the clerk: amendment offered by mr. mcnerney of california, after the dollar amount insert increased by $2 million. after the dollar amount insert reduced by $2 million. the chair: the gentleman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes, the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. mcnerney: this would crines the fund by $2 million for the super truck program, started by the department of energy to improve freight and heavy duty vehicle efficiency. the appropriations committee acknowledged in their committee report the success of the super truck 2 program but recommended only $20 million of the requested $60 million for the super truck 2 program to further improve efficiency in these vehicles. super truck 2 will continue dramatic improvements in the efficiency of heavy duty class a long haul and regional haul vehicles through system level improvements. these improvements include hybridization, more efficient idling, and high efficiency hvac technologies. by increasing the funding for

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. gosar of arizona, at the end of the bill before show the short title instert the following, section, none of the funds made available in this act y be used to carry out the admgs' reminder regarding document requests dated april 15, 2009. the chair: the gentleman from arizona and a member opposed each will control five maines -- five minutes, the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: i rise to offer an amendment which will prevent the administration from causing unnecessary delays in blocking information being releaseded to the public in the freedom of information act. in 2009, they released a secret memo urging them to consult with counsel at the white house before releasing documents or fulfilling requests that might deal with white house equities. last year, a report was released entitled the department of energy's freedom of information act product. in nurem race cases where the dotcht energy's counsel general had provided their foia response to the white house,

clip amendment offered by mr. byrne of alabama -- the clerk: amendment offered by mr. baron of alabama. allocating funds made available by this act for projects of the army corps of engineer the chief of engineers shall gai priority o the dog river, fowl river, projects.labatrie mr. simpson: i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for five minutes. mr. byrne: my amendment would allow for a number of projects in my home district of coastal alabama to must've forward. are ny areas the waterways the lifeblood of the in addition's economy. i appreciate the work the army corps of engineers does to keep our waterways maintained. i know it works hard to prioritize projects to keep our waterways and ports open for commerce. unfortunately, at times it seems like smaller projects get ignored or foggeten altogether. these projects are vital to many of our local communities and have a significant economic impact from commercial and recreational fishing as well as tourism in general. my amendment seeks to prioriti

the question is on the amendments offered en bloc offered by mr. thornberry. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the en bloc amendments are agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 14 printed in part b of house report 114-569. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the chair: amendment number 14 printed in apartment b of house report 114-569 offered -- part b of house report 114-569 offered by mr. poe of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 732, the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. mr. poe: i ask that my amendment be modified and be filed at the desk. the clerk: modification to amendment number 14 printed in part b of house report 114-569 offered by mr. poe of texas. in lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert -- mr. poe: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent that the modification be cons

infantino was offered $2 million a year.e did not accept the proposal. 150 bureaus around the world with about 2400 journalists, this is bloomberg. today,lling further extending its losing streak to nine sessions. why? details next. ♪ ♪ you are watching "trending business." speculation is mounting about an imminent rate rise after comments from janet yellen. teve thinks global markets are prepared for an interest rate hike. he is mildly encouraged about revised gdp numbers in the u.s. was asked about timing, but declined to bite. janet yellen said the rise would be appropriate in the foreseeable future, but declined to name a date. we have investors digesting all this. >> everyone wants to know if it will be june or if it is not going to be june. index, the dollar-spot strengthened against all its major peers after the comment. 1:30, as they made the comments, the dollar really spiked. they basically said there was weak growth in the u.s. in the first quarter. it does appear to be picking up. if it continues this way, it is

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. rodney davis of illinois, page 3, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $10 million, increased by $10 million. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 743, the gentleman from illinois and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the -- the chair: the gentleman is ecognized. . davis: america's naval transportation system needs maintenance. we have not kept up with the maintenance necessary to be sure we can transport 21st century cargos that fuels an feeds the world. 20% of the world's goods go through these locks and dams before hitting the world marketplace but delays can last up to 12 hours at a time. while a 2003 study by the illinois farm bureau estimated these delays to cost farmers $500 an hour, one can only assume how much more the delays cost today. in the water resources development act of 2007, congress authorized

