Make your testimony was excellent we look forward to answering questions but i apologize for the late start we had a number of votes so i will ask my Opening Statement be entered into the record so we can have a full conversation for questionandanswer i will turn it over to senator shaheen. Thank you mister chair im happy to submit my opening comments i look forward to the testimony of our panel. Thank you the investors agreed to give his opening testimony and then give the other witnesses and then well get to questions. Started with our first witness us special representative for ukraine negotiations ambassador voelker was can remember with Foreign Service over 22 years of experience working on policy with five and many Previous Administration is previously served as acting senior director from the National Security council and private office of nato secretary general robertson. Thank you mister chairman for the opportunity to testify today per glass i have a statement for the record
headquarters in new york city. could a political battle that s splitting the republican party also influence the outcome of the actual war some republican lawmakers obviously think so, slamming ron desantis for arguing the u.s. should stop helping ukraine. what it could mean for the congress, the country and the kremlin. plus, the hugely consequential hearing on abortion happening right now in texas. how the opinion of a single judge could impact the lives and health of millions of women across the country and wall street under pressure again, with the dow falling from the opening bell, now down about 700 points, at least close to it. the new bank that investors scrutinizing and what it means for your money coming up. bus we start with the clash over america s role in ukraine, shaping up to be an early defining moment in the republican race for president. it pits ron desantis who has now aligned himself with donald trump by calling the war a territorial dispute, that th
High, a little bit lower than what weve seen in the last few days. But, again, all of these markets kind of waiting to see what the cpi signals today if inflations getting worse or not. The first couple of years, were in that seasonal oneoff situation or youre in a situation where you have higher prices moving their way through the line once again. Check out precious metals. Commodities across the board have been higher. Gold at another alltime high. You also had silver hitting its highest level since june of 2021. Copper at its highest level since the beginning of january since 1 18. Aluminum higher. All of these things reflecting commodities across the board. Cpi is a little hotter. Goods inflation is a little hotter. Well see. Weve had shares on the other side of the vote, what they thinks going to happen. Im in the Roger Ferguson camp because i try to follow people who have been right. Tom lee has been right too. Thats the thing. Hes been betting on the markets, and he thinks this
Agency has over 2,400 controllers available in canada pools. The faa in collaboration with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association has streamlined the process for transferring controllers between facilities more quickly, reducing the lag time and certifying the facilities. But the faa can make further improvements and should not hesitate to hire more controllers when staffing needs require it. The faa academy, inexperienced controlers have to train before being placed in a facility has the capacity to matriculate only 1,999 controllers per year. And before controllers can attend the faa has to conduct a background check and the faa has to process about 300 per month. This hearing is an important exercise in the subcommittees oversight of the safety and efficiency of the air Traffic Control system. By all of the objective measures, facilities staffs and shortages have not compromised safety and capacity today. But i do look forward to hearing from our witnesses on what we need
Smollett reported at the end of january. That he was coming back from the subway when two men attacked him. Threw a noose around his neck. Wearing red hats screaming this is maga country. So many people around the country came to his response. Chicago Police Department respond with 12 detectives around the clock to figure this case out. It took almost a month before they sort of figured out something didnt seem the right them. Of course these two brothers who gave police all this evidence that started pointing the finger according to them back towards Jussie Smollett. After all this you had this reading of the evidence. After this video was released. And the fact that they said that Jussie Smollett was upset about what he was paid and he wanted more money, he wanted more attention and that they did this hoax to pull this off. So everybody thought this was going to go to court. This was going to have a case. He didnt think he would go jail. Maybe settle, do a plea deal. Then those charg