[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. The Permanent Committee on intelligence is pleased to be out in the public for a rather appearance. To our guests in the audience, welcome. We appreciate you being here. Proper decorum must be maintained at all times and were here and in open session. This markup will address only unclassified matters pursuant to Committee Rule 6c and clause 2 subsection h4. The chairman mri conclude any on adopted member for recorded votes or yeas and nays, authorized to declare a recess at anytime. Item hr4478 fisa amendments reauthorization act of 2017 and the clerk will designate the bill. Hr4478, to improve foreign ip intelligence collection, and foreign intelligence to extend title 7 of such act and for other purposes. Consent the bill be considered as read and open for amendment at any point. Without objection, so ordered. Today our committee will consider the fisa amendments reauthori
Francine Warren Buffett says equities are less attractive than they were but still beat bonds. And theresa may says she will lead the tories into the next election, but does anyone believe her . This is bloomberg surveillance. Certainly a packed show, packed week actually for an end of august kind of feeling. It has been quite busy in terms of news. This is what im looking at in the markets. Stocks advanced on a rosier picture for the growth outlook. We had pretty good economic figures out of america. The chinese economy seems to be holding steady. The u. S. Administration sent different signals on north korea, which means that a little bit of the nervousness has been taken off. Among all other asset classes, dollar seems to be studying. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra Tropical Storm harvey has closed down almost a quarter of u. S. Oil refining capacity, flooding and power failures reduce americas feel making capacity by about 4. 2 Million B
Carry this is the news our life and coming up in the next sixty minutes the us calls on the United Nations to act against iran after accusing it of firing missiles into saudi arabia from yemen. Two major wins for democrats in the us elections the victories are viewed as a rejection of the policies of donald trump plus. Catalonia is ousted leadership puts the emphasis back on autonomy rather than independence from spain. And thats double the pleasure for twitter users the Company Expands its character count. United states is calling on the un to act against iran over the firing of rockets from yemen and to saudi arabia on saturday a Ballistic Missile was launched toward the International Airport from territory held by iranian backed with the rebels and yemen a saudi Led Military Alliance has been fighting the hurt the since march two thousand and fifteen saudi arabia which is a u. S. Ally accuses tehran of supplying the weapon you. On saturday it was intercepted before reaching its targ
The mission of the government proliferated to such a degree the government couldnt accomplish all it had to do. We ask it to do it with a lot of restrictions on management, people, money, contracts, that make it almost impossible to get the job done so if you find someone who is getting something done in government, that is a true talent. It is also true as your boss said, the only thing we have close to eternal life on earth is a government program. Once in place, it is very difficult to repeal or eliminate the program. Davids work, rachels work document evaluated programs and though i wouldnt say the logical conclusion is eliminate everything, it is true when subjected to rigorous evaluation methodology, programs not having intended impact, enormous room for improvement. Every president until the 80s had the authority to organize the government and it is high time we reempower administrations with that authority because it is so hard to do it otherwise. Congress at least from the Ove
Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and r Lewis Lehrman auditorium. Of course what those are joining us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. For those inhouse we ask the courtesy to check our various mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepare to begin and, of course, for those watching online you are welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply emailing speaker heritage. Org. Leading our discussion this morning is david muhlhausen. Dr. Muhlhausen is Research Fellow in empirical policy analysis at Heritage Center for data analysis. He testifies frequently before congress on the efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs. His commentary and analyses have also been featured in numerous major publications and he frequently appears on National Television as well. His book review scientifically rigorous National Studies that almost unanimously fine that federal programs fai failed to e the social problems they were designed