Search bar. The hearing will come to order. The chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. Let me say good morning and welcome to todays hearing and oversight of the department of research and development enterprise. Welcome mr. Secretary we are delighted that youre here today. As you know this committee has jurisdiction over the department of energy and its a vitally important science in Energy Research and develop activities. The laboratories and facilities i hope much more quickly from now on and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With a budget season, i would like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention and ill start with the good news. Which is despite the ministration best effort to make cuts across the board and develop my programs most actually fared well in the house of representatives and particularly pleased to see the increased to the budget for the loan programs office, both of which have yielded transformative results
Today Nelson Lichtenstein presenting his book a fabulous failure the Clinton Presidency and the chance formation of american capitalism. Professor lichtenstein, Research Professor in the department of history at uc santa barbara, where he directs the center for the study work, labor and democracy. He is the preeminent 20th century historian of u. S. And is the author or editor of 18 books, including the most dangerous man in detroit. A biography of the uaw leader walter ruther. And also state of the union a century of american labor, which i commend to anyone to understand the Labor Movement in the century. He has served on the editorial of numerous journals and writes frequently the popular press as well for academic journals and is the recipient of too many awards and fellowships for me to enumerate. Im also delighted to introduce alex hurdle fernandez, who will serve as the discussant today. He is associate professor of International Public affairs at columbia university, where he a
Presenting his book a fabulous failure the Clinton Presidency and the chance formation of american capitalism. Professor lichtenstein, Research Professor in the department of history at uc santa barbara, where he directs the center for the study work, labor and democracy. He is the preeminent 20th century historian of u. S. And is the author or editor of 18 books, including the most dangerous man in detroit. A biography of the uaw leader walter ruther. And also state of the union a century of american labor, which i commend to anyone to understand the Labor Movement in the century. He has served on the editorial of numerous journals and writes frequently the popular press as well for academic journals and is the recipient of too many awards and fellowships for me to enumerate. Im also delighted to introduce alex hurdle fernandez, who will serve as the discussant today. He is associate professor of International Public affairs at columbia university, where he also serves as vice dean fo
Milestone on wall street. For the first time ever, the Dow Jones Industrial average this morning broke past the 40,000 point threshold. The increase was fueled by an encouraging report showing that inflation is cooling. The dow was up 114 points in midmorning trading. Well take a peek at the numbers now just below that key benchmark. It has gained a handful of points from where it started but has dipped back below that 40,000 mark will keep watching stocks before the market closes at 1 00 our time s p showing very modest gains as excuse me, nasdaq essentially flat demonstrators in berkeley have taken over a building owned by uc berkeley thats about two blocks from campus. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama there live now at the site at the corner of channing and bowditch. What have you learned . Jana well, just a short while ago, i spoke to both the university and some of the organizers of the sproul plaza protest. Earlier this week, and they say that they do not have any people here. It is a Differe
Of ammo. U. S. Gun laws are back in the spotlight after fifty nine people are killed in the worst mass shooting in the countrys modern history. Hello again im sure without is there a life and also coming up. This is the scene in barcelona now tens of thousands of people have joined a general strike in the catalonian capital to protest against Police Violence in mondays referendum. Iran has deployed tanks along its border with iraq semi autonomous kurdish region. A plan to send the range of refugees in fled to bangladesh to miramar but theres Little Details on how it will be implemented. At least fifty nine people are dead more than five hundred people have been injured in las vegas after the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History sixty four year old steven paddock used automatic weapons to fire on cults that goes from the thirty second floor of a nearby hotel responding officers found him dead more than twenty weapons were found in the hotel room offices and now trying to find