Resume on Unemployment Benefits that expired last friday and talks on the on a larger package. Live coverage here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, to whom we must give an account for all our powers and privileges, guide the members of this body so that they will be faithful stewards of your will. Lord, open their minds and hearts to know and do your bidding, teaching them to rely on your strength and to serve you with honor. Help them to discover in their daily work the joy of a partnership with you. Use them to bring good news to the marginalized, to comfort the brokenhearted, and to announce that captives will be released and the shackled will be freed. May our senators depend upon the power of your prevailing providence for you are the author and finisher of our faith. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for whic
Up next a confirmation hearing for u. S. Postal service governors and other judicial nominations to the d. C. Superior court. During this meeting members of the committee asked nominees questions concerning the health and safety of postal workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. This morning we will consider two nominees for the governor of the United States Postal Service, don lee moke and william zolers. Well consider three nominees for the judicial system to be associate judges in the superior court of d. C. We do have brief introduction of each. Donald lee moke served as president of the Airline Pilots association and captain with Delta Airlines for 31 years. He also served as an officer in the United States marine corp. Thank you so much for that service. William zolers serves red stone llc, hes the chairman and ceo of yrc until 2011, prior to that served in Senior Leadership positions with rider incorporated and Eastman Kodak company. Mark robins serves in office of general counsel
Exactly three hours ago the tech and ecommerce giant got hit with a new lawsuit from the federal trade commission and 17 state attorneys general. They are accusing amazon of using its market power to inflate prices, overcharge third theparty sellers and for using strong arm tack tactics to maintain its monopoly. The suit comes after a 4year probe into alleged monopolistic moves by amazon. So its actually affecting the Broader Market here. The stock is driving the nasdaq 100 lower. Right now we have got the nasdaq down about 209 points or 1. 5 . It is among the worst performers on the index. Siriusxm on semiconductor cin actioner cintas joining amazon on the biggest laggards list. The that major indices head for their fifth if fifth fifth down day over the last six. If you look at the dow, it is down 403 points, thats at the low concern below its 200day moving average. Microsoft, goldman sachs, caterpillar and United Health care account for onethird of the dows losses. Apple is in the w
Sdef def bus bus. An welcome to members of ocii and the public. Madam secretary, please call the first item. Thank you. First order of business is item one, roll call. Commission members please respond when i call your name. [roll call taken] all members of the commission are present. The next order of business is item two, announcements. Next regularly scheduled meeting held on february 6, 2018, at 1 00 p. M. At city hall room 416. B, announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices during the meeting. Please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Adviced the chair may order removal from the meeting of any persons responsible for ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing Electronic Devices. C, announcement of time allotment for Public Comments. Advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments unless th
Are staff contracted from the department of, the Citys Department of Administrative Services but work fulltime at o. C. I. I. In addition, we have two parttime staff who have a very specific skillset and therefore are only work parttime. And in addition, both are retired, so they fall under slightly different rules than our fulltime staff. In addition, well spend 2. 3 million on City Departments, enact the m. O. U. S to Purchase Services from our City Partners. So if a plan is reviewed by planning or if we have a contract thats reviewed by City Attorney or our participation in the citys accounting system, s. F. P. And administration and internal controllers, billed back to o. C. I. I. 1. 6 million in nonlabor costs, other to obtain Specialized Services like the fiscal audit or nonlabor costs like the rent or our workers comp insurance, costs that are for the General Administration of the agency and are not related to one specific project. So, together those three costs, labor, costs ob