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And a 2020 launch. Facebooks Cryptocurrency Libra is set to debut next year. We will hear how the head of libra and the facebook coo touted this big promise. But first our top story. Recordbreaking sales for amazon. The ecommerce giant posted its largest advance on the s p 500 index on thursday. Amazon didnt release specific sales figures, but the statement backs up broader reports that Online Shopping picked up this year. I want to bring in spencer and darren baker. Spencer, talk to me about wh...

Lawmakers also heard testimony from the head of the housing agency, this hearing is just under three and a half hours. Will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled, the end of Affordable Housing . A review of the Trump Administrations plans to change Housing Finance in america. Before i recognize myself, members, today is mr. Mchenrys birthday. [ applause ] if anyone wishes to sing happy birthday, please ...

Test. Test. Test. Test. Jennifer wextomoments if y respond to the questions that you were not allowed to answer when they were asked. You had to be still while, they threw more insults your way, but if you would like to take time to respond now, you have that time. I appreciate that. You know, obviously, the reason i took this job is because i feel that our country is in trouble. And we need to do everything we can to provide the right kinds of opportunities. At hud, for instance, an organizatio...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to ord order. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled an examination of facebook and its impact on the Financial Services and housing sectors. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today ...

Today, it is mr. Birthday. [applause] rep. Waters if anyone wishes to sing happy birthday, please save it for later. [laughter] we thank you for that, madam chair. Rep. Waters i recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Good morning. Discuss theto impact of the trump and ministrations housing reform plan. We are joined by stephen mnuchin, hud director, ben carson, and mark calabro. Welcome. Administrations housing reform plan would be disastrous for our housing system. The ...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] is recognized for five minutes. Thank you. Mr. Zuckerberg, thank you for being here today and i want to thank the chairwoman for having this hearing. Youve said a lot of things today that couldnt have been said during the last hearing. Your responses to questions has been very district and very helpful. Thank you for that and thank you very much for being here. I just had a few quick questions about the Libra Association. On the website, one of...

The middle east, in the midst of these ancient sectarian and tribal conflicts. After all of the blood and treasure america has poured into the deserts of the middle east, i am committed to pursuing a different course, one that leads to victory for america. Through much work, we have done things that everybody said couldnt be done. Todays announcement validates our course of action with turkey that only a couple of weeks ago was scorned and now people are saying, wow, what a great outcome, congra...

Well come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled the end of Affordable Housing, question mark. A review of the Trump Administrations plans to change Housing Finance in america. Before i recognize myself, members today its mr. Mchenrys birthday. If anyone wishes to sing happy birthday, please save it until later. Thank you. We all thank you for that, madam chair. Happy birthday. And i now recognize myself for...

[inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus head of libra at facebook. On may 9 senator brown and i sent a letter shortly after it was reported that company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using a social network. We asked space bar for more information how the system would work, access and use of Consumer Financial information and facebooks access to use of i...

From the g7d review working group and others, is to have a very stable value retentive Digital Currency. It will be a very high quality Digital Currency in a number of countries that are currently receiving a lot of their income from abroad. They will now receive a lot of their income from abroad in a Stable Currency that will retain its value. Obviously many of those same third world countries and some than third world have very strict controls on foreign currency. They have currency controls a...