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Up another, what, 60, 70, 80 as of this morning. By the time we open, the dow will be, what, about 300 points away from 26,000, another milestone. Heres that big number, put it up again, please. The value of all stocks has now gone up 7. 6 trillion since the election. And more companies are giving employee bonuses because of the tax cut. Fiat chrysler and capital one are among the 14 companies to join the list in the last 24 hours. All right. Jpmorgans chief, jamie dimon, he says tax reform is a significant, positive outcome for the country. In other words, we aint seen nothing yet. Hes americ...

We have brought some amazing documents you should check out afterwards. We thank the cspan audience. 20 years ago, our board chair wrote me a note that started with the words a stroke of luck. Had been introduced to a buffalo phd candidate. He was interested in early American Financial history. This was before the show. Very few people were interested in hamilton. There were very few of us that were doing a deeper dive into the financial aspects of his vision. His phd thesis, 1300 pages. That is staggering. Perspective, mine was a paltry 300 and his was 1000 more. It led to the first quit abou...

Sarah good afternoon. Obviously the impending conclusion of the schumer shutdown is leading Media Coverage today. And ill get into that shortly. But want to start with a couple of other National Security issues first. First on northwest syria, we call on all parties to remain focused on the goal of defeating isis, deescalating and resolving the syrian conflict and protecting innocent civilians. We hear and take seriously turkeys legitimate security concerns and are committed to working with turkey as a nato ally. Increased violence disrupt what is a relatively stable area of syria. It distract...

This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. Today we welcome four nominees to testify before the committee as we consider their nominations to serve as commissioners of the federal trade commission. Nominated to serve as a commissioner and ftc chairman and his credentials are impressive. Mr. Simon served as the ftcs chief antitrust enforcer, among other positions the the commission. Most recently, he served and was partner and cochair of the entrust group at a law firm. Christine wilson is an antitrust and Consumer Protection attorney who served as Vice President for regulatory and Internationa...

And Transportation Committee heard from the four nominees on issues including antitrust laws, Prescription Drug pricing, Credit Rating agencies and the influence of Big Tech Companies like google and facebook. This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. Today we welcome four nominees to testify before the committee as we consider their nominations to serve as commissioners of the federal trade commission. Nominated to serve as a commissioner and ftc chairman and his credentials are impressive. Mr. Simon served as the ftcs chief antitrust enforcer, among other positions the the commission. Most ...