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Market is back up to momentum today with dow industrials set to up 13 points, nasdaq, s p up a fraction. Ftse is down a quarter of a percent. But the cac quarante in paris and dax index in germany are up. In asia markets closed mostly higher. Nikkei average in japan best performer up about 1 . Breaking news right now, new Orleans Police officer shot and killed in the line of duty. Shooting took place during routine patrol, we have the very latest developments out of new orleans earlier today. The devastation in california meanwhile spreading, the death toll from mass i have wild fires now risi...

Quorum call during this. Id note the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call quorum call mr. Durbin mr. President , i come to the floor to discuss the republican tax reform plan and what impact it will have on the Fiscal Health of our nation, but especially the impact it will have on working families across the United States and in my home state of illinois. Ive represented illinois and congress both as a house member and a senator for a number of years. Im proud to say that during my career i have not shied away from tackling big issues, maybe one ...

British embassy for hosting us in this beautiful venue. Miss ambassador, is truly an honor to be here and we appreciate your hospitality. I would also like to recognize cornerstone and their generous contribution which has helped to make this evening possible. Not least of which, by sponsoring a student table here tonight. How great it is indeed that we have students from universities from across washington dc. Now i am positively delighted to introduce my speaker. Who will deliver this years harvest on memorial lecture. She needs no introduction, you have already hoerlin but i think providing...

She lectured at the London School of economics, which was about the same time as another notable, historic event, my foreignthe service. This was a tumultuous time in the u. K. With the economy in bad shape. Labour government was struggling from vote to vote in the house of commons. Of1979, the election Margaret Thatcher changed everything. I wonder what lessons janet took from being in the u. K. During that time. One for the q a, perhaps, or maybe even dinner party conversation. As chair of the Federal Reserve, she has been a beacon of stability and model of authority. We could not have a mor...

Sec. Tillerson well, our my view, and i think it is the collective view within the u. S. Government as well, is, as china has risen over the last 20plus years now to take its rightful place as an economic power in the world, moving hundreds of millions of their people out of poverty into middleclass status, india, too, has been rising. And i commented on this again in the remarks. And as we watch how these two very large nations are taking their rightful place in the global economy, theyve gone about it in different ways. And i touched on that. And i think thats why the u. S. Now sees this as ...