Order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled Monetary Policy and the state of the economy. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds independent Monetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about the fed since your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics in upholding the feds independence you should be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to try to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of president obama Congressional Democrats and the Federal Reserve, irresponsible tr
Jerome powell was on capitol hill to update lawmakers on the economy and Monetary Policy. He spoke about the Economic Impact of the coronavirus, Cyber Threats in the Banking Sector and his influence in the Global Economy among other topics. This services hearing is three hours. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds interMonetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics. Fedsolding the independence, you should also be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of p
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Our thoughts are with them and their families , and id like and their families, and id like to pay tribute to figen murray, who joins us in the gallery for her courage and her bravery of her courage and her bravery of her campaigning in her son martins memory. And i look forward to meeting her later today , too. Mr speaker, can today, too. Mr speaker, can i also add my personal welcome back to parliament to my friend and colleague, the honourable member for south thanet. No one who watched his interview last night could have failed to have beenin night could have failed to have been in awe of his incredible resilience. Mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this house. I shall have further such meetings later today, jenkinson thank you, mr speaken i speaken i too welcome the honourable member for south thanet back to his to the house and wish him well in his duties. Can i also associate my remarks with the Prime Minis
We do online global exhibitions. We really felt that in celebration of our 35th anniversary year, it was time for a little reinvention. The Jewish Film Institute is now the umbrella name for Media Arts Organization that brings the jewish Film Festival to San Francisco. 35 years. What are some of the sub themes . I know every year you have a freedom of expression award for director. Fill us in on what this years festival looks like. This is actually a really wonderful year for our 35th anniversary. We have some new things. One of our new things is we have added a new local spotlight, and unbelievably the star of the local spotlight is one of the cofounders of the jewish Film Festival. Janice plot kin is coming with her film she produced called plastic man, arts and life of jerry wash barish, one of the first donors to the Film Festival. He also makes wonderful art out of plastic. Thats something new happening this year. Beautiful. Every year you are armed the bay area around the bay are