Doing phenomenally well. The gap between the very, very rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider and wider. The top 1 now owns about 41 of the entire wealth of this country, while the bottom 60 owns less than 2 . Today, incredibly the top 1 10 of 1 , 1 10 of 1 now owns nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90 . Today the walton family, the owner of walmart, is now worth 157 billion. That is more wealth than the bottom 42 of the American People. The fact of the matter is, over the last four years we have witnessed an enormous transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to multi billionaires. In 1985, 90 was 36 in 2013 went down to just 2. 8 . Just 22. 8 . Listen to this. If the bottom 90 have the same share of its nations wealth as it did 30 years ago it would have more than 10 trillion in wealth than is currently the case today. Meanwhile, the middle class has shrunk. People on top are doing extraordinarily well. Today, the richest 0. 1 have increased their share of our na
House will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a short work week, we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to tap the resources needed by the members of this house to co to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make. May their faith in you deliver them from any tensions that might tear the peoples house apart and from worry this is a might wear them out. All this day and through the week, may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please hasten the day when justice an love shall dwell in the hearts of all people and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has chammed the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house h
Host is 10 00 a. M. On the east coast. We booked a to a hearing and a second. This is on the benghazi attacks. It is the Senate Armed Service committee that will be conducting this hearing. Secretary panetta and joint chiefs chairman general dempsey will both be testifying at this hearing about the benghazi. Last thursday, we went to the same Committee Room that we will take you to now. We went there to hear defense nominee chuck hagels testimony. They will come in soon. A little bit later, at 2 30 p. M. In the Senate Intelligence committee, John Brennans confirmation will be life. You see senator mccain. You have the ranking for the Senate Armed Service committee. This should begin in a second. Let us watch. We will cavill and to hear from defense secretary leon panetta and general Martin Dempsey about the attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi that resulted in the death of four americans. One week ago today, this Committee Heard from senator Chuck Hegel Hagel to be the next defens
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