Minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from massachusetts. Ms. Pressley i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation and to insert extraneous materials thereon. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Pressley i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Pressdz lee when it comes to promoting access to Home Ownership, most focus is on how high prices are pricing more out of Home Ownership. But the landscape of Home Ownership opportunities vary and for many communities the lack of access to traditional mortgage financing for smalldollar mortgages continues to be a major barrier. Specifically im talking about mortgage financing for homes priced 70,000 or less. For many Rural Communities an predominantly communities of color struggling to overcome the impacts of the foreclosure homes that would otherwise be ideal tuns for first time time h
The bay area. And as you can see up in the north bay visibility is pretty limited up in santa rosa. So the fog should clear later in the morning and we should expect to see mostly sunny skies for inland areas and partly cloudy skies for the rest of the bay area today. As for temperatures, right now, were at 52 in hayward 49 in fremont, 49 in livermore, 51 in pittsburgh vallejo currently 51 degrees. Seeing fog out there as well as up in the north bay with 50 degrees in novato and 50 in petaluma as you can see here is our current satellite and radar. It is looking dry up and down the state of california and no rain insight for now, but thats going to be a different story come this weekend as we do expect to see a change in weather. So tomorrow were going to see more clouds moving in the area. The north bay could see some light drizzle or sprinkles in the afternoon. But the most are the big part of that system will hit the bay area until sunday. As you can see there, widespread rain for t
First, i had the privilege of serving as staff director of this committee for six years, working alongside a a distinguished group of senators, including several who remain on the committee today, to advance american diplomacy and safeguard the interests of the American People. That experience gave me an abiding respect for this committee, for itste finest bipartisan traditions, for the caliber of its members and staff, and for the essential work it does to strengthen u. S. Leadership around the world. If i have the honor of being confirmed, those lessons i learned in my years with this committee will guide my approach to our Work Together. The second point of significance is more personal. In addition to my own confirmation as deputy secretary of state six years ago, this committee confirmed my wife evan ryan as assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs, my uncle alan blinken as ambassador to belgium, and my father Donald Blinken as ambassador to hungary. I i h
That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
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