In the hearing on capitol hill today the Senate Commerce Committee Looked at some of the government functions that have stopped as a result of the ongoing Government Shutdown. Among the witnesses was one of the stars of the popular reality show deadliest catch who spoke on the issue of commercial fishing permits and how its an issue to fisheries in alaska. I was one of the government functions addressed at this hearing. Its about two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] for Debbie Hersman [inaudible] its like coming back on making no jaguar and so they will be here and johnson may or may not come and if he doesnt come i bless him and if he does, i bless him because this is what happens when you are in washington and the new breed about snowfall in the upper midwest. 1 2 of all the cattle in his state were killed. And thats their business. That is their business. They are not in north dakota. They are in south dakota. They have got cattle and farming. 1 2 and so if he comes back
Our systems were not designed to not pay our bills. The legal issues are many. I do not know how you could make the legal issues are many. I do not know how you could make the decisions and i do not think the legal authorities are clear at all and i do not think the administrative process would permit the system to work. We write roughly 80 million checks per month. The systems are automated tube a because for 224 years, the policy of congress and every president is we pay our bills. You cannot go into those systems and easily make them pay some things and not other things. They were not designed that way because it was never the policy of this government to be in a position that we would have to be in if we could not pay all our bills. If you were to prioritize, its my understanding, we know what youre out pay obligations are to some degree. We have a Social Security payment due and major medicare bills do. On the other hand, knowing the revenues are a little bit sketchy. Could you go
Today on cspan, the impact of Student Loan Debt on students and parents, followed by a look at Space Exploration and innovation. Later, a discussion on nasas budget and mission. My first conservative was a friend of a friend i never met a conservative in my life. I was impressed by him, because he answered questions, he was very composed. He was not rancorous. He tried to gauge his responses to the level of my request. Over the course and not understand of anything this guy is saying, but he is so damn polite. Maybe theres something in his convictions. Playwright and reformed the mamet. Al david sunday night at 11 15 eastern. Booktv. According to a report, the u. S. Now has more Student Loan Debt and Credit Card Debt. Next, a discussion on how to ease the debt burden on students and their families. Hosted by propublica and the Lower East Side tenement of new york city. [applause] with a degree comes student debt. Im really happy to be here tonight. It is great to take some time, to hav
That didnt stop the ceo from taking a swipe at the economy quote, despite operating what continues to be a challenging and volatile macro environment, we are delivering consistent, strong results. Should a warning from a consumerdriven company like this give investors reason to sit up and take notice . Joining me Senior Correspondent charlie gasparino. Fox businesss tom sullivan and dan schaefer of schaefer asset management. Tom, what do you think . I like pepsi. One of my alltime favorite stocks. Revenues are up. Profit margins are up. The income is up. Melissa yeah. Theres melissa but theyre telling us that the economy is not up. I know. But they sell things and dan follows this better than i do, i mean you know you get into the consumer staple sort of thing, i think in some cases fritolay may be a consumer staple. People buy that in good times or bad. They are just a wellmanaged company. Melissa dan what do you think . What does it tell us about the economy. I think she is giving as
As we begin this new legislative year, we can now look ahead from sandy, ahead from the national recession, to a brighter day for new jersey. The author bern williams once said, man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. For all i have seen and experienced as your governor in this extraordinary year, one experience will be indelibly etched in my memory. Her name is ginjer. As i walked around the parking lot of the Fire Department in Port Monmouth in one of the days soon after sandy had laid waste to so much of our state, i saw so many of the scenes that i had come to expect in the aftermath of the storm neighbors helping neighbors, food being prepared for the hungry, First Responders helping the homeless. Then i met 9yearold ginjer. Having a 9yearold girl myself, her height and manner of speaking was immediately familiar and evocative. Having confronted so many crying adults at that point i felt ready to deal with anything. Then ginjer looked at me, began to cry and