And the report is my testimony. I would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. Former special Counsel Robert Mueller set to appear before two committees of congress. The House Judiciary Committee and Intelligence Committee wednesday july 17th, 9 00 a. M. Eastern. He will testify in open session about his report into russian interference in the 2016 election. Watch live coverage on cspan 3, online at cspan. Org on listen with the cspan free radio app. Two household and security subcommittees held a joint hearing how fema contracts are awarded and managed. They want to know about a 30 Million Contract after Hurricane Maria was awarded to a new company and tarps were never delivered. They heard from fema, Government Accountability office and Homeland Security Department Inspector general office. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on fema contracting, reviewing Le
For seniors and people who are disabled or blind. Benefit levels were last updated in the 1980s. I call this meeting to order. Senator young, thank you, Ranking Member of the subcommittee, for working with us to schedule this hearing. I appreciate the professionalism and confidence of your staff and my Office Working with all of you is really helpful. Thank you to chairman whiting for being part of this, the efforts to protect and strengthen this critical part of our Social Security system. Todays hearing on supplemental security income, ssi, is long overdue. This is the first hearing in the finance committee since 1998, before i was in the senate, for sure. That would be almost a quarter of a century. Theres not been a hearing in congress specifically about increasing benefits and eligibility since the reagan administration. In fact, that 1987, the last year or so of the reagan administration, in 1987, ways and means hearing called ssi, quote, the forgotten safety net. It was a fittin
For seniors and people who are disabled or blind. Benefit levels were last updated in the 1980s. I call this meeting to order. Senator young, thank you, Ranking Member of the subcommittee, for working with us to schedule this hearing. I appreciate the professionalism and confidence of your staff and my Office Working with all of you is really helpful. Thank you to chairman whiting for being part of this, the efforts to protect and strengthen this critical part of our Social Security system. Todays hearing on supplemental security income, ssi, is long overdue. This is the first hearing in the finance committee since 1998, before i was in the senate, for sure. That would be almost a quarter of a century. Theres not been a hearing in congress specifically about increasing benefits and eligibility since the reagan administration. In fact, that 1987, the last year or so of the reagan administration, in 1987, ways and means hearing called ssi, quote, the forgotten safety net. It was a fittin
Identify speeding taxi drivers, speeding. And were developing a program to coach and retrain drivers to improve safety outcomes. Were also updating on vehicle camera requirements, and we do Service Audits out in the field. So we have Enforcement Team go out in the field and, test the dispatch services, request a ramp taxi test Response Rates, look for customer service. So thats an ongoing program. The point i want to emphasize on this slide is that we, imbue our work with a culture of care. And i know thats important to that, to the board. Its very important to us as well. So, how we support each other internally and then how we serve the public is critical to how we function. And, its part of everything we do. We the certificate on the right in the slide shows, its a certificate that we actually handed out to every staff member honoring each person for their years of service. And, at the end of handing out all of the certificates and announcing each persons years of service, we had th
Welcome to daybreak asia. We are coming down to ages major market opens. Haidi the top stories this hour. The market searching for motivation as a tame u. S. Inflation report the case for a fed rate skip. A weak 30 year option. Alibaba returns to Revenue Growth across all major divisions define chinas define chinas economic woes. Bloomberg learns chinas market regulators will meet developers and financiers on friday seeking solutions to a worsening property crisis. Kathleen we are waiting for the Rate Decision from the banco ce ntral peru central bank. Expected to hold again even though inflation is falling. They did holder key rate at seven and recorders percent exactly as expected. We are going to be looking for messaging because Goldman Sachs had predicted they might cut their key rate today because inflation has had a nice downward trend lately. If not today they will do it at their next meeting. That is the latest from latin america. We will be waiting for any Additional Informati