lawmakers also heard testimony from the head of the housing agency, this hearing is just under three and a half hours. will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. this hearing is entitled, the end of affordable housing? a review of the trump administration s plans to change housing finance in america. before i recognize myself, members, today is mr. mchenry s birthday. [ applause ] if anyone wishes to sing happy birthday, please save it until later. thank you. we all thank you for that, madame chair. happy birthday. thank you. i now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. good morning, today we re here to discuss the impact of the trump administration s housing finance reform plans. we are joined by treasury secretary steven ma shun, ben carson, and mark calabrio welcome. let me say up front the trump administration s housing reform plan would be a disaster for our housing
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that s worth noting. in that part of the world the australian bank opened the door to policy changes, and we did see a big move in the aussie dollar european equities this morning reacting to some german factory orders, and it was an unexpected dough cline for the second month in the month of december we ve got the dax down by half a percent at this hour the check on the treasury markets yields this on the ten-year yield 2.69%. still hovering over the level we ve seen for weeks now multiple reports say treasury secretary steven mnuchin, and robert lighthizer will take part in another round of trade talks next week in beijing. president trump s state of the union last night, he said any new trade deal with china must include real structural change to end on unfair trade practices, reduce the trade deficit, and protect american jobs the president has vowed to end u.s. tariffs from 10% to 25% if the two sides cannot reach a deal by march 2nd. we will talk to treasury secretary