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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the Senate Committee on housing and urban affairs will come to order for days hearing his usual is in the hybrid format which is inperson with the witness. Mr. Claudio teen mr. Gensler its nice to see you. Welcome back chair gensler to this committee. Workers and their families dont measure the economy by the stock market and neither should we. Its why in the senate and the new Biden Administration we work to create an economy that delivers results for people who get there and comes from a paycheck not an investment portfolio. Raising wages and goodpaying jobs and lowering cost means fighting the corporate pricegouging is so often hurts consumers and the unfair labor practices. It means investing in American Manufacturing and workers and farmers who drive it and means making sure financial economy and our markets are stable. That includes going after companies that try to cheat the market. Chair gensler is doing that very well and it
[indistinct chatter] [indistinct chatter] the Senate Committee will come to order. Todays hearing, as usual, it is in the hybrid format. Witnesses are in person. The witness, mr. Gensler, nice to see you. Our witnesses are members have the option to appear in person or virtually. Welcome back, chair gensler, to this committee. Workers and their families do not measure the economy by the stock market. Neither should we. It is why in the senate and in the new biden administration, we work to create an economy that delivers results for people who get their incomes from a paycheck, not an investment portfolio, raising wages and good paying jobs and lowering costs means fighting the corporate price gouging that so often hurts consumers and the unfair labor practices that so often hurt workers. That means investing in the future of american manufacturers and the workers and farmers who drive it. It means making sure our financial watchdogs keep our economy and our markets stable. At the scc,