you get offers all the time. >> probably in reality the people aren't getting the offer i assume that if amazon and sprint are going together to offer this to somebody, they're doing it on the basis of some kind of data, whether it's let's say you buy a high-end data package you never use. okay, then maybe you'll be a high-end delivery package and a high-end video package because prime is both and not use it that much which will increase the profits to amazon. but some consumer who could use this wonderful per month thing for december or whatever, they're not going to see it. they're going to be red lined. >> why do you assume that? what is the interest in not trying to get as much of the market that you can? >> you want to get the part of the market that gives you a profit. that's why you use the data, to find the part of the market where your profits are. >> you're supposing that there isn't an interest in serving middle and low income consumers. if you look at the money -- for example, comcast has put hundreds of million dollars to wire low income neighborhoods so they get broadban

bayer has offered to buy monsanto for $62 billion.deal would be the largest in german corporate history. the world'sate biggest supplier of farm chemicals and genetically modified seeds. benedict is back with us. we had some microphone problems. i apologize. tell us about the difficulty that you foresee here. regulators have been blocking deals left and right across industries over the last couple months. german shareholders have been really worried, have been selling off the shares, in anticipation of this offer. >> there are huge complexities. you mentioned the regulatory side of things. bayer is pretty positive. we've got the banks to do the financing. we feel confident about this. we have a good credit rating level to support this deal. they feel safe on the financing side of things, but we should remember this is the opening shot. it will go higher. the offer was made more than 10 days ago, so a lot will depend react, soreholders the financing is one side. then the political angle. monsanto is seen as a difficult company to adver

he wasn't there when it was offered. he wasn't there during the rules committee consideration last night. and he's probably not fully aware about the number of amendments that we have had both in the committee and on the floor today. 429 amendments. this is an open process. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield 10 seconds to the gentleman from maryland. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for protect us from ourselves. as i understand it i wasn't there, but it wouldn't have mattered whether i was in the rules committee because it wasn't done in open session of the rules committee. the armed services committee voted upon it. and apparently the majority of your side lost and they don't want us to consider it and they don't want us to subject your members to voting on it and letting the american people know where you stand. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. members would be advised -- ar

the offer?ner: we are totally convinced about the effectiveness of our offer. it is a 37% premium over and above the effective share price as of may 9. that is a strong testament as to the value proposition of monsanto shareholders. it is also my with the attempted transactions have seen in the past. we are fully convinced that it is a highly effective offer for monsanto's board. francine: is it your best offer? or just your first? werner: the best and sean's offer. we are waiting for the offer from the shareholders of monsanto. mark: 100 six dollars is the monsanto share price. that tells us investors are not convinced? >> they are not. there is a lot of concern that investors will come back and say they are not convinced. david: the current offer of $122 a share is inadequate. addressnot adequately and provide reassurance for some of the potential financing and regulatory risks related to this. francine: do we intimate they are prepared to pay a price? rarely seen such a friendly reduction fro

the offer?r: we are totally convinced about the attractiveness of our offer. it is a 37% premium over and above the uneffective share price as of may 9. that is a strong testimony as to the value proposition of monsanto shareholders. it is also in line with the transactions and attempted transactions we have seen in the past. we are fully convinced that it is a highly effective offer for monsanto's board. also, for their shareholders to consider. francine: is it your best offer? or just your first? werner: the best and strong offer. we are waiting for the offer from the shareholders of monsanto. mark: $106 is the monsanto share price. that tells us investors are not convinced? aaron: they are not. there is a lot of concern that investors will come back and say they are not convinced. david: the current offer of $122 a share is inadequate. there is a statement out today that says the current proposal significantly undervalues our company and does not adequately address and provide reassurance for

offered by mr. micah of florida. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 736, the gentleman from florida and a member opposed each will croif fine minutes -- will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. micah: this is a simple amendment. i get to chair subcommittee called transportation and public assets oversight. we get to oversee in the public assets portion all of the various properties around the united states that are public assets that are sitting idle. r example, we have in some states, we have v.a. properties -- we have many v.a. properties medical from hospitals, from nursing homes sitting idle. some of them are vacant. some of them are closed. in order to put them into productive use for our veterans , i have tried to craft an amendment that, of course, doesn't apply to all of the facilities, and i would like to do, that but this is fairly limited. it says we have a nursing home that has been vacated or a nursing home that is not being used, and some of

