And s p 500, nas in six weeks. Yeah. Well start with tech. More broadly, ipos and big tech valuations have been surging culture questions continue to brew in Silicon Valley as well i want to talk about that and a lot more with long time venture capitalist whose newest venture is a private and middle school with entrepreneurship baked into the curriculum Draper Associates founder tim draper joins us now. Tim, good to see you i want to start with your take on these markets i was talking just yesterday to the founder of rike. He said he isnt going public this year because he underestimated how well the ipo market was going to perform in a pandemic has that surprised you and what are you saying about it to your Portfolio Companies . Absolutely. I was blindsided i didnt realize that the government was going to print 13 trillion it has been strong for bitcoin and it sure has been good for the Public Markets particularly the tech stocks that have benefitted from that and i think people many p
Kansas city reflector in topeka. Anchorally, michael, it. Nd factfinder 12 investigator each candidate will have three minutes for an Opening Statement. When questions are asked to the who will answer the question for throughout todays debate. Candidate a comment after the question is asked will have one minute to respond. That will be followed by candidate b who will have one minute to respond, and then candidate a will have 30 seconds for rebuttal. Each candidate will have two minutes 30 seconds for their closing statements. Hours as our timekeeper for todays debate is the broadcaster with the Kansas Agriculture Network and wibw radio in topeka. A blind draw was done to determine the order for opening and closing statements. The Opening Statement will be started by congressman Roger Marshall. You have three minutes for your Opening Statement. I want to offer our prayers to the ginsburg family. We pray for wisdom as a nation moves forward. If there is one thing i hope here this mornin
Traditionally, during election years, we hold our debate during the first saturday of the kansas state fair in hutchinson. Covid19 caused the cancellation of the 2020 kansas date fair but we continue with the tradition of hosting a debate and we would like to welcome those of you who are watching the debate on our livestream through our News Facebook and youtube pages. Right now, let us introduce you to the candidates for todays u. S. Senate debate. Dr. Roger marshall is the congressman for kansass congressional district. He is a physician who practiced was swornrs until he into congress in 2017. He has been married to his wife for 37 years and has four children and two grandchildren and one is on the way. Next is democratic candidate kansas state senator dr. Barbara. She is a Public Servant and retired doctor. She spent her entire career fighting for strong schools, Affordable Health she is committed to listening to and advocating for farmers and ranchers across kansas in the u. S. Se
Mail, Committee Members asked witnesses about mr. Dejoys ownership of a company that contracted its services to the usps. The chair would ask without objection that ms. Debbie wassermanschultz i got it right here. Ms. Cooper and representative mary gay scanlon beor waived on the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I want to welcome everyone to s our hearings on recent developments regarding the Postal Service and i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement and i will recognize the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement. I have agreed is the chairwoman on . Does the chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . Ill recognize here with your permission after myself. O our colleague ms. Lawrence is going to issue have an Opening Statement. I will recognize if somebodyv on your side wants to have additional okay. That would be fine. The cr you justow let me know. Okay. Theit s Postal Service is the crowned jewel of our federal government. It emplo serves every household b
Phone lines to be open to see if there is a Public Comment . Chair borden yep and is there you have chair borden how many . You have zero questions remaining. With that, well close Public Comment. Directors, do i have a motion . Secretary boomer, please call roll . Chair borden aye. Director brinkman aye. Vice chair eaken aye. Director heminger aye. Director lai aye. Madame chair, the minutes are approved. Item 5, communications. Madame chair. Chair borden as many of you have learned, our heart was broken this weekend with the untimely passing of one of our own. Antonio, a muni operator with the Transportation Agency for 19 years, was known for being deeply committed to his job and well known by the people on his buses and in many communities. He was born and raised in the Richmond District and leaves behind wife jennifer, three children and grandchildren. Well have this meeting adjourned in his memory, but im devastated. I want to thank his family to loaning him to us. He did die in s