Major averages are moving higher we have a panel of experts coming up here shortly. Dont forget about earnings we have a bunch coming our way after the bell, including disney well have an exclusive interview with ceo bob iger. Looking forward to that. First, though, theres also some news out of washington at this hour lets get down to aeamon javers with remarks from the president. Reporter it came about the dangers of the ms13 gang. The president talking about immigration saying he ultimately might want to shut the government down if he cant get a deal on immigration this week. Heres what he said. Id love to see a shutdown if we dont get this stuff taken care of. If we have to shut is it down because the democrats dont want safety and unrelated but still related, they dont want to take care of our military, then shut it down. Well go with another shutdown reporter the president there seeming to embrace the idea of another Government Shutdown on february 8th, later on this week thats th
Wouldnt a level Playing Field as you said from your testimony, we have concerns about things like there is a some Data Retention obligations and we think you could do it differently. There is a best interest contract framework and weve heard feedback from folks saying it is clunky and there is a more streamlined way to do it. We have a point of sale disclosure requirement and people have said that that is not necessary. And so what weve done in every circumstance when someone said that the best interest contract is clunky, our response is tell us how to do it better. How do we retain that north star of enforceable best interest contract and still get it done and that is the feedback weve been getting and it has been helpful. And youve incorporated it. We havent made final decisions yesterday. We wont put out a rule until weve gotten all of the comments. Im confident if history is a guide the final rule will be materially different than and better than the proposal because you have to b
Sometimes they are not. Its already confusing to begin with. We need one standard and it ought to be the best interest. I love the one standard. I love the best interest tests. I assume there are a lot of people who are making a lot of money. So ive got to see, this one seems like a nobrainer to me. Hard working americans who manage money for their retirement should be able to trust that their retirement advisers are looking out for them. And besides that the thousands of honest hard working advisers and brokers around this country who already put their clients first every day shouldnt have to compete against those unethical advisers who dont. I understand why were in this fight. I understand there are people who are making money for keeping this game rigged, but we dont work for them. Time to level the playing field. Thank you mr. Secretary. Thank you mr. Chairman. I want to introduce senator kasich who will be brief within thinks five minutes and i think well have enough time to hear
We can get straight to their testimony. First, peter snyder, president of a grnlg company which i visited before. Thank you for being here peter. Peter is the leader of Financial Services providing income Retirement Savings options and insurance to millions of americans. Mr. Sflieder became president and served before that as the executive Vice President for primerica. We welcome you here today. Thank you. We have some scott purit managing contractor of defiance i. R. A. In maryland. He is a retirement director. A masters degree from harvard university. Welcome and thank you for being here. At this time, id like to turn it over to the rank and member frank and introduce ms. Miller. Thank you mr. Chairman. Its my pleasure to introduce Darlene Miller who is joining us today from my home state. Ms. Miller is the president and ceo of Permac Industries in burnsville minnesota, a Manufacturing Company that provides precision small part machines to other industries. Permac was named the u. S.
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