Minutes. I call this into order. Welcome back to the committee. Today, we continue our regular oversight. Since it opened its doors, it impact on nearly every forct of the Consumer Credit cards and Mortgage Financial education. The bureau has conducted extensive outreach to both industry and consumers and has proven itself to be a regular regulator. Today, has obtained nearly 900 million of refunds and over 375,000 Consumer Complaints. Many of the cfpbs most significant actions relate to mortgage lending. For example, the about our recently finalized its mortgage disclosure to improve closing and provide key long terms to cost and consumer and clear understandable. While the Consumer Experience at the mortgage table is an important aspect of mortgage lending, the ability of consumers to access affordable mortgage credit is critical. Include went into effect this past january. I look forward to hearing how these rules will impact mortgage , particularly for smaller lenders in rural area
Earthquake insurance is a hot topic and Early Morning systems. Are they possible . But, first, the forecast and live doppler hd shows where we are seeing the rain. It is scattering of rain across our neighborhoods and all of us are touched by rain. If you have not been touched by rain, this is flowing from about the southwest to the northeast, in the south by we have enough to make the ground wet and that and what you will notice the next couple of hours, the morning come commute is wet towhere we will have flight arrival delays. In the afternoon hours, it will be cool again with temperatures runs in the 60s and 70s and the rain and the breezes this morning will taper and the afternoon. The worst of the rain if trying to get around is happening right now. Leyla gulen . Good news, bart is back on time and rolling at 36 trains. Ace train one is a minute early. Now, the richmondsan rafael toll plaza, it is wet but not too many vehicles, it will only take five minutes when you cross the wa
So im hopeful that the Budget Committee conference will revisit or at least come up with a product that has not been discussed which will accomplish the objective of putting this country on a fiscally sustainible path for the long term, coming up, treasury secretary jack lew on implementation of the doddfrank regulations. And president obama at the white house hanukkah reception. Later, the democratic steering expiring hearing on Unemployment Benefits. Span, washington journal looks at the mission and role of the National Institutes of health. Starting live at 7 30 eastern with director Francis Collins on the medical research priorities. Future projects and the impact of sequestration. At 8 00, allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci followed by derek green director of the National Human Genome Research institute gave at 9 00, harold varmus. At nine 30 come i look at the National Institute of Mental Health with director thomas in cell thomas insel. All with your comments
Nancy pelosi response to squeaker boehners remarks about House Republicans and women candidates. She is joined here by other democrats at this 40 minute briefing. Good afternoon. How are you all . Thank you for coming. Shelling to start telling grandchildren stories. He says greatgrandchildren. We all think our grandchildren are great. To believe. Good afternoon, everyone. Yesterday, as you know, president obama made a call to act regarding income inequality in our nation, increasing the minimum wage, equal pay for women, and in the workplace, earl Early Childhood education and prek have been part of his proposal all along. I was excited to hear what he said echoed. When women succeed, america succeeds, and this is our agenda. Income inequality, as he pointed eroding thely middle class, which is the backbone of our economy. Earlier, a representative from kentucky talked about how it is the right thing to do to improve the health of thousands of his citizens over the next decade. He als
Recent talks to the pope in rome. I think it should be discussed. It should be considered, especially since we know what happened in iraq with the christian community. Fiona . I would actually just want to say to fyodor that it actually is discussed here, but he gets back to what dr. Brzezinski was a saying about a nonsectarian tone to the debate. The u. S. Does not want to take sides in this conflict. As we look about in the balkans, if you think back to the 1990s, various European Countries in particular of standing with historic coreligion, the idea that catholic portions of europe were standing with the coops and others, the serbs because of old religious orders. I think we have all learned from that, so that was not completely accurate depiction of the 1990s that we have to be extraordinarily careful. We are all skirting around the proper ways or the ways of describing a very complex situation. The u. S. Does not want to be seen in the middle of a sectarian conflict. It gets to th