our offer is for already addressing the offer that is fully financed, and with it is an offer that does not have a lot of uncertainty. >> so they are wrong for not bidding it up to $122? >> well, i don't know if the street is wrong, but since this is breaking news, the street will also have to take some time to be educated and to maybe understand the offer. from our perspective, it is high certainty from the bayer shareholders andry are not going to let this -- >> how does your tax structure allow you to pay more for a u.s. company, or does it? >> well, to address this very much up front and straightforward, we are in the business of building businesses. we are not in the business of engineering texas. this is something that stands on its own rational so there's no tech engineering to help us pray for this transaction. it stands on the own strategic measur measures. >> can i ask, what is your corporate tax rate and how would that impact the combined corporate tax rate? >> well, our corporate tax rate is about 25%, give or take. the tax rate of monsanto is 26.5%. so very much alike. and

cine: is this your final offer? >> it's the best and strongest offer. waiting for the response of the board of directors from monsanto. jon: tom keene is joining us straight from radio. it was a breath of fresh air to see a ceo actually speak in english and answer the questions. he was completely correct that a creative transaction with immediately double-digit profits from the start. do better than all the money spent? it's sobering and it speaks to how rich the deal is and how 1980's this deal is. the assumption that monsanto will hold out for a higher price is there. critically, it says all cash but it's how they raise the cash. they have to do a cash call with shareholders and i believe the stock is down 15% since the peak of may 12. jon: you can see it on the screen. investorsiled down as are pricing in that potential sale. you can look at the debt and the debt market has reacted. it still trades on 90%. the debt market opens this deal. whati have no fault with the ceo said. the idea that they can put together a deal, i believe they have free money

new airline comes in and starts offering lower fares and you've got -- they are going to offer free for a while. you don't offer free. there's a little upcharge for the food which i totally understand why. you have to pay your drivers, right, got to make a profit. they are taking a loss on every burger that gets delivered. >> not to mention they come with millions and millions of built-in subscribers, right, to amazon prime, not yet, just in san francisco and other cities but eventually. how do you compete? >> one of the beauties of silicon valley, there's never been a company that does everything. that's the premise upon which many startups have been founded. some have become large companies like facebook or google. the same could be said for door dash, built with a focus how to you build very sophisticated and complicated technology and logistics and offer it in a very simple way in something as accessible and convenient like food delivery. we plan to do this not only in food but other types of businesses as well. >> businesses like what? >> food is certainly one major part of the con

i rise in support of an amendment i offered that i joined along in offering, along are with mrs. comstock. it seems to expand the skill bridge diop training program by directing unit commanders to encourage participation by departing service members. it also directs the d.o.d. to form a comprehensive study so that they can evaluate and improve the program as needed. the skill bridge initiative helps returning veterans by providing them with job training and apprenticeship programs in areas that span every sector of the work force. this program has already trained around 4,500 service members, and the 18 skill bridge programs claim to have an employment success rate of 100%. encouraging participation will help more of our veterans find employment when they re-enter civilian life. sling we need to do all we can to promote. i thank chairman thornberry and ranking member smith for supporting this amendment in this block. i urge my colleagues to support the block and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recogni

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as offered by ms. wagner. the national geospatial intelligence agency's decision to locate their new western headquarters in north st. louis was the right choice to support their vital national security mission. the best decision for the over 3,000 exceptional federal employees who work there and a will -- and it will transform a federal failure into a transformational federal success. the misguided and shortsighted attempt to withhold funding from this project not only is petty and parochial, it's completely irresponsible because the laying this project would put our national security at risk. n.g.a. director robert perdillo said it best in his message to his mes -- employees on april 1, director -- the director said, and i quote, the future of our agency and our profession rests on our parentalent and that of the next general ration we can recruit onto our team. we face tough competition and offering an environment that appeals to these future generations is critical to our success. studies point to a desire

