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Raleighdurham. The president is about to step out of that plane. I can tell you right now, we are going to be there with cameras because back in d. C. , theres another huge story developing. The congressional antitrust sharks are circling. In less than 48 hours, jeff bezos of amazon, apples tim cook, google alphabets Sandar Pichai and mark succeed you azu facebook will be the ones in hot water. It is the First Time Ever that all four will simultaneously be taken to task by law makers. If congres...

I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Chair,his tenure as fed he served as the chair of president bushs council of economic advisers. In their first congressional testimony since leaving the Federal Reserve, former chairs ben bernanke and janet yellen called on congress to take action to encourage economic recovery. To 2014 before being appointed chair. In 2014 by president barack obama. Dr. Yellen also previously asved in the white house chair of the council of economic advisers. Tim...

Secretary with the procedural vote later this afternoon. Off the floor negotiations are continuing on a coronavirus aid package. Now to live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, as we think of those so desperately in need of legislative action, give our lawmakers the wisdom and courage needed for these challenging times. Use them to empower all americ...

Communicators on cspan 2. We take you live now to the National Constitution center for a discussion with legal scholars on the 1th anniversary of the 19th amendment. Guaranteeing women the right to vote. And it will feature the legal scholarsern win chammer and Frederick Lawrence and the great dolly liveic. And friends, i must tell you with great pleasure that on august 16th circumstances permitting the National Constitution center will open our new exhibit how women won the vote about the 19th ...

First lets start i cant stop looking at the photo. It shows in the summer of 1968. What they are looking at is the reports of his soninlaw who then went on to be the governor of virginia. The. Think about what else is going on by that time in his presidency. They have Martin Luther king assassinated, Robert Kennedy has been assassinated, so it was a time of low in america and they wrote a book and they have that picture also on the cover and we chose it because we want people to know this is a h...

Come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today, a select subcommittee is pleased to welcome our distinguished panel, dr. Ben bernanke and dr. Janet yellen. Dr. Bernanke was appointed chair of the Federal Reserve by president george w. Bush in 2006 and oversaw the Federal Reserves response to the Global Financial crisis. Before his tenure as fed chair, dr. Bernanke served as the cha...

It was down by 100 points more than where it stands right now put it all in financial stocks when Elizabeth Warren was the nasdaq was off about 2. 5 Vice President i have been sceptical of the the shanghai composite rose more market as it is. Nonetheless, we have other news than 3 . Though to bring you this morning. We should probably get to it Central Banks held Interest Rates steady a transaction to talk about. Over the weekend regulators raised the limit on how much they can invest in Equity ...

Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are ...

The nomination of the white house budget director. A vote on that is exacted at 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. This week Senate Lawmakers are expected to continue work on the Defense Authorization for 2021. This is live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O lord, as our lips are open in prayer, so may our hearts be open to receive your holy spirit. Help us to ...

Good morning. I called a meeting on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. The email address has been provided to your staff. First, consideration of the interior environment appropriations bill, fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize ms. Mccowan to present the bill. Good morning. I want to thank Ranking Member, for his stron...