The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by monsignor anthony j. Marcaccio, pastor of st. Pius the tenth from greensboro, north carolina. The guest chaplain let us pray. Blessed are you, lord god, of all creation. You are the gifter of ever good gift, of life and liberty, of peace and prosperity, of wisdom, understanding, and right judgment. We ask that in your divine mercy you would bless our republic and in a special way the work of our senators, that they may discern all that is true, all that is honorable, all that is right, all that is excellent and worthy of praise for our nation. In this moment, make us mindful of all that has brought us together as a country and how it foster passes that which can divide us. So when all is deliberated and done here, we may be preserved as one nation under god. Amen and amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the
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We are funded by these Television Companies and more. s supporting cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Energy secretary on clean energy any factoring investments modernizing the system and helping the u. S. Better compete with china. Our testimony before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee is about two and half hours. The committee will come to order i want to welcome everyone. The chair may declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. Madam secretary i want to thank you for being here today before the committee. After traveling to saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates last week. I am sure you are well received abroad. I hope the purpose to booster foster fuels. Especially what President Biden and his administration of the department of energy. Getting to make it less independent. President biden in the secretary should not be prioritizing
I am Katie Greifeld in new york. Welcome to bloomberg markets. When it comes to the s p 500, building slightly on yesterdays losses. S p 500 currently off about. 1 . You did have a selloff yesterday. Managed to open a little bit higher this morning. About 30 minutes in, those gains have dissipated. Big tech, nasdaq 100 trying to say in the green, currently up about. 1 , even though you have that selloff in the bond market continuing. The 10year treasury yield higher by another seven basis points, rapidly approaching 4. 70 on that benchmark 10year yield. We will see if we get there today. First, lets talk about the last of the Big Bank Earnings rolling out this morning. Bank of america and Morgan Stanley topping estimates, with bank of america with one of their best First Quarters on record. Lets get more details. Lets start with bank of america. What went right . Netnet income finally beating expectations. We did not see the same for some large bank spirits are to meet there is not onl