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coincidence because goldman is one of the banks offering the secondary offering.dman says the people who recommend stock and people who handle the selling of stock are two totally separate divisions and that is required by law. if we were to give goldman sacks the benefit of the doubt and could you debate whether they deserve the benefit of the doubt. >> could be something fishy going on here. i'm disappointed. i thought we were getting slices of pizza. >> it's theoretical. >>> we have to settle for milk. >> very different home invasion for a south bay family. 60 cows slowly barrelled into their backyard. can you imagine looking out the back window seeing that? a family in morgan hills is. these cows came from a ranch next door breaking through a wooden fence to where the grass really was greener. >> i look out the windows. everywhere in the backyard i see huge cows just reaching down, pulling up grass, pulling up plants, yanking them out at the root. it was shocking, devastating. >> move on over. the homeowners estimate the damage to their backyard to be a couple

and offer possible solutions. i offer my members to support this. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: we have no speakers on this amendment on this point so i reserve. the chair: the gentleman will continue to reserve. the gentleman from texas is recognized. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: before i yield pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i rise in favor of the amendment which is part of this en bloc to create a medal for surviving family members. over 200,000 service members conducted nuclear weapons tests and were exposed to radiation. sworn to secrecy, they couldn't tell their doctors. presidents provided specialized care. but this isn't enough. a constituent of mine, another atomic veteran brought this to my attention. last year, with the help of the chairman and the d.o.d. authorization bill we included this amendment but the department of defe

amendment number 21, and offer that amendment at this time. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 8, printed in part a of house report number 114-551, offered by ms. kuster of new hampshire. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 720, the gentlewoman from new hampshire, ms. kuster, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new hampshire. ms. kuster: thank you, mr. chair. the underlying bill before us authorizes creation of an interagency task force to combat the opiate epidemic, and i want to commend the gentlelady from indiana and our colleague from massachusetts, mr. kennedy, for their hard work on this issue. a small step -- this important legislation will make it easier to tackle this crisis in a holistic way that addresses all angles of the crisis, including law enforcement, education and prevention, and most importantly treatment and lifelong recovery. i thank congressman brooks and congressman kennedy for their great work on this bill as well

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. mulvaney. strike lines 1-11. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from south carolina. he gentleman will suspend. copies will remain available. they are distributing now. the gentleman from pennsylvania. oint of order is reserved. the gentleman from south carolina will suspend until the copies are distributed. mr. mulvaney: thank you, mr. hairman. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina may proceed. mr. mulvaney: i have four consecutive amendments that are all very closely intertwined and there are four. i offered them originally as one and i will argue them at one time. they get rid of the o.c.o. budget. that's it. title 4 of this bill is the o.c.o. budget and my amendment is simply to be done with this thing. it has turned into a slush fund. that's not me saying that but by folks saying this is what this is. it may have started with the best of intentions or necessity and a good thing but we all know what it is now, which is a pla

offered by mr. keating of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 720, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. keating, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. keating: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to offer an amendment to h.r. 5046 to include drug takeback programs and funds made available under the bill's comprehensive opioid abuse grant program. the sener for disease control reports that health care providers in the u.s. write 259 million prescriptions for opioids a year. enough for every american adult to have their own bottle of pills. in massachusetts alone, 4.4 million opioid prescriptions, including 240 million pills, capsules, or tablets were dispensed in 2014. further, nearly half of the people in my state report that it's too easy to get prescription open yoids from those who have leftover pills. the people who share these leftover pills are usually unaffair of the significant dangers that they represent. the national institut

it's a pretty compelling offer. all cash, $122 a share. you listened to us you made a lot of money last night. here is the one thing, this is going to get a lot of regulatory scrutiny, no deal is done till it's done. it's always a wild card. this thing is going to be played on a trading basis a lot. we can just wait to see what monsanto. they are likely to agree. that doesn't mean the thing is done. i mean, this is really -- this is in the government's hands right now. >> we have seen so many look for consolidation, we will hear from monsanto soon. do you expect that to happen here? >> i don't know, that's one of the problems with the obama administration, this is a big political story as well. this administration has been very opaque in terms of what they consider a deal that's not anticompetitive and, you know, they shut down the new york stock exchange, that was a cross-border deal and shut it down. they said it would create an anticompetitive market in listings of all stocks. if they're going to go there with that, that's not a consume

