Not know your background you are the 75th postmaster general. The first one is behind you i can see Benjamin Franklin so he was the inventor of the post Office Postal service you have been your native is new york, he went to college in florida and then you went back to your familys business and you built up move it to go and North Carolina. Built into one of the larger List Companies in the nighted states. And youve been very involved in philanthropic activities, thank you for giving us your time today. Let me ask you at the outset when you agreed to become postmaster general, did you realize you are going to get this mess attention. Its not normally the most famous position in washington d. C. I doubt many people can name your immediate predecessors youre very wellknown did you expect he would get this mess attention . If i may i think when i accepted the role, we need to remember the situation in the Postal Service was and at the time. It was right at the height of the beginning of t
[background noises] [background noises] welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person and let me first remind ereveryone that pursuant to the latest guidance on the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Numbers werefa not wearing a may facemask will not be recognized and let me also make a few reminders for those numbers appearing in person, you will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when you are speaking is what is known in web acts as active speaker you. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. Members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will see each person speaking during the hearing whether in person or remote as long as yous have your web acts set t
[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to
Hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to active speaker view. If you have any questions about this please Contact Committee staff immediately. Second, we have a timer that should be visible on your screen when youre in the active speaker with him know. Members who wish to pen the timer to the screen should Contact Committee staff for assistance. Third, thousand rules require that w
2. 64. Our road map begins with with the fax shutting down for the first time in 17 years. 800 federal workers furloughed. Merck cutting an additional 8,500 jobs, aiming to reduce annual operating costs by 2. 5 billion. All of that. Plus more and mad moneys big milestone tonight. First, the federal government has begun a Government Shutdown. 800,000 federal workers will be furloughed today with national parks, smithsonian, museums, most federal offices closing. We mentioned what gold is doing. Why how is the market trying to arbitrage this, jim . I think this is one of the crux of things. Europe is getting stronger, japan had some good things. Futures percolate, this morning they were up 8 and now theyve been cut in half. As theyve been cut in half people say this is a great opportunity again, ill sell again and buy lower. And up opening in the face, this, theres a lot of people who think is going to be resolved by friday. I was with my friend who say do not believe this is going to be