Statement the fed held back from changing its line on the balance of risks. A number of Committee Meetings were edging in that direction. What did they do . It seems a compromise here. They do not change the balance of the risk statement but they add that word further a couple of times in the statement. That change was explicitly in the context of the brightening outlook that fomc officials have for growth in 2018. Said they agreed to update the characterization of the expectation for the evolution of the federal funds rate in the postmeeting statement to point to further gradual increases. It appears this was a half step by the committee in january. Ok. Towards signaling a quicker pace of increases but a half step. Lisa thank you so much for that. U. S. Markets close in two hours. We are getting so much reaction and bond markets to the fed meeting minutes. Lets get a check on where stocks are trading. Taylor we are seeing highs of the day. Gains accelerate going into the meeting. We w
I know tim will join with me that his wife was the unsung hero. The oneils felt the support and generosity of those around hix he works at the the Treasury Department. Those close to tim donated their personal leave time to allow him to keep receiving a paycheck during this recovery process. And the Treasury Department assured him that his job would be waiting when he was read to return and a ready to return appeared able to return. Shortly after the stroke that he wasnt supposed to ever recover from, tim was back mothers selfmobile in a wheelchair. He taught himself to walk again. Never regain the use of his right hand at all. One of his only lasting handicaps to this day. He learned to write with his left hand. His resilience and determination is really amazing. And he went back to work. His stroke was in january of 1989. Again, that sunday doctors didnt think hed live through the night. And if he did, they thought his life would be in a wheelchair. In 1995, only six years later, he
It should be down on a level three and level four building every three years. As i mentioned, its simply not occurring at this point in time. All right. My time is expired. I yield back. Thank you, chairman. Thank you. The chair recognizes miss norton. Thank you very much. I appreciate the hearing. There are chronic problems at fps. I would like to look at the difference between fps officers and contract guards. So we understand who is guarding these buildings. On page 2 of your testimony, you say you describe the Law Enforcement authority of fps officers. Specifically police powers, including enforcing federal laws and regulations, carrying firearms, et cetera. Then, of course, on page 5, of your testimony you distinguish these officers from the contract guards. Who this is a very important, i think, to just lay right here on the record is in your testimony. The pso rely on private person laws such as citizens arrest laws. So that means that they can no more than i can do in a Federal
Our tap water clear safe and clean. For decades now this loophole has exempted hydrofracking and gas Storage Companies from this law, even though every other Energy Industry including oil and Coal Industries is legally obligated to comply. If big oil can comply with this law, so can gas companies. This special exemption is unfair its unnecessary and its unsafe, and my amendment would finally remove it from the law. I urge my colleagues not to let this chance pass us by. Thank you. I ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . Ms. Murkowski mr. President. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The yeas and nays are ordered. The senator from alaska. Ms. Murkowski mr. President claiming the one minute in opposition here, as the senator from new york has described this would apply the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water act to underground ejection of natural gas. Currently the Safe Drinking Water act expressly prohi