Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord, concerning supply chain integrity for the department of defense in the United States. Since our her initial confirman as the undersecretary of defense, secretary lord has overseen significant acquisition reform at the department of defense, and a chill well talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armaments director she has traveled to see the u. S. , throughout the u. S. And to see our allies and partners with regard to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world, and, unfortunately, has seen firsthand just how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become come to class relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition of the global covid19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chains particularly as relates to National Security have taken on a new urgency. What you think Ranking Member k
Profits to buy. New home sales rose more than 3 in september, to their secondhighest level of the recovery. Still, builders are struggling to keep pace with demand. Production is up, but not by enough. Diana olick has more now on housings big challenge. Reporter the autumn leaves are mostly changed, but the market for newly built homes is still in something of a holding pattern. Sales figures rose in september, but only after the readings from the summer were revised down sharply. The overall trend is higher, but not by much. Really struggled to take off. Theyre nowhere near where they need to be. If you think about a normal market, where supply is meeting demand, they presently probably need to be about 800,000 to 1 million so quite a bit higher. Reporter the supply of existing homes for sale is still very low, as millions of entrylevel properties were bought by investors during the housing crash, and now Service Still vibe rant rental markets. Buyers are desperate for new constructio
Profits to buy. New home sales rose more than 3 in september, to their secondhighest level of the recovery. Still, builders are struggling to keep pace with demand. Production is up, but not by enough. Diana olick has more now on housings big challenge. Reporter the autumn leaves are mostly changed, but the market for newly built homes is still in something of a holding pattern. Sales figures rose in september, but only after the readings from the summer were revised down sharply. The overall trend is higher, but not by much. Really struggled to take off. Theyre nowhere near where they need to be. If you think about a normal market, where supply is meeting demand, they presently probably need to be about 800,000 to 1 million so quite a bit higher. Reporter the supply of existing homes for sale is still very low, as millions of entrylevel properties were bought by investors during the housing crash, and now Service Still vibe rant rental markets. Buyers are desperate for new constructio
Despite a dwindling inventory of profits to buy. New home sales rose more than 3 in september, to their secondhighest level of the recovery. Still, builders are struggling to keep pace with demand. Production is up, but not by enough. Diana olick has more now on housings big challenge. Reporter the autumn leaves are mostly changed, but the market for newly built homes is still in something of a holding pattern. Sales figures rose in september, but only after the readings from the summer were revised down sharply. The overall trend is higher, but not by much. Really struggled to take off. Theyre nowhere near where they need to be. If you think about a normal market, where supply is meeting demand, they presently probably need to be about 800,000 to 1 million so quite a bit higher. Reporter the supply of existing homes for sale is still very low, as millions of entrylevel properties were bought by investors during the housing crash, and now Service Still vibe rant rental markets. Buyers
when you look at the images, it s devastating what was left on the ground. how does someone survive this? the fact that five, six people lived, how? it s luck of the draw. if you look at the early photographs and you see a lot of the plane is intact, particularly the center of the fuselage, that borders the aircraft wings. that s generally where the fuel tanks are on most aircraft. either in the wings or the center fuselage. the fact that area is intact and shows very little evidence, very little early evidence of post-impact fire, would suggest that perhaps fuel exhaustion may be another cause. in general, is there a better place to sit on the plane? those five people clearly, they were sitting somewhere where they were safer, but normally, when you get on a plane, is there a safer seat to be in? there really isn t. it really depends on the type of accident you re in, what s happening at the time, the weather conditions, really the luck of the draw. i want to turn now to anoth