eight in the Oregon Legislature and im not one of those members leaving cranky and grumpy. Some days its messy. Ive had a good run pickup enjoyed but is time for someone new to step in. My wife and i ready to go take on some new challenge but of what ive no idea yet. Ive been so busy but its been a great run. We have gotten a lot done so i please with it. Host speaking about you regard as one of the Telecommunications Experts in the congress because of your background in radio and being on the emc committee. What your legacy in telecom medications . Guest thanks. I dont spend a lot of time on that sort of stuff but i would tell you together with the committee did great work of putting up spectrum. And really positioning the United States i think to have the spectrum when it needed it to advance the new technologies that come along. I remember going clear back to when we passed some of these l
[inaudible conversations] there now, south dakota senatr john thune, chair of the commerce, science and transportation committee, discusses the future of the internet at a conference hosted by the internet education foundation. This is about 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] all right. Lets get started again for the final, for the final session of the day, please. Thanks. I am very honored, im rebecca arbor fast, head of Global Public policy for comcast nbc universal, and i am very honored to be able to introduce south dakotas senator, john thune, who just arrived by what sounds like was a bumpy air travel. So were very glad he made it. Senator thune is beginning his second term as chairman of the committee on commerce and transportation where hes going to continue to play a pivotal role in of the issues weve been talking about all day. The Commerce Committee, as everybody i think here probably knows, touches on virtually every aspect of the american economy. I mean, rail, aviation
This is bloomberg surveillance. Im mark barton in london. Thatme to have a sip of because we have an acceleration to the fastest pace this year, adding to evidence that growth is becoming more resilient. The pmi index, the composition index, rising to 53. 7 in october, from the 52. 6 in september. This is the fastest pace since the beginning of 2016. The recovery continuing at a steady if not spectacular pace in the face of headwinds from brexit, slowing trade, political uncertainty. Ecb supporting the economy with unprecedented stimulus that will come under review in december. Just want to show you whats happening to the markets today. The stoxx 600 trading higher. Last weekend it rose for the second consecutive week. Best run since september. Last weeks rise was the strongest in a month. Byres the euro stoxx 600 up 0. 75 . The euro is a little bit up now. Track force march, on the worst fourth weekly drop. It is all about divergence because the u. S. As many think is set to hike rate