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Witnesses today, and ill save the introductions. I know there are a couple introductions that will be made from up here. This morning well go ahead with our Opening Statements, myself and senator cardin, and then were honored to have both the chairman and the Ranking Member of the whole committee here. So senator barrasso, senator carper, and then i understand senator cardin, you have an introduction to make also. Yes. All right. Well do that. Lets recognize first senator carper, because hes goi...

Going to our website and entering Manhattan Institute in the search bar. Were going to go live now to capitol hill as the House Rules Committee starts two days of hearings on earmarks. President trump has suggested that those earmarks be restored. They were taken away in february of 2011. To ensure that the government allocates taxpayer dollars responsibly and in light with the values and wishes of the American People. Over the years, the manner in which congress fulfills those duties has been t...

Good morning again. Good morning again. Were going to continue with our program. Our panel is called culture and family, but i think we could use that as a point of did he part ture. I think culture and family could be considered one answer to the problem of African American poverty and its persistent. And im going to ask our panel to reflect broadly on that with some focus on cultural and family but not exclusively on that. We have a very distinguished panel, on my far left on my mar left is ge...

We welcome everyone today. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Article one of the constitution explicitly gives congress authority for spending. Is oversight authorization central to congresss responsibility to ensure the government allocates taxpayer dollars responsibly and in line with the values and wishes of the mecca people. It has been the repeated topic of discussion and debate and calls for a forum. We can agree that abuse and a lack of transparency have often been associated wi...

On thursday, follow the congressional debate over funding the federal government. Live coverage on cspan. The senate on cspan two. You can watch online at cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. Earmarks the legislative permitsn that congressional spending two states were banned in 2011. Proponents for the practice are calling for the reinstatement. A House Committee took place this morning. Men make many members of or for thee against march the marks. This is three hours. [captions ...

It is a broadly weaker dollar story but it is by stocks, sell bonds. Yields move higher by two basis points. Crude up by 1 despite the fact that opec again upgrades its not opec supply forecast for 2018. Checking in your safety traits, you get a feel for the market is. Dollar lower. That is one of the changes. You wind up having a selloff over europe. The vix a little study. David it is time for the morning brief. At 8 00, the white house is going to be releasing an intersection plan. At 11 30, ...

A cyclon launches the tiny pacific kingdom. Donald trump Spending Plans how the u. S. President wants to divvy up more than four trillion dollars plus. Investigators are still searching for the cause of a plane crash in russia which killed all seventy one people on. South africas embattled president has been delivered a deadline state media is reporting that jacob zuma has been given forty eight hours to resign values party the African National congress it follows a marathon meeting to discuss h...

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Because we believe it is the most efficient way to help people experiencing homelessness. Is this a good investment . I called this hearing to understand how does the department of homelessness think about, quote, success . Success looks different to different people and i want to make sure we are on the same page and were getting a good solid return on our investment. So, im going to frame this hearing in three different parts. Im interested in three top issues. First, getting people off the st...

Swings in the markets. Stocks briefly went negative this morning. They are up again. Quieter in the sense we are seeing a continuation of the much not the intraday swings that we are seeing for the major averages. The nasdaq is leading gains, up the best of the three major averages. All of the majors are up for defense straight session. The s p 500 has its best fiveday performance going back to october of 2016. This bloomberg shows the change on the daily basis, the spread between the highs and ...