host: we are back with washington post economic correspondent heather long. she will talk about what the fed did this week and how it affects us. good morning. tell me what fed chair jerome powell actually announced this week and its impact. guest: we had the first cut in interest rates in over 10 years, since the great recession. it is pretty momentous to see that rate cut happening. it is happening mainly because of the trade war. jerome powell at his press conference after the announcement said that this was mainly driven by trade tensions and by slower growth overseas. other parts of the world have caught a cold economically and we want to make sure the united states does not catch that cold. in terms of real people, i looked at houses last week. this is very fresh for me. you look up the mortgage rate, the cost to borrow money. what the federal reserve did is they took the rates down. it will be cheaper for companies and individuals to borrow money going forward. host: i
sec. pompeo: well, i am here. moderator: you became secretary of state in april, 2018. are you happy with the job? is it what you thought it was going to be? sec. pompeo: every day. moderator: what are the most significant foreign policy issues for you? what do you think are the biggest challenges we have in foreign policy? sec. pompeo: i get asked this question about ranking the order of challenges. moderator: you mean that s not an original question? sec. pompeo: it s a question of where you allocate resources and time, how you think about problems. from 16-17 months ago, having been cia director, my first priority was making sure the team was ready and a time of crisis. what happens when something really bad happens that s unexpected? is your team capable? do you have the people who can respond? in terms of priorities, every morning the first thing i do is read about china. i take time to talk about the broad array of issues that provide opportunities for the united states
good morning. we will wait a minute to start. i want we will wait a minute to start. i think we will learn a lot about social media sites and children and what we can do to help. he is on his way. i will give an opening statement. i will be visiting the border. bipartisan we have a group. we are not going there to blame anybody, at least i am not. i am trying to find a solution. i look forward to learning fromd to our friends in texas about what we can do. thank you very much. just go ahead and get started. can you raise your right hand? do you swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? ok. ok, welcome, mr. stone, the 14th judicial circuit solicitor or in south carolina. we are proud of your work and welcome to washington. thank you for having me. mr. chairman, thank you. i understand ranking member feinstein will not be able to be here, but i would like to thank her and the members of this committee for the inv
all right. well, welcome again y all continue to eat. welcome to the 52nd silver elephant gala event. thank you for being here. we want to dedicate this event to you. i wanted to get just a few comments and talk about the party, and you know, obviously, you are here tonight because this stuff matters. we re all engaged and involved in this business of politics in some capacity or another because we care about various principles. we all share some common core conservative principles. many may car more about one issue than the other. but we ve got a solid con serve active platform and we re in this because we know that politics matter when it comes to policy. ronald reagan said that personnel is policy. the type of people that we hire are the type of policys that we re going to have. and if that s the case that means that elections are about personnel. and election matters. and if elections matter, well, that means that our party matters. your being involved in what we do mak
good morning. ince becoming chairman january, i ve been trying to find a solution to the problem that we all acknowledge which is a border out of control, laws being abused, humanitarian crisis, a national security crisis in the making, and in march, the committee held a hearing to learn the scope of the problem. , the numbere of families have doubled, the problem is beginning to be unmanageable, we are all concerned about the humanitarian conditions which is why we supported a $4 billion appropriation to provide better housing, but we have done nothing to stop the flow until today. a bill i introduced after the scope of the hearing that was based on the best advice i could get from those in charge, and the dhs director who testified in june said the bill we had before this committee would stop 70% to 90% of the flow. my colleagues on the other site said what about central america. you are right, we need to invest in central america, but there is not enough money to invest