Called to order. Pursuant to notice on june 30, 2017 the committee needs to consider the nominations of clarion grady to be undersecretary of management at the department of Homeland Security and hammy carter to be special counsel office. Just a brief opening remark, i think as the hearing indicated a couple weeks ago, to highly qualified candidates, simply couldnt be more impressed with the people selected to fill those incredibly important positions. In terms of the folks we are going to be voting on, we will talk about the nominees but i am pleased that we are voting on two qualified candidates and i certainly intend to support their nominations and with that i will yield my Ranking Member, senator mccaskill. I will say for the record a brief Opening Statement that i had for this markup. Im pleased to support both of these nominees. If there is no further debate, i ask unanimous consent that we consider supporting the nominations on block. The question is on recording that you nomin
Ms. Castor thank you, mr. Chairman. I will place in the record a brief Opening Statement that i had for this markup. Im pleased to support both of these nominees. Mr. Johnson we are meeting to consider the undersecretary for intelligence and analysis for the u. S. Department of Homeland Security. And admiral to be assistant secretary of transportation administration, t. S. A. , u. S. Department of Homeland Security. These are two incredibly important positions, particularly at this point in time, with all the threats we face to our transportation sector. As well as across the globe and the threats to our homeland. So the secretary the undersecretary for intelligence analysis, the department of Homeland Security, is responsible for leading the department of Homeland Securitys office of intelligence and analysis. And also serves as the departments chief intelligence officer. In these roles the undersecretary is responsible for the streemings of intelligence and analysis, to develop a com
Thank you. Mr. Thornberry mr. Chairman, i am proud to bring before the house h. R. 2810, the National Defense authorization act for the fiscal year 2018. It was reported favorably by the House Armed Services committee at 11 59 p. M. On june 28, 2017. By a vote of 601. That vote is an indication of the bipartisan support that exists to support our troops and to fulfill our obligations placed on us by the constitution. Mr. Chairman, i think the always helpful for us to remind ourselves of the authority by which we undertake our responsibilities. Article 1, section 8 of the constitution says that congress has the power and the responsibility to provide and to raise and support armies, to provide and maintain a navy, to make rules for the government and regulation of land and naval forces, and, of course, to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. The members of our committee and our staff take those responsibilities very seriousl
Squawk alley. Thanks so much, jackie. 10 00 a. M. At sprint headquarters in oberlin park, kansas, 11 00 a. M. On wall street and squawk alley is live. Good morning. Thanks for join us on squawk alley. With me at post 9, mike santoli and kelly evans. Karla and jon have the morning off. We start with the markets on this thursday. The trump rally taking a bit of a step back as we continue to hover more than 100 points below dow 20,000. The blue chip index coming off its second tripledigit loss since the election. Major averages are fractionally in the red, mike. The s p down less than one point, ritch etting stuff here. Yeah. Struggling to tread some water. Weve been doing that for about two weeks. It reminds me of in august and september we had that really strong rally on the post brexit reaction and the market sort of flattened out near its highs. We ended up kind of going down about 3 i think high to low. Wasnt a big, dramatic move but after a while when you lose those thrusters pushin
Right now its down 14 points, but ill until you, if it happens, 13 times in a row, the new president coming in, thatll be a first. I want to go to our own blake burman whos standing by at the white house with a preview of tonights president ial address. Reporter a senior white house official saying this is going to be an optimistic speech later tonight by President Trump, at least thats how theyre positioning it as a preview Going Forward. They say it will be a look ahead to the next four years but also will dig into some of the things that the president has already accomplished so far in his first two months or so in office. Were told that this is going to be divided up into a couple different topics, but the main ones being the economy and national security. And on the economy front, that Senior Administration official saying that the president will tout already withdrawing from the Transpacific Partnership trade deal or at least his intention to do so, along with all the Different C