Big today gain and as you say, dont fear the fed, even in the face of this perception that the fed will potentially be more aggressive. All three averages hovering near their highs of the session. Been talking lately about anniversaries of record for the major averages and we are approaching the anniversary of the doubt. It was at a record last may 27 and as you can see, distill trading lower by 1. 7 . But since last friday, we have embarked on a significant rally, to thate getting closer record level. What would it have to do to get to that level by friday . Lets look at the last week of trading. We have seen the 360 point gain for the dow. It would have to go up by the same again to regain that record status. Part of what has power to be stocks generally higher has been the financial group, which has seen this big increase here. We have seen financials move higher along with bond yields. Financials still the second worstperforming group year to date, so there is a rotation factor. Ne
So this is a certificate, a special congressional recognition from me to you. If we could get more people in other agencies, t. S. A. , the e. P. A. , on and on, to take the action you had, wed have much better government. Thank you for stepping up to the plate and doing your job responsibly. Finally if this doesnt work in january when i come back, i will have a very nice ill give you a little bit more time, sir. I will have a privatization bill to turn this over to private management if this doesnt work but i think were in fairly good hands. Im rooting for you. Staff, would you make sure that the gentleman gets this certificate . This is unprecedented in 24 years in congress. Mrs. Comstock i now recognize mr. Sires for five minutes. Mr. Sires i got to washington im from new jersey. We are one big transportation hub. I got to washington 10 years ago and i was all excited because everybody had this reputation for the metro system. I went on and got my card so i could use the metro syste
It is wonderful to hear your impressions, which are very special and extremely important today. Fromse we do not hear survivors that much even in washington, d. C. , or japan. It is very good. We made progress today largely because of people like yourself and your self and your colleagues, who made a stand and are speaking truth to power on the humanitarian impact of Nuclear Weapons. I think it is 126 countries that have signed the humanitarian pledge. 127 now. Good. I stand corrected. We have a couple more questions and we will try to keep the questions brief and get through everybody. Thank you. I work with physicians for social responsibility. Friendwith our mutual who sends his greetings. You just answered a lot of my questions. Physicians for social responsibility is working with the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons. To promote the prohibition and elimination of Nuclear Weapons. About the newou momentum that is happening. There is a lot of skepticism here in the U
Activities committee used to hold its hearings. In 1939 there was a man in harold s. Johnson who testified. In the height of the red scare, he denied he was a member of the communist party and went on to give an impassioned statement aret how american negroes patriotic americans. That those who seek a change in arepolicy or way of life not against the government itself. That man was my grandfather. [applause] know theiront history are bound to repeat it. Thank you all for participating in this very important mission. Thank you for service to your country, to your countries in this effort. We, at the department of Homeland Security, look forward to continue to work with you on this very important project. Thank you all very much. [applause] mr. Secretary, unlikely openingday pitches, today you through a 100 mile an hour fastball right on the plate. Write down the plate. Right down the plate. Thank you very much. [applause] cincinnati. Com writes that Governor John Kasich is taking a bre
Legislation did not go anywhere either. And to us, that was a bare minimum. Criticism from the Civil Rights Community and the Voting Rights community. We narrowed the bill until we excluded the states that were engaged, my state of being one of them. We were not covered. Alabama, where all of this started, is not going to be covered. What we did was we decided to use what the Supreme Court asked us to use it in a way that would and to state if you dont have any intentions to be mischievous, you shouldnt be worried about it. Do have any sense of where the new speaker stands on this . Have there been any discussions as an ally . Be seen the chairman as opposed to this idea across the board. Me speak or will shift the powers to the chairmanship. Howd do you get over that hurdle . Maybe they have spoken with him. I have not. I have not spoken to speaker ryan about this. I can tell you restoration tuesday is about educating the American People, informing the American People about this issue