And access for the greeks . And to the u. K. And what is on the board. Barclays is down 1. 6 . I will have something later from Anthony Jenkins. Probability that profitability is up and beat estimates. They made bigger provisions on Foreign Exchange. 750 Million Pounds of provisions in the fourth quarter. During the conversation jenkins could not or would not you said yes to may Reasonable Estimates and said they were legally binding to do that. They didnt go with other institutions with summative regulators and of when some of the regulators and some of the banks. Was it a missed opportunity . That is the question. In terms of the rest of the market currencies, you mention the aussie dollar a its absolutely on a rip. And rallied 1 at one juncture. House prices are up 14 year over year. Reasons why they have not lowered the rate for as they may need to cut rates at another date. One of our most accurate forecasters suggested in the Third Quarter you are going to see raise up 1. 5 for t
And receive, to seek and find, and to knock for doors to open. Lord forgive us when we have forfeited your blessings because of our failure to ask. Today, empower our senators to seek your wisdom and guidance. May they not depend only on their gifts and abilities, but remember that without your involvement they labor in vain. May they strive to be your ambassadors of renewal and reconciliation. Steady their hands to grasp freedoms torch and illuminate the darkness of our nation and world. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the chair recognizes the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President we begin this week by remembering a failed idea from the past. Obamacare. And well end by passing balanced budget l
Because you are making conditions better that makes it easier when people are finally crossing the border trade so i agree we should measure it. We should make sure we are not only looking at between the ports of entry but considering the over stays and active ports of entry and to the point made earlier, creating a legal way to come to work would be a huge benefit to allowing the folks who are on the line to focus their attention on the people you are really worried about which is your criminals and bad actors. Yes, one over there. Chris with the aclu. I wonder if you could say more but the doubling of order patrol you mentioned. In retrospect were at the time were you concerned it was going too fast oversight and Accountability Measures were in keeping up with expansion . You know i think the concern was to increase the population of Border Patrol in a way that would allow people to be adequately trained and mentored recognizing that you need to bring people out into the field with e
Unspeakable evil of Human Trafficking and the compelling reasons why we ought to do something to address it. I know that thats where the thats where the hearts are thats where the hearts are of all of our colleagues but somehow we have just been stuck and we need to get unstuck and i hope today will be that day. Of course Human Trafficking is a plague in all 50 states and my state unfortunately has way too much of its share. Id like all of our colleagues have had the chance to meet many of the brave victims of Human Trafficking. One i met last week in austin broken axle. Our friends at google convened a meeting there in austin. The Technology Community understands a lot of the solicitation of underaged girls and victims of Human Trafficking occurs on line and so they have come together to try to work with Law Enforcement, work with victims Rights Groups to come up with a comprehensive way to combat it so it google last week in austin i met rick brooke when she gave a moving speech. Bac
The important lesson, when you talk about the securing the border, it is not a question of lining people up to apprehend folks but a much more complicated dynamic situation. The real solution to the issue of Border Security is a solution that create as legal pathway for people that want to come in and work, deals with interior enforcement ands well as deployment at the border itself, deals with issue of people who have come illegally would be perfectly happy to go, come back and forth to work, but right now feel they dont have that opportunity. So they will stay in place. All of these pieces tend to fit together. Now i remember in particular the issue of securing the border was, you know, a mantra that i heard almost anytime i talked about this issue and i think whats useful by what the Bipartisan Policy Center has done with this study is to unpack what we mean by securing the border. To recognize that there are different challenges and therefore different measures, that one of the Cri