thornberry: pursuant to h.res. 735 i offer amendments en bloc. the chair: the clerk will report the amendments en bloc. the clerk: amendments enplok consisting of amendments number 66, 67, 4, 54, 64, 65, and 69 printed in house report 114-571, offered by mr. thornberry of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 735, the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, and the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. moulton, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlelady from north carolina, mrs. ellmers. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. ellmers: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. speaker, for yielding some time this amendment does one thing. it maintains oversight and accountability of the air force. this will ensure that the air force follows through on their promise of providing adequate air support to ensure there's no negative impact on the readiness of fort bragg paratroopers. i have said this is a terrible decision and today's amendment i

bayer offering $32 -- $62 per share.yan areas in the news today, the low cost carrier, saying that growth will slow this year. there is lower fuel prices to prompt european airlines to cut fares. it will be 13% in the 12 months through march next year. it is following a 43% surge over the past year. ticket prices set to fall by 7%. last 2-4 months in 2016, between three and 7%. air is gaining up by 21% today. i want to tell you about greece. the 10 year yield falling to the lowest level. lawmakers approving additional austerity measures required to unlock more loans. finance ministers meet tomorrow. they are closer to this unlocking of further eight. aid. that is one step in the right direction and that is being acknowledged with the yield at 7.24%, the lowest since november. shery: let's check in on the bloomberg first word news this morning. we have more from the newsroom. officialsni security say that suicide bombers killed 45 people in the southern city of aden. a lineber targeted outside of a recruitment center. a s

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. garamendi of california, at the end of the bilk before the short title, insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used by the bureau of reclamation to issue a permit for california water fix or with respect to california water fix to provide for compliance under section 102 of the national environmental policy act of 19694 42 u.s.c. 4332 or section 7 of the endangered species act of 1973, 16 u.s.c. 1536. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 743, the gentleman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield to myself such time as i might consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. garamendi: about an hour ago this house of representatives kicked off a new quarter in the ngoing california water war. this house passed a piece of legislation that will ultimately gut the endangered species act, clean water act, the bio

a $62 billion offer for monsanto. and the biggest construction company will ask about a new strategic plan. plus, we talked to boeing's top executive in asia as the aircraft maker signs a deal in vietnam. all of that and more, coming up. ♪ francine: welcome back. let's get to the bloomberg business flash with nejra cehic. nejra: shares in fiat have fallen in the lawn today after a germany's federal motor transport authority found they allegedly used illegal stop or to manipulate admissions. reiterated that they comply with emissions rules. ryanair will slow this year. europe's largest discount airliner expects earnings to rise about 13% this year after a 43% surge in the 12 months through march, that is as airlines cut ticket prices to entice customers wary of flying after recent attacks. the ceo told bloomberg that the egyptair crash will put further pressure on your lines. >> the fact that we have had the bomb attacks in paris, now the egyptair flight, it isn't good. great thing about terrorism is it is always doome

francine: is this the final offer or just the first? >> it is the best and strong offer.y for the response from the board of directors from monsanto. tom: one final question. alastair campbell having a lot of fun this morning. will you name the company "baysanto"? >> it is too early to speculate what the name of the company will be. bayer'stell you, the name and reputation stand for science and the utmost responsibility for society's needs. francine: have you discussed the deal with any major regulators that have given you the green light? >> given the private corrector ,f the discussion of until now we have certainly done our own work internally with internal and external expertise we have at the table. we have not gone so far to involve external regulators. tom: thank you so much for joining us. i greatly appreciate the clarity of your answers. of course, this is an unsolicited transaction -- or offer, i should say -- for monsanto. will join us on television and radio with a blistering op-ed on donald trump a few days ago. this is bloomberg surveillance. ♪ tom: he speak

the offer?ner: we are totally convinced about the effectiveness of our offer. it is a 37% premium over and above the effective share price as of may 9. that is a strong testament as to the value proposition of monsanto shareholders. it is also in line with the transactions and attempted transactions we have seen in the past. we are fully convinced that it is a highly effective offer for monsanto's board. francine: is it your best offer? or just your first? werner: the best and first offer. we are waiting for the offer from the board of directors of monsanto. rishaad: $106 is the monsanto share price. that tells us investors are not convinced? aaron: they are not. there is a lot of concern that investors will come back and say they are not convinced. david: the current offer of $122 a share is inadequate. it does not adequately address and provide reassurance for some of the potential financing and regulatory risks related to this. francine: do we intimate they are prepared to pay a price? aaron:

