Day after he is discharged from the hospital. Ath the election less than month away, wildfires continue andavage the west coast, office work in question. What is happening with the Real Estate Market . U. S. Stocks tumbling after President Trump said he is ending stimulus talks until after the election. This was hours after fed chair jay powell renewed his warning that the economy will stumble without additional stimulus fiscal report. The backt falling on of this report. Abigail once again, a topsyturvy day. Trump tweetingt around 2 50 p. M. , it was a jittery day. A piece of that was big tech. Ahead of President Trump tweeting, we had the s p 500 up 0. 6 . So, investors working past those jitters. President trump coming out and saying he wants to and stimulus talks. Intraday move, perish to the downside. S p 500 to finish down 1. 4 , and if you include the total move, down 2 . If they really thought this was the end to the negotiations, you might have seen more of a selloff. This cou
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
And i yield the floor. Mr. President , we come to the floor, my colleagues have already been out here today. Its a great day for aviation because we have a product before the United States senate and members will be out to vote to move forward on consideration of this important aviation safety legislation. As my colleagues have already said this is a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on f. A. A. Authorization. Its important to reauthorize both the federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation safety board for another five years. We are not only giving them direction and resources to improve safety, but were asking them to keep uptodate on the implementation of the latest technologies that help us do just that. I want to thank my colleague, senator cruz, just on the senate floor for helping to negotiate this through the senate commercial committee and chairman graves and larson from my state to their dedication producing this bipartisan, bicameral legislation and senator
This sector to earn their livelihood. The aviation sector is the Gold Standard of safety, and im proud of the improvements and reforms made in this bill and i look forward to working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to advance the bill to final passage. Thank you, and i yield the floor. We come to the floor my colleagues have already been out here today its a great day for aviation because we have a product before the United States senate and members will be asked to vote to move forward on consideration on this important aviation safety legislation. As my colleagues have already said, this is a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on the faa reauthorization. Its important to reauthorize bothni the federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation safetyan board fr another five years. We are not only giving them direction and resources to improve safety, but we are asking them to keep uptodate e on the implementation of the latest technologies that help us do just th
Cspan, powered by cable. U. S. Senate is about to gavel in for more debate on the u. S. District Court Nomination for northern illinois. Lawmakers are also expect today vote on whether to begin work on a fiveyear f. A. A. Reauthoritization bill. Current f. A. A. Programs expire on may 10th. Live now to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Gracious god, turn your ears to listen to us. Without you, we are but disappearing dust. Draw near to us, for in your presence, we find our dignity and destiny. Lord, breathe into us the saving knowledge that we belong to you. May this awareness inspire us to live for your glory. Guide our lawmakers. Remind them that they can depend on you for the vindication of every just cause, the forgiveness of every confessed sin, and the protection from every weapon that is formed against them. May they trust you to giv