Hughes. The issues were large. They included the problems of a peoples industry, its people, its agriculture, its agriculture, its resources. But the immediate battlefield of the struggle was the constitution with its checks and balances. Its division of power between executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. This is the struggle known as the Court Packing fight. On august 14th 1935, president franklin d. Roosevelt signed the Social Security act. Its provisions included old age benefits and payroll taxes to help finance them. The president made a brief statement. Pres. Roosevelt to millions of our citizens who will reap direct benefits and unemployment age pensions old and increased services for the protection of children narrator the payroll taxes were to start in 1937. But months before that in boston, massachusetts, in Federal District court, an action was begun for attorneys for george davis, a shareholder in the Edison Company in boston. He was suing for an injun
Note a quorum is present. We we will hear testimony from e department of education implementation of borrowed eventual. Pursuant to commingle 7c statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. I want to thank secretary devos of being with us today and thank her for a green to hold enough time in the schedule all of the members present to have amendments confinements of questions pursuant to house rules. Especially thankful because this cheer im exercise my prerogative to go last in question order so it she were to leave early i wouldnt get to ask questions. I want to thank you for agreeing to stay with us for the fulltime. I recognize myself enough for the purpose of making an opening statement. We are here to examine the department of educations implementation of the borrower defense rule. I want to thank you, madam secretary, for appearing before the committee to discuss this important issue. Borrower defense is a rule grounded in basic fairness. Student borrowers who are def
Today. Our road map begins with Global Growth concerns. China posting the weakest gdp in 27 years aed my fallout from the trade war. Well wrap up the first week of earnings season, two names in focus, coke and American Express, both rallyi ining aheaf the bell. Rick perry set to leave trumps cabinet. He will join us live this hour going to start with that slowdown, china saying the economy grew 6 in q3 from a year ago, believed to be chinas slowest gain in nearly three decades. Markets here largely shrugging it off Industrial Production was up from the prior five to 58. Retail sales up from 75 back to 78 so kind of mixed. This one we can say, look, there is something for everybody. Fed can still cut. But im doing a lot of work on American Express this morning. Consumer is still strong consumer strong, business, corporate spend, as barry said, still a lot of negativity among ceos, extends to the election, negativity extends to china, european woes. Go back to the ibm call, we didnt talk
School system good morning and thank you all for being here. As a commissioner, i am pleased to announce that the official release of statistics for the month of august. I said this many times, congress has failed and continued to fail the past legislation to address the crisis of the border which would ultimately stop children from being used as passports and in the car until tricks with the population as well as the laws, the Trump Administration has taken a number of unilateral actions. First, lets discuss the results of the ministration incredible efforts. During the month of august, cbp apprehended or deemed unapprehensible, 64000 individuals, for july if you recall that number was over 82000 which represents a decline of 22 . Moreover, the august number reflect, this is critical, the august numbers reflect a 56 reduction from the peak in may which you recall which was over 144,000 individuals. And why, why do we see in 90 days, a 56 reduction . The president has made it very clea
The month of august and i said this many times, has congress failed to pass meaningful legislation to address the crisis at the border which would stop children from being used as passports and end the cartels ability to exploit this population, the Trump Administration has taken a number of unilateral actions unprecedented actions that we will discuss today. But first, lets discuss the results of the administrations incredible efforts. During the month of august, c. B. P. Apprehended a total of 64,000 individuals. For july, if you recall, that number was just over 82,000, which represents a decline of 22 . Moreover, the august numbers reflects and this is critical, the august numbers reflect a 56 reduction from the peak in may, which you recall was over 144,000 individuals. And why . D why do we see in 90 days a 56 reduction . The president has made it very clear, but he is going to use every tool available to him and this administration to address this unprecedented crisis at the bor