About 22d today, and accrediteddegree granting fouryear colleges, which i think is the secondhighest number of any Congressional District in the country. I was elected to congress in 1993. The shape of the district has changed over that time but i have represented lynchburg for the entire 25 years and my hometown of roanoke, the northern end of the district has grown further and further north, so that is probably 40 or 50 miles further north than it was originally when i started representing a 25 years ago. Lynchburg is a community that has a very rich history going back to the early 1700s, settled by an individual named john lynch. He settled here because we are at the falls of the james river, and there are canals through this area and it was a very important port for carrying various Agricultural Products richmondjames river to and then all the way to the chesapeake bay. And it also was a Major Community during the civil war, because there was a major hospital. Cemeteryynchburg city
The month, not just the Third Quarter. Like we are seeing a few new record highs we close on this day. S p in the nasdaq on track, so i will call the dow jones mostly unchanged. I want to look at the s p, on track for the eighth straight quarterly gain on tax reform. Trump coming out and saying tax reform will be the rocket fuel for the economy. And then the nasdaq here, up 6 10 of 1 , by far the biggest gainer of all of these. The last record close we had was on september 19. Keep up these games, we could see some new winners here. We are seeing a lot of these stocks on the nasdaq continue to outperform. They are driving the outperformance in the s p and the nasdaq. Im am focusing on facebook, that record high with 173. Closing in, but green on the screen. Deeper, micron technologys came out saying a market for the memory chips are good. So all of this playing in today. How do they compare that to the s p and dow jones because this can be very volatile route the quarter, like scarlet
[inaudible conversations] the senate will come to order. D the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord god, we bless your holy name. Provide our lawmakers with the wisdom to obey you completely and receive your guidance. May your guiding presence inspire them so that they can find even in troubles opportunities for joy. Lord, remind them of the blessings that come from being challenged, as they learn from experience that the things that test them produce endurance. When their endurance is fully developed, give them the satisfaction of possessing such integrity that their faith will not shrink though pressed by many foes. Lord, help our senators to seek you repeatedly each day with their prayers, fully expecting you to answer their intercession and direct their lives. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the rep
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