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Called to order. Pursuant to notice on june 30, 2017 the committee needs to consider the nominations of clarion grady to be undersecretary of management at the department of Homeland Security and hammy carter to be special counsel office. Just a brief opening remark, i think as the hearing indicated a couple weeks ago, to highly qualified candidates, simply couldnt be more impressed with the people selected to fill those incredibly important positions. In terms of the folks we are going to be voting on, we will talk about the nominees but i am pleased that we are voting on two qualified candid...

Ms. Castor thank you, mr. Chairman. I will place in the record a brief Opening Statement that i had for this markup. Im pleased to support both of these nominees. Mr. Johnson we are meeting to consider the undersecretary for intelligence and analysis for the u. S. Department of Homeland Security. And admiral to be assistant secretary of transportation administration, t. S. A. , u. S. Department of Homeland Security. These are two incredibly important positions, particularly at this point in time, with all the threats we face to our transportation sector. As well as across the globe and the thr...

Thank you. Mr. Thornberry mr. Chairman, i am proud to bring before the house h. R. 2810, the National Defense authorization act for the fiscal year 2018. It was reported favorably by the House Armed Services committee at 11 59 p. M. On june 28, 2017. By a vote of 601. That vote is an indication of the bipartisan support that exists to support our troops and to fulfill our obligations placed on us by the constitution. Mr. Chairman, i think the always helpful for us to remind ourselves of the authority by which we undertake our responsibilities. Article 1, section 8 of the constitution says that...

Squawk alley. Thanks so much, jackie. 10 00 a. M. At sprint headquarters in oberlin park, kansas, 11 00 a. M. On wall street and squawk alley is live. Good morning. Thanks for join us on squawk alley. With me at post 9, mike santoli and kelly evans. Karla and jon have the morning off. We start with the markets on this thursday. The trump rally taking a bit of a step back as we continue to hover more than 100 points below dow 20,000. The blue chip index coming off its second tripledigit loss since the election. Major averages are fractionally in the red, mike. The s p down less than one point, ...

Right now its down 14 points, but ill until you, if it happens, 13 times in a row, the new president coming in, thatll be a first. I want to go to our own blake burman whos standing by at the white house with a preview of tonights president ial address. Reporter a senior white house official saying this is going to be an optimistic speech later tonight by President Trump, at least thats how theyre positioning it as a preview Going Forward. They say it will be a look ahead to the next four years but also will dig into some of the things that the president has already accomplished so far in his ...