The people in and around houston who again find themselves dealing with serious damages due to flooding. May they and those many First Responders be safe as they begin the recovery of their community. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her pproval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. Madam speaker. The speaker for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . Mr. Blumenauer pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on the approval of the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor please say aye. Opposed, no. The ayes have it. The journal stands approved. Mr. Blumenauer madam speaker. The speaker for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon further seek recognition . Mr. Blumenauer i object to the vote on the grounds that a q
As always, much more on our website with lots of analysis and back round detailed to all our major stories. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Donald trump says its likely iran was behind the attacks on saudi arabia, but downplays talks of going to war. Crisis hit city tried to get Public Relations firms to fix its reputation. How the crisis hit. Good morning asia, hello, world. Its tuesday, glad you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon and with the local energy markets, its been a tumultuous 2a hours for markets in the wake of the attack on saudi facilities on the weekend. After soaring into double digits yesterday, the cost of crude has risen in asia this morning and donald trump said it looked like iran was behind the attacks but added he didnt want war with anyone. That was a very large attack, and it could be met with an attack many, many times larger very easily by our country, but were going to find out who
The committee will come to order. We welcome our witnesses. Were here to have testimony from a range of industries to tell us about the importance of the United Statesmexicocanada agreement, and we soon are referring that to always as usmca. We look forward to hearing from our witnesses about the significance of the agreement to american businesses, both small and large, the workers, the farmers that we all represent. Thank you for being here. Mexico and canada are our countrys most important trading partners. According to the International Trade commission for the year 2017, more than onethird of americas merchandise exports went to mexico and canada. In that year mexico and canada imported more than half a trillion dollars of American Goods plus more than 91 billion of american services. For iowa our six and sixtenths billion of exports to canada supported 130,000 jobs. The foundation of our strong trading relationship with mexico and canada have been, thus far, nafta. The United Sta
More relevant than others. On television and online, cspan is your unfillerred view of unfiltered view of government so you can make up your own mind. Brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. Now, the Senate Finance Committee Examines the u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement. Former agriculture secretary tom vilsack, along with a panel of trade and industry representatives, testified on how the usmca could impact the average american as well as how it differs from the 1994 north American Free trade agreement. Meeting will come to order. We welcome our witnesses. Were here to have testimony from a range of industries to tell us about the importance of the United Statesmexicocanada agreement, and we soon are referring that to always as usmca. We look forward to hearing from our witnesses about the significance of the agreement to american businesses, both small and large, the workers, the farmers that we all represent. Thank you for being here. Mexico and can
I would look for italian bond yields and treasuries. We are also getting breaking news out of iea. It says the oil outlook is fragile. We had a great story saying saudi arabia is speaking to producers to make sure there is not too much volatility. 57. 42. Rude at and the one weve had a lot of news, we could talk about u. S. Intervention on the dollar. The yield at 1. 7. R shares are rising after the Company Proposed and 8 billion settlement. This is the picture, 7. 5 higher. Coming up, we speak to the chief executive of novo nordisk in 30 minutes. First, lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. We stay with that breaking, also a bloomberg scoop. Bayer proposing to pay 8 billion to settle claims round of causes cancer. This would settle more than 18,000 lawsuits. It may be months away, but it would ease investor concern over the litigation exposure. Fight, thatthout a is the italian Prime Ministers message to his deputy. Leaderiimmigrant league is pulling support for the administ