And to emergency and cellular lines but not to residential lines. Under wellestablished rules of statutory construction the entire phrase to be called sequential Number Generator that has a statue of impossible between the definition and the targeted mission under ordinary rules of grammar that modifier not just a second and so those of the disparate impact reinforces that conclusion first it is set off by that, modified by the verb and second a direct object the direct object of those telephone numbers to be called in those were significant judicial that. And then to the Residential Land line. From those in 1991. And with those multiple business lines that were in with those and if they were really aiming at those calls from devices the failure to protect the hope would be inexplicable. Mr. Clement your friend on the other side says we should look at the passage and not to the rules of syntax. I know you were dispute about the passage but as a general matter he is right . The drafters
Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
And to emergency and cellular lines but not to residential lines. Under wellestablished rules of statutory construction the entire phrase to be called sequential Number Generator that has a statue of impossible between the definition and the targeted mission under ordinary rules of grammar that modifier not just a second and so those of the disparate impact reinforces that conclusion first it is set off by that, modified by the verb and second a direct object the direct object of those telephone numbers to be called in those were significant judicial that. And then to the Residential Land line. From those in 1991. And with those multiple business lines that were in with those and if they were really aiming at those calls from devices the failure to protect the hope would be inexplicable. Mr. Clement your friend on the other side says we should look at the passage and not to the rules of syntax. I know you were dispute about the passage but as a general matter he is right . The drafters
The headline number, 57. 5, down from 59. 3. This is a very elevated number by historical standards still, but there are signs of some weakness creeping into those figures. It was unlikely they would remain as high as they did. The survey number was 58. We come through with a headline number of 57. 5. Prices paid a little light as well. The employment number has dropped quite significantly. This may be something you want to Pay Attention to. Remember, we are waiting for the payrolls number friday. 48. 4 is where we are coming through their. Construction spending month on month, 1. 3 . Lets break it all down. Lets get some details. Mike mckee come over to you. Michael you gave us most of the details there that matter, especially that employment number. That has been concerning people in the markets. We have seen a slowdown in the economy reflected in the topdown numbers, although manufacturing has been the source of strength in most economies around the world since the depth of the covi
3, 2, 1. This hearing will now come to order. Is in a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. , a those joining remotely few videoconferencing reminders which you should be familiar with at this point. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your display on the screen. To minimize background noise, click the mute button until it is returned to speak or ask questions. Issue,e is a technology we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. I remind senators and our witnesses the fiveminute clock still applies. Those remote should have on your screen one of the boxes labeled clock which will show how much time is remaining. Weve had some trouble getting those boxes to everyone screen or at least getting everybody to be able to find them and follow them. We are going