This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Jerome powell testified on Interest Rates inflation before the banking committee. They talk about Bank Requirements and immigration and Digital Currency after his remarks. This is nearly 2 1 2 hours. Thank you, the Housing Affairs committee will come to order. General powell, after your Opening Statement and you want to give it again, you can certainly do that. The fed has immense power in shaping the economy, your report is clear, stable prices and employment. The cost of living is too expensive for americans. The fed has one tool to fight the hi p rates. That tool does nothing to takes the real cause. Corporations price gouging to boost profits and make their shareholders richer. Higher Interest Rates dont force corporations to lower their prices but high Interest Rates are raising housing costs, hindering wage growth, stifling Small Businesses, we all know that. Now is the time for the fed to decide whether it will make goo
Thank you, the Housing Affairs committee will come to order. General powell, after your Opening Statement and you want to give it again, you can certainly do that. The fed has immense power in shaping the economy, your report is clear, stable prices and employment. The cost of living is too expensive for americans. The fed has one tool to fight the high prices, Interest Rates. That tool does nothing to takes the real cause. Corporations price gouging to boost profits and make their shareholders richer. Higher Interest Rates dont force corporations to lower their prices but high Interest Rates are raising housing costs, hindering wage growth, stifling Small Businesses, we all know that. Now is the time for the fed to decide whether it will make good to their commitments to workers and families by lowering Interest Rates and protecting our Financial System from wall street executives who have used their wealth and power to influence Economic Policy and avoid accountability. Keeping rates
Thank you, the Housing Affairs committee will come to order. General powell, after your Opening Statement and you want to give it again, you can certainly do that. The fed has immense power in shaping the economy, your report is clear, stable prices and employment. The cost of living is too expensive for americans. The fed has one tool to fight the high prices, Interest Rates. That tool does nothing to takes the real cause. Corporations price gouging to boost profits and make their shareholders richer. Higher Interest Rates dont force corporations to lower their prices but high Interest Rates are raising housing costs, hindering wage growth, stifling Small Businesses, we all know that. Now is the time for the fed to decide whether it will make good to their commitments to workers and families by lowering Interest Rates and protecting our Financial System from wall street executives who have used their wealth and power to influence Economic Policy and avoid accountability. Keeping rates
Thank you, the Housing Affairs committee will come to order. General powell, after your Opening Statement and you want to give it again, you can certainly do that. The fed has immense power in shaping the economy, your report is clear, stable prices and employment. The cost of living is too expensive for americans. The fed has one tool to fight the high prices, Interest Rates. That tool does nothing to takes the real cause. Corporations price gouging to boost profits and make their shareholders richer. Higher Interest Rates dont force corporations to lower their prices but high Interest Rates are raising housing costs, hindering wage growth, stifling Small Businesses, we all know that. Now is the time for the fed to decide whether it will make good to their commitments to workers and families by lowering Interest Rates and protecting our Financial System from wall street executives who have used their wealth and power to influence Economic Policy and avoid accountability. Keeping rates
Good morning. The health labor on education and pension will come to order. This is another bipartisan hearings, which means senator murray and i have agreed on the subject and the witnesses. In falkt i would say every member in the committee would probably agree on the subject and Witnesses Today because this is a hearing entitled implementation of the cures act. The path forward to hear from dr. Frances collins, the National Institutes of health and dr. Gotlieb, the commissioner of food and drugs. Senator murphy will have a hearing wednesday on another reorganization which they played a major role in. We look forward to that. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then introduce our panel of witnesses. After, senators will have five minutes of questions. In 2007 doug oliver, who is in the front row i believe, a Computer Programmer began to have trouble, had his drivers license taken away and declared legally bliepd. It was a rare form of macular degeneration. He