Given. Encourage the members of this house, o god, to use their abilities and talents in ways that bring righteousness to this nation. And to all people. Ever remind them of the needs of the poor, the homeless, or forgotten, and those who live without freedom or liberty. May they be instruments of justice for all americans. We are grateful for the success of the recent negotiations between the president and congressional leaders on the debt limit and the budget caps deal. And ask your blessing on them and on those now charged with moving the business of government and the National Economy forward. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory, men. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her pproval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition . Madam speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1,
I will put it in different terms and nonetheless the question. The nation to me seems to be identify and disrupt the sources of money that enable sustaining the ongoing violent behavior. We went to eliminate bad behavior can find the money sources and hopefully eliminate. That seems like the mission. So the question is what about russia . What about putin . What about the financial sources that come out of there indirectly sustaining the violent behavior or directly or the criminal element that operate out of russia and what about the umbrella countries around russia to support that kind of activity. Whos following it whos tracking it, whos disrupting it . Great question. Appreciate that. Just to clarify earlier statements with regards to the money and Financial Intelligence is one aspect of it. We are not simply looking at a Wire Transfer or a transfer between two Different Bank accounts. But the other intelligence we have been simply not just focusing on the dollar amount, im what it
You can find us online and joined the conversation on social media. Here is the front page of the washington times. It says the public versions of the events on the attacker the u. S. Consulate have been riddled with discrepancies starting soon after the american dead and survivors led behind a charged compound and the bullets guard cia building in benghazi. How confident are you in the White House Team . President obama defended yesterday amid criticism he received for poor performance given the issue. Lets take a listen to some of the criticism that has been employed. This is on the senate floor yesterday. John mccain called for the select committee to investigate the attacks. [video clip] why is it that anybody including our ambassadors to the United Nations would believe spontaneous demonstrations are composed of people with mortars, rocketpropelled grenades, and heavy weapons . Nobody believes that. Why did president obama insists that he labeled the defense an act of terrorism on
This important legislation is a small step towards a big reward. Without it the United States exporters and Service Providers will continue to lose business to our foreign competitors that have already have trade relations relationships with russia. And once we lose those markets, our competitors will only become stronger and better positioned to surpass the u. S. In a critical marketplace of the 21st Century Global economy. According to the National Association of manufacturers, russia imported over 500 billion in goods last year, and of that total only 5 came from u. S. Exports. This bill will lift outdated policies and restrict american access to russian markets. As a result studies show u. S. Producers can expect to achieve doubledigit increases over the next decade in exports of heavy machinery, agricultural machinery, chemicals, and services. This is particularly critical for my home state of illinois where we have fallen behind japan and korea in these export categories. Most im
A blowout session in shanghai overnight. Best single day gain in more than three years on a pretty decent pmi. Europe has also been a blend of red and green as the ft names ecb chief the person of the year. Were going to kick off with breaking news. For that would, we go to david faber. News on best buy, in the news yesterday. The stock up sharply. What we can tell you right now is the board of directors of best buy, and its founder, richard schultz, has been trying to put together a group to essentially buy the company in a go private transaction, have extended the deadline in which he would need to come with a bid for best buy and created a window in fact that will begin on february 1st next year and end with the end of that month on february the 28th. Giving schultz the opportunity to look at not Just Christmas sales, but the end of their fiscal year, which will end at best buy on the 31st of january. And that window, again, will be 28 days long giving him an opportunity to continue