Consider the nomination of mr. David cotter to serve as assistant secretary of treasury for tax policy. Mr. Cotter, welcome to the finance committee. We appreciate your willingness to appear before us today. We also appreciate your willingness to serve in this capacity. And im sure that the significance of this position at this crucial time is not lost on you. Its not lost on any member of this committee. Tax reform has been a major focus of our committee for some time now and we are grateful to have you here to discuss your thoughts on these matters. On a number of occasions, i stated my view that president ial leadership will be a key component to any successful tax reform effort. Just the last week i quoted president obama in a speech on the senate familiar back in 2012. He said things like, quote, our current Corporate Tax system is outdated, unfair and inefficient, unquote. The problem was that president obama never really got around to truly leading out on tax reform. I expect mo
23rd on book tv on cspan2. Up next, the conversation from the Bipartisan Policy Center about Patient Centered research. How to provide the most effective medical treatment. Well hear from doctors of the Veterans Affairs department, John Hopkins University and heartfelt patient. [inaudible] [inaudible] good morning. It is great to see olivia here today. Im the chief medical advisor and i want to welcome all of you to todays event. For those of you who are new to bbc. We want to come by the best ideas from both political ideas to promote health and security for all. Todays event is being streamed live online and on cspan2. A recording will be available later this week. We invite you to interact with us on twitter about todays event using the bpc live. Well be taking questions after the panel discussion. If you are watching online and have a question for our panelist or opening speaker you can use bpc live and we will try to get to those during the q a. Over the next 90 minutes will be di
23rd on book tv on cspan2. Up next, the conversation from the Bipartisan Policy Center about Patient Centered research. How to provide the most effective medical treatment. Well hear from doctors of the Veterans Affairs department, John Hopkins University and heartfelt patient. [inaudible] [inaudible] good morning. It is great to see olivia here today. Im the chief medical advisor and i want to welcome all of you to todays event. For those of you who are new to bbc. We want to come by the best ideas from both political ideas to promote health and security for all. Todays event is being streamed live online and on cspan2. A recording will be available later this week. We invite you to interact with us on twitter about todays event using the bpc live. Well be taking questions after the panel discussion. If you are watching online and have a question for our panelist or opening speaker you can use bpc live and we will try to get to those during the q a. Over the next 90 minutes will be di
Level since july, and on some levels the british pound falling to its lowest level against the dollar in decades. Could this Dollar Strength ultimately be bad for u. S. Stocks . Kate moore, what do you think . One of the things we were excited about in the second half of 2016 was the lack of the headwind from a much stronger dollar, and here we are getting a little bit of appreciation. I would note that the trade weighted dollar, not just the dxy index, actually still significantly weaker than at the beginning of this year. I think speculators got turned the wrong way. From a positioning standpoint, i think everyone is getting back to what their thesis was. I do think ultimately it could be problematic. It could be problematic in a couple of areas. You would like to see a cheaper dollar. The rate of the increase is also problematic. Then lastly, whats the impact on emerging market currencies which well see outflows and well not well have a deappreciative affect on their currency. Dont
Beneficial in the short term. After the bell an exclusive interview with senator tim kaine, the democratic Vice President ial nominee making an economics speech in detroit this afternoon. Goldman sachs, one of the leading dow components today on the heels of its Earnings Report that came out this morning. The Financial Firm getting a big boost from trading revenue. We have more on that move coming up. And from olympian to entrepreneur, Michael Phelps will join us here to discuss his latest Business Ventures as more and more athletes turn themselves into enterprises. Swimming with the sharks in the world of business at some point. The nasdaq really the big leader in todays market rally. Seema mody has more for us. Netflix being the driving force contributing about eight points to the nasdaq 100 gains. The headline numbers were positive. Subscriber growth here in the u. S. And internationally came in ahead of consensus. Speaking to analysts netflixs programming pivot seems to be a key pa