I want to call this hearing to order. Good morning, i want to begin by welcoming our witnesses, secretary austin, general milley. We appreciate your willingness to be and found this committee this morning. General milley, this will be your last appearance before the subcommittee. I want to go off script here a little bit. Youre the ultimate professional. You are somebody that has been very good for me. I think i can say this for the whole committee. Youre a straight shooter, youve done a good job. I appreciate that and i just hope that the senate will be able to find some common sense to be able to confirm your successor so the department isnt forced to rely on the place holder for your position because its simply too important for that. This is an unprecedented indefinite hold on military promotions thats frozen over 60 nominations and can affect as many as 60 by the end of the year. I will tell you, the people on this committee know what the threats are in this world and we need to b
We are just getting started. Building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. U. S. Defense secretary austin and joint chiefs of staff mark meli testified before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the 2024 defense budget. The military leaders discussed the need for him on time budget approval. This is about one hour and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] want to call this hearing to order. Good morning. I want to begin by welcoming the witnesses. We appreciate your willingness to be in front of the committee this morning. This will be your last appearance before the subcommittee. I want to go off script here a little bit. You are the ultimate professional, somebody that has been very good for the whole committee to work with. You are a straight shooter and youve done a hell of a good job and i appreciate thatc and i jut hope the senate will be able to find common sense to be able to reform your successor so that the department is enforced to rely
Morgan stanley topping estimates. Netflix and tesla after the bell. Plus, chinas outlook, q3 Economic Growth coming in better than expected. Jpmorgan, citi, and nomura all boosting their forecasts on the data. The nvidia headwinds. Morgan stanley and citigroup lowering price targets on the stock after new u. S. Restrictions on chip sales to china. Shares down nearly 2 ahead of the open. Lets get to the markets and this busy morning on the earnings front. Were graduating, sara, from the big banks, although we got Morgan Stanley today, into some of the regionals and more of the consumer names as well. Kind of a mixed picture across the board. I think front and center is still this move in bond yields that we have been seeing, especially on the back of yesterdays move higher. The twoyear yield got to 5. 2 . Above 5. 20 , yeah. These are very high levels and it makes you wonder with everything going on in the world and with investors so focused on the geopolitics and figuring out, does ira
Raised objections, and from the floor, this is about 20 minutes. Mr. President , tonight i rise to discuss the state of the war in ukraine. And the vital importance of our support for the ukrainian people. While we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the house g. O. P. Didnt shut the government down last week, we need to move quickly to restore the military and humanitarian assistance that the house stripped out of the 47day stop gap funding bill. And at a minimum. We need to provide the full amount of the request by the administration. Its not just that we have a moral obligation to assist ukraine, its in our National Security interest, also. I cant begin to understand the political infighting and intrigue thats occurring within the republican majority in the house and i simply cant explain why g. O. P. Leaders allow a small cadre of their caucus to effectively veto assistance to ukraine. What i do know is that the ukrainians are at a Crucial Point in their fight against russia. And
California, california, independentt line. Caller hi. My name is judy and am actually a republican but i but i t through on that line. Host let me stop you there only because we ask our folks to call in on the right like to make sure that everybody gets a chance to do so. Our next call, some of your plea comes from your district in georgia. Democrats line, go ahead. Caller mr. Carter, you supported mccarthy. Mccarthy had no respect for nobody because he didnt keep his word the use and has been in a recess. We now return to live gavel to gavel coverage. Vote the clerk ms. Baldwin. Mr. Barrasso. Mr. Bennet. Mrs. Blackburn. Mr. Blumenthal. Mr. Booker. Mr. Boozman. Mr. Braun. Mrs. Britt. Mr. Brown. Mr. Budd. Ms. Butler. Ms. Cantwell. Mrs. Capito. Mr. Cardin. Mr. Carper. Mr. Casey. Mr. Cassidy. Ms. Collins. Mr. Coons. Mr. Cornyn. Ms. Cortez masto. Mr. Cotton. Mr. Cramer. Mr. Crapo. Mr. Cruz. Mr. Daines. Ms. Duckworth. Mr. Durbin. Ms. Ernst. Mr. Fetterman. Mrs. Fischer. Mrs. Gillibrand. Mr.