Who i see on my screen here, until im willing your evil to return, documents for the record can be sent to Benjamin Taylor and the email address we provided to staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing, and i want to inform all members and witnesses that we are expected to have a series of hearings on the floor all day today. I expect that what we will do is we will rotate through, so that both on the republican and democratic side, so that we will be able to continue to hearing as seamlessly as possible, when the chair has to go, mr. Pallone will preside, and vice versa mister guthrie, i would hope that the republicans can do the same thing. The chair will now recognize herself for the purposes of an Opening Statement. inaudible my question is, are you needed, chairwoman . I was muted because my staff is looking for my Opening Statement, which was not included in my briefing outlook. I will make my Opening Statement in just one moment. Mr. P
Companies listed in new york. Tiktok remains a major stumbling block. Uber delivers, but not where we might have expected. Food shipments top ridehailing for the first time as the decade of unchecked growth hits the brakes. Haidi lets kick it off with a check of the markets. U. S. Stocks are surging, pushing higher as hopes of a stimulus to deal in congress will be imminent as President Trump says if nodeal is forthcoming, he could take action himself. The are seeing s p futures looking flat at the moment after the s p 500 pushed its fifth straight positive session overnight. Chicago nikkei futures also pretty flat at the moment ahead of the holidays kicking off next week so as you expect, we are seeing traders shifting their holdings and also assessing a flood of earnings. The aussie dollar holding that threeday again before the rba Quarterly Monetary Policy forecast. That report due out this hour. 72. 33. We heard from phil evans in the previous hour saying he sees putting clear road
Already some progress in the u. S. Effort to develop a vaccine but numbers of infections from the virus continue to spike across the country. And mourning the conscience of Congress Civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u. S. Can. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned hezbollah its playing with fire Israeli Army Says it confronted an infiltration attempt launched by the Lebanese Armed group in the border region of farms hezbollah denies that engage in any confrontation the United Nations is urging both sides to show restraint aljazeera is how to force that reports of smoke plumes over southern lebanon after what the Israeli Military referred to as a security incident it said a cell of hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate israeli controlled territory Israeli Soldiers tracked them and repelled them with machine gun tank and artillery fire in tel aviv where theyd rushed for security assessments israels julian Prime Minister and defense minister put on a rar
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Record subject to limitation and the rules. Please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact for committee staff. Please keep your video function on at all times. Even when you are not recognized by the chair. Members are responsible for muting. Mute yourself after you are finished speaking. I now recognize myself for opening remarks. We meet to discuss reporting that russia put bounties on america and allied troops. Forian cash pouring exchange for american lives. While we will steer clear from discussing classified information, its safe to say these allegations and claims were never denied by the white house. Russias actions, if true, or unacceptable. The American People are american answer demanding answers and accountability. Nowicas longest war, approaching two decades of continued conflict, still rages on in afghanistan, bringing the 9 11 terrorist to justice with an imperative. The few would argue that National Security interests are being served by this