I want you to know im pleased to report today, rules committee favorably reported out this bill and we will be talking about the substance of that today. I reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady from new york is ecognized. Ms. Slaughter thank you, mr. Speaker. I wasnt quite ready but i thank my friend for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Slaughter im sorry i cant support this continuing resolution today. The great government of the United States of america thats been called the last, best hope of man cannot be funded in traunches of maybe two weeks to three weeks. This is the fifth continuing resolution that we have done since the 30th of september. Thats an atrossfi. I dont think of any, any legislative body anywhere, totally unable to do its job. And as sorry as i am to say it, because of my Great Respect and affection for my fellow membe
With gun laws. A big question whether republicans will be on board with restricted gun laws. To cpac chairman matt schlapp on the big issue that is facing the gop at this very moment. Matt, a big issue at cpac today. Give us your thoughts on what we saw last night. With President Trump and students and parents and teachers that was unprecedented. We never seen anything like this, 19 years after columbine. The world watching outside of the white house. All of these people, all of these victims expressed themselves. It was a rivetting thing to watch to be a part of, those of us on the outside looking in. Must be terrible to be in one of these families you lose a loved one. The president did right thing, he deserves a lot of credit for the tone and the approach. I think the Vice President spoke to us at cpac mere moments ago, he had the same approach as well, which is, as americans we got to Work Together to figure out if there are laws that need to be changed. Also we have to address thi
Day, even if stocks are going to the downside. The swings we have seen today are not the largest in recent days and the volume is also dropping. Volume on the s p 500 running more than 20 below the 20 day average. We have seen volume running a little bit hotter. A bit of applause on a couple a bit of a pause on a couple of different fronts. We had an uptick in range over the past week or so as we have seen these wild swings between highs and lows. When you have today where we have seen the trading range has gotten a lot smaller. Volatility is here to stay for a little while. We may not see those swings every single day, so we have a little bit of a pause. Where we are seeing interesting action is with a couple of dental supply companies. Health care is pretty active and with these companies in particular, Patterson Companies and henry schein, they are being accused by the federal trade tomission of conspiring undermine the ability of independent dentists to get lower prices for product
Host gary shapiro, this years ces, what are some of the buzz products . Gary well, ces 2018 is pretty big, and products, you know, theres a lot of focus on Artificial Intelligence in many different ways. So, we have the smart speakers which, you know, alexa and google home. Obviously, googles huge here, but were talking about other products into the home and the car. Were also talking about Artificial Intelligence in another way, and that is smart cities. We have a big focus on smart cities for the first time. We have the secretary of transportation here talking about it and a lot of different groups focusing on it. And thats not about the to assume her is, in a sense, for business and government. It is business to those investing and making our lives and cities better because twothirds of the population will live in cities soon compared to onethird in 1960. Other big things, of course, is we continue that Movement Toward selfdriving cars. We know were getting there, theres more and mo
Providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment ott bill h. R. 1892 to amend title 4 United States code to provide for the flying of the flag at halfstaff in the event of the death of a First Responder in the line of duty. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . By direction of the committee on rules i call up house 6 727 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk house calendar 174, House Resolution 727. Resolved that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to take from the speakers table the bill h. R. 1892, to amend title 4, United States code, to provide for the flying of the flag at halfstaff in the event of the death of a First Responder in the line of duty, with the Senate Amendment thereto, and to consider in the house, without intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the chai