I would like to call the committee to order. Considereting today to the u. S. Mexico Canada Agreement implementation act. He isnder is not here but a new member of the committee. He has joined the committee on one of the most important pieces of legislation that we can do this year. The senator asve a new member of the committee. 2019, the senate received the house of representatives received the agreement. E usmca under fasttrack rules, the committee cannot amend the bill. We will vote today only on whether to report the bill before the bill. Before we vote, senators who wish to make statements may do so. And interest of time, i ask that the statements be limited to three minutes. I know that my staff has had a discussion with everybodys staff about that. Satisfactoryill be to the members. Scheduled, so i think it is important that we get this done this morning. I think that we can. After statements, i will introduce staff and Administration Officials to provide an overview of the bil
Me and cassidy that the house passed in december by about 385 41. I would like to call the committee to order. We are meeting today to consider hr 5430 the United States mexico Canada Agreement implementation act. Senator sass is not here so welcome him to the committee with one of the piece of legislation we can do this year and im glad to have senator sass as a new member to the committee. December 13, 2019. The house of representatives received the bill to implement usmc agreement. Under fasttrack rules, the committee cannot amend the bill. We will vote today on whether to report the bill because senators who wish to make statements do so in the interest of time. I asked that statements are limited to three minutes of my staff so we do have a vote scheduled at 1215. Its important we get this done this morning. And the Administration Officials are here to provide an overview of the bill in to answer any questions and then we will vote. Prompt President Trump promised to deliver a tra
Passed in december by about 385 41. I would like to call the committee to order. We are meeting today to consider hr 5430, the United States mexico Canada Agreement implementation act. Senator sass is not here but as a new member of the committee so i would like to welcome him to the committee and joining the committee with one of the most important pieces of legislation we can do this year and im glad to have him as a new member of the committee. On december 13, 2019 the senate or the house of representatives received a bill of the usmcaho agreement under fasttrack rules the committee cannot amend the bill we will vote today only on whether to report the bill before we vote senators who wish to w statements can do so in the interest of time i ask they be limited to three minutes. I know my staff has had a discussion hope that is satisfactory to the members we have a vote scheduled at 1215 so its important to get this done after statements we will introduce officials and staff to provi
Pace in over 20 years. Industrial output and retail sales fall short. Jay powells happy place. He says Monetary Policy is where it should be as he sees monetary growth continuing. I think Monetary Policy is in a good place. If developments emerge that cause a material reassessment of the outlook, then we will act appropriately. Anna less than half an hour to go until the start of the equity trading day in europe, this is what the futures look like right now. They look weaker across the equity markets. And for the u. S. Equity markets, we have the ftse 100, the cac also weaker. Expectations for a weaker start being paired back a little bit by some reassurance from the german data. Lets not overdo that because the global story around growth is not a positive one. Lets have a look at u. S. Futures. They also have been pointing to the downside. Lets see if they still do. They do, but not by an enormous amount. German data offering reassurance, but the state of the German Economy is still w
Travelers. Biogen, set to seek Regulatory Approval for a treatment for alzheimers for early next year. U. P. S. Shares sinking ahead of the open, despite a pretty nice ecommerce boost to profit. The ceo will join us later this hour. The ceo of verizon as well will be here at post nine in a few minutes. An interesting announcement, another guest as well, but i guess it is a mystery. Well wait to solve it in a few minutes. Lets start with earnings, dive right in. Tale two of dow components, p g up, quarterly beat helped by Strong Demand by premium Beauty Brands and mcdonalds falling on an earnings miss as growth on us comps came in below forecast u. S. Mcdonalds 4. 8, looking for 5. 2. Jpmorgan told us the quarter would run light. Im glad you messengered that a lot of people are saying this is a big surprise, a negative surprise if you listen to what jpmorgan said, you would have been ready for exactly this number, which basically to me says not as bad as feared. 5. 9 , thats a number th