Subcommitt subcommittee. Represents from advocacy and Veterans Service groups testified as well as officials with the departments of veterans affair, labor and housing and urban development. Subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here. Its my pleasure to welcome you to todays subcommittee, joint subcommittee on health and subcommittee on Economic Opportunity oversight hearing on veteran homelessness. Want to apologize first for being a little late. I had another obligation in my responsibility on the budget committee, and my colleague, brad wenstrupu chair of the health subcommittee, will not be able to make it, so im going to preside. We have the vha subcommittee chair Julie Brownley and her capable leadership. Thanks for being here. My friend from texas and Ranking Member on the subcommittee for Economic Opportunity is joining me as well. We have our chairman whos joining us. Thank you, dr. Roe, for coming. I want to begin also by asking for unan
Opportunity oversight hearing on veteran homelessness. I want to apologize first for being a little late. I had another obligation in my responsibility on the budget committee. And my breathe brad winstrup, chair of the Health Subcommittee will not be able to make it and so im going to preside. We have the vha subcommittee chair Julie Brownley and her capable leadership. Thanks for being here. Then my friend from texas and Ranking Member of the subcommittee for Economic Opportunity, orourke is joining me as well. Our chairman is joining us. Thank you, dr. Rowe, for coming, i want to begin by also asking for unanimous consent for congressman mike kauffman, congressman scott peters and i guess thats it to set in on the dais and participate in todays hearing. I dont hear any objection. So ordered. Im going to cut through my remarks here and break from my customary reading a script and just say that this is a subject that is heartbreaking. And when you look at the statistics on veteran hom
Opportunity oversight hearing on veteran homelessness. I want to apologize first for being a little late. I had another obligation in my responsibility on the budget committee. And my breathe brad winstrup, chair of the Health Subcommittee will not be able to make it and so im going to preside. We have the vha subcommittee chair Julie Brownley and her capable leadership. Thanks for being here. Then my friend from texas and Ranking Member of the subcommittee for Economic Opportunity, orourke is joining me as well. Our chairman is joining us. Thank you, dr. Rowe, for coming, i want to begin by also asking for unanimous consent for congressman mike kauffman, congressman scott peters and i guess thats it to set in on the dais and participate in todays hearing. I dont hear any objection. So ordered. Im going to cut through my remarks here and break from my customary reading a script and just say that this is a subject that is heartbreaking. And when you look at the statistics on veteran hom
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Assets for more than 7 billion. Record u. S. Stockpiles send oil sliding. Jamiemorgans ceo dimon speaks weve Francine Lacqua speaks with Francine Lacqua later today. We are focusing on Donald Trumps first hundred days in office, brexit, and global banking. That conversation, coming up at 12 45 p. M. U. K. Time. Matt so, right about the time that the ecb releases its statement. You are not expecting a policy change, according to be economists we have surveyed. What we are expecting is an increase in the ecbs inflation forecast, 1. 7 this year from 1. 3 . The key is, guy, that we look at this headline number of 2 in europe. It is the core number that the ecb is more concerned about. That is less than 1 . It is because of the transitory nature of oil prices and you saw that yesterday in the 5 drop. They are focused on unemployment, which is high outside of the ecb headquarters in germany, where it is at a low. Guy matt, i am going to argue with you about this core. Look at what the output