2021 index of u. S. Military strength. This is the seventh edition of the index and the index has come one of the flagship publications. Our goal has been unchanged. It is to provide both the leaders of this country and the American Public a premiere open source and author tatetive of Armed Services and their ability to protect the nation. I think we have not only achieved that goal but continued with this effort. And this years edition is the best ever. In addition to our usual subjects, it includes National Security concerns and one of these is the emergent of the new space force. We have a new chapter on the subject of space this year and look more hearing from the editor of the new index in his presentation later. Today as part of our launch, we welcome a speaker with decades of matters, representative Mac Thornberry. He was the first elected to congress in 1994 and has supported a Strong National defense since. He is currently the Ranking Member of the house Armed Services committ
Bounce back in the worth session in more than a month pete, i began with you he said the top of the market was on september 2nd, that the bubble has already popped. Were now in the midst of an enormous tech bubble ipo mania, extraordinary valuations and new metrics for valuation, the more fanciful an distant, it seeps the better the stocks performs. Is he right . Are we in the midst of an enormous text bubble, pete i think we are in the midst of certain sections of text that are definitely in a bubble right now, scott theres no doubt about that. We look at some of these names that have absolutely soared to the up side. We all know those names. Zoom would be the poster child you go across the board and say theyre in the right place at the right time but are they fairly priced or are they a little bit in that bubble area i think many of them are but right now, scott, its about growth and there has been growth and cash and last week we heard wre rick riether last friday and youre looking
In the texas 32nd congressional district, the incumbent democrat faces this challenger. They rate this race likely democratic. Democratic. Just want to review the rules of it. They are fairly simple. Two minutes for Opening Statements from the candidates. Nd for questions there will be a 92nd response for each candidate and a 45 second rebuttal for each candidate. Any further response or followup will be up to me. There the timekeeping, will be about four boxes on the one of those will have questions for use in this debate. When the candidate gets down to about 15 seconds left in their answer, that box will turn yellow. It will time is up, turn red. We will also have one minute closing statements in reverse order of opening. So, in keeping with the agreement reached between the two candidates, the opening genevievewill go to collins. Ms. Collins good evening. Thank you for hosting us. Thank you to the congressman for joining me and being flexible. Thank you to all of you for tuning in.
415 6550001 and entering access code 146 738 6789. When we reach your item, and you would like to submit your Public Comment, press star and 3 to be added to the queue. When i have 30 seconds remaining, youll hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. And we will be testing a new chime today. Ill take the next person queued to speak. Call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and please mute the volume on your television. Id like to take roll at this time. Commission president koppel . Here. Commissioner fung. Here. Commissioner imperial . Here. I do see one person requesting to speak. Well take that caller now. Caller, youll have two minutes. Caller, are you prepared to submit your testimony regarding the continuances . Okay. That caller has left. So, commissioners, that concludes Public Comment on matters proposed for continuance. The matters are now before you. Commissioner imperial. As noted. Second. Clerk thank you, commissioners. On the notion to continue matter a
Screen, and one of those will have the address where you can send questions for use in this debate. When the candidate gets down to about 15 seconds left in their answer, that box will turn yellow. In their answer, that box will turn yellow. It will time is up, turn red. We will also have one minute closing statements in reverse order of opening. So, in keeping with the agreement reached between the two candidates, the opening genevievewill go to collins. Ms. Collins good evening. Thank you for hosting us. Thank you to the congressman for joining me and being flexible. Thank you to all of you for tuning in. This has been a tough year for all of us and its time we come together. I am born and raised here in dallas. I went to school here. I had a business here. And i worked with every School District in the congressional district. I helped build my Family Business to over 300 employees serving 5 Million Students nationwide. My committee is focused on teaching kids how to read and how to