Focusing on National Security and Foreign Policy. Making sure we selected a cabinet that looks like america. That reflects the best of our nation. And that is what we have done. The list of sixes headlined by secretary of state nominee antony blinken, a longtime aide, alejandro mayorkas, for Homeland Security, linda thomas greenfield for ambassador to the un, avril haines for director of National Intelligence and former secretary of state john kerry as special president ial envoy for climate and Jake Sullivan as National Security advisor. Fresh perspective and an unrelenting belief in the promise of america. There are a number of first in the group including the first woman to serve as dni. Mr. President elect, you know ive never shied away from speaking truth to power and that will be my charge as the director of National Intelligence. Mayorkas would be the first latino in his decision if confirmed. I will work day and night in the service of our nation to lead the men and women of th
[inaudible] [inaudible] minutes wait a couple until everybody comes down. [inaudible] well, good morning. Sorry for taking a little as you can see theres a lot of republicans here this morning because each and every one of us understand that america is worth fighting for. Republicans help build the greatest economy in a generation and the american way of life was thriving. We will do it again. That is our commitment to you. Two years ago Speaker Pelosi promised the American People the democrats would serve a responsibility to seek common ground. She did the complete opposite. The question is simple, what are the democrats results . Name me one problem the democrat majority in the house has solved. Democrats support defunding our police, and when asked about the violent protests the speaker expressed her support by saying, people will do what they do. Democrats want to dismantle our institutions, the democrats conducted the most partisan impeachment in history simply because they wanted
On cspans q a. Next, a hearing to examine the issue of College Athlete compensation. The Senate Health education and Labor Committee heard from College Athletic programs about how athletes could be compensated for their name, image, and likeness, which organization should oversee these decisions, and what implications it could have on the student athlete model. This is two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible] good morning. The committee will come to order. There is no room for the public. The press is covering it as a pool. You can watch this on streaming or there will be an unedited recording that everyone can watch. All of our Witnesses Today and some senators are participating by videoconference. I would like to Say Something about masks. The office of attending physician has advised that senators and witnesses may remove their masks to talk into the microphones since our chairs are six feet apart. Thats why my mask is off when im not back here. Im grateful to the rules committee, the
I had two roll call votes i had to participate in. The environment of public works, we have a quirky rule in the sena senate, in our committees. If you want to vote no by proxy, that counts. If you want to vote yes by proxy, that doesnt count. So i had to be there in person. We can now get started. Rhea, are you ready . Yes. Thank you so much. This hearing will come to order. Today the committee convenes to discuss the issue of compensating student athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness, nil. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses and thank them for appearing. Today, we will hear from keith carter, vice chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics for university of mississippi, my alma mater, where i lettered in zero sports. Mr. Michael drake, chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association board of governors and president emeritus of the Ohio State University. Ms. Deion collar, professor of law and director of the center for sport and the law at the universit
Extinct him investor fixed income investors interested. They are crushing yields. Joining us now is jeff rosenberg. Its fantastic to get you on the show for this topic, the role that treasuries play in a portfolio, from 2020 looking out. Its a huge topic at blackrock. How are you thinking about this question . This i wrote a piece on and continue to write under the theme on investing without a parachute. This september is a really good example. We wrote pieces on it and everybody is talking about it and its like ok, what does the new world look like that we are going into . In september, equities are down 8 and treasury yields are highlighted by all of those comments. Barely budging. Its the combination of the low yield makes the income relatively unattractive, a couple of comments in there about taking credit risks. And it will come around to that question in a second. But another thing that is difficult about the investing outlook now and where treasury yields are is that they are no