[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to our witnesses, several of whom have traveled the considerable distances to be here today for this important hearing on paid family and medical leave. Before we move to our scheduled committee business, i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela moomau, a valued member staff of the staff of the joint committee on taxation for over 28 years. A reminder, again, of the considerable talent that exists sometimes outside of the glare of publicity. Pamela began her career at the joint committee on taxation in may of 1991, and over the years applied her skill on many legislative issues, both large and small. Her colleagues on the joint committee on taxation have said that pam was tireless in her dedication to the work of the joint committee, and that she readily accepted projects that were analytically difficult and often data deficient. She was in her office cheerfully worki
Jobs that go unanswered and we should be using this to invest invocational education and internship programs and should be investing in Community Colleges. Part of this discussion should be based on the historic vote of longterm investment. We know that is unlikely to happen because when people have a chance to look at these distribution tables, they are going to be furious. I yield to the the gentleman from california, mr. Thompson and mr. Larson will be acknowledged after that. Mr. Thompson its not often i come down and participate in special orders but i was in my office watching the previous speakers, i started to get wheezey from the spin they were providing from the floor talking about what they say this bill will do. And i can tell you that there were a lot of inaccuracies in some of the things they were trying to convince the American People that would that they would benefit from this. As mr. Neal said, this bill, this vote, is an important vote. This is going to be around a l
Abigail, a lot of bouncing around. Abigail yes. Wishywashy trading. Not long ago, both were ever so slightly higher. Than nasdaq has mainly been in the red all day, down more so than the s p 500. Down half a percent or so. Turnaround drama in d. C. , political tensions. The dow and s p 500 down two weeks in a row right now by a small margin for a third week in a row. The nasdaq down five weeks in a row. The first time that could happen since 2012. Wise break it down sector for the s p 500 by going to the bloomberg and taking a look. There is more green, more sectors in the green than in red. Much of the sector composition seems to have to do with what is happening with yields. We have the 10 year yield down to basis points two basis points. , soks have higher dividends they look a lot better when the heels are higher. On the bottom have been energy with oil. Ctually, there is energy down. 18. If we look at what has been happening relative to the , we have the 10 year yield down around
Abigail, a lot of bouncing around. Abigail yes. Wishywashy trading. Not long ago, both were ever so slightly higher. Than nasdaq has mainly been in the red all day, down more so than the s p 500. Down half a percent or so. Turnaround drama in d. C. , political tensions. The dow and s p 500 down two weeks in a row right now by a small margin for a third week in a row. The nasdaq down five weeks in a row. The first time that could happen since 2012. Wise break it down sector for the s p 500 by going to the bloomberg and taking a look. There is more green, more sectors in the green than in red. Much of the sector composition seems to have to do with what is happening with yields. We have the 10 year yield down to basis points two basis points. , soks have higher dividends they look a lot better when the heels are higher. On the bottom have been energy with oil. Ctually, there is energy down. 18. If we look at what has been happening relative to the , we have the 10 year yield down around
Abigail, a lot of bouncing around. Abigail yes. Wishywashy trading. Not long ago, both were ever so slightly higher. Than nasdaq has mainly been in the red all day, down more so than the s p 500. Down half a percent or so. Turnaround drama in d. C. , political tensions. The dow and s p 500 down two weeks in a row right now by a small margin for a third week in a row. The nasdaq down five weeks in a row. The first time that could happen since 2012. Wise break it down sector for the s p 500 by going to the bloomberg and taking a look. There is more green, more sectors in the green than in red. Much of the sector composition seems to have to do with what is happening with yields. We have the 10 year yield down to basis points two basis points. , soks have higher dividends they look a lot better when the heels are higher. On the bottom have been energy with oil. Ctually, there is energy down. 18. If we look at what has been happening relative to the , we have the 10 year yield down around