offered by mr. thornberry of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas and the gentleman from massachusetts will each control 10 minutes. mr. thornberry: i urge adoption of this en bloc package. the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. there was an amendment that was in there happening to do with a new rocket engine and launch vehicle and i thank mr. rogers, the subcommittee chairman who worked closely with developing this package. we have a lot of american companies that are working hard to develop a new engine and not rely on the russian engine. the amendment allows those companies to use some of the money that the air force is developing to develop a launch vehicle to go along with that engine and i think pretty soon we have great companies in my district and other folks working on other vehicles and this amendment allows money that the air force is providing to go to the launch vehicle. and will reduce the cost of our launch costs for the air forc

offer.ll discuss next. ♪ guy: welcome back 30 minutes into the market day, a cracking view of equities, today turning out to be not too bad. yesterday we started negative territory and when sharply positive today we started in positive territory. what happens next question mark will wait and we will watch. a broad-based rally puts you the same amount. the banks up 0.7% with a little bit of underperformance coming in here. in terms of the market performance it's gritty broad-based. that is fairly indicative of what markets are feeling now. it's not going to -- it's happening at an index level rather than the sector level where the bulk of the price action has been as of late. >> let's get you up to speed with everything else you need to know. >> the ceo of unicredit has agreed to step down after almost six years at the helm of italy's biggest bank. that's after efforts to improve capital and revive profit. thatd the board agree there was a need for a management change. they are says they are

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it said no a yen to the $9.3 billion offer.w report shows companies and private equity firms expect you like entity to stay strong or ramp-up. let's join radio. matt: i am here with russell thompson who is from the lloyd at merger and acquisitions. he will talk to me and corey on radio and television about the outlook for m&a. we had a record year in 2015 and you expect it to be better this year. >> that's correct, 2015 blew through the historical records. you are right, we just did a survey atdeloitte and the respondents 87% said despite the sluggish start to this year, they expect m&a activity to be very robust. matt: how much of this will be driven by energy companies finally getting together? i saw we have not had the energy company consolidation one would've expected after the big drop in oil prices. if it does not go back up companies will go out of business. will there be a wave of consolidation? >> we have been expecting oil and gas company's to be active. the survey identified that as the second most likely area to dri

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the offer?ner: we are totally convinced about the effectiveness of our offer. if you look at the fact that it is a 37% premium over and above the effective share price as of may 9. that is a strong testament as to the value proposition of monsanto shareholders. it is also in line with the transactions and attempted transactions we have seen in the past. and we are fully convinced that it is a highly effective offer for monsanto's board. also the shareholders. francine: is it your final offer? or just your first? werner: the best and first offer. we are waiting for the offer from the shareholders of monsanto. rishaad: $106 is the monsanto share price. that tells us investors are not convinced? aaron: no, they are not. there is a lot of concern that investors will come back and say that is not enough money. david: the current offer of $122 a share is inadequate. there is a statement of today, it does not adequately address and provide reassurance for some of the potential financing and regulatory

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the offer? we are totally convinced about the attractiveness of our offer. it is a 37% premium over and above the effective share price as of may 9. that is a strong testimony as to the value proposition of monsanto shareholders. it is also in line with the transactions and attempted transactions we have seen in the past. we are fully convinced that it is a highly effective offer for monsanto's board. also, for their shareholders to consider. francine: is it your best offer? or just your first? werner: the best and strong offer. we are waiting for the offer from the shareholders of monsanto. >> $106 is the monsanto share price. that tells us investors are not convinced? aaron: they are not. there is a lot of concern that investors will come back and say they are not convinced. david: the current offer of $122 a share is inadequate. there is a statement out today that says the current proposal does not adequately address and provide reassurance for some of the potential financing and regulation r

the clerk: amendment number 12 offered by mr. sanford of south choorl. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise. number. a is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the yeas are 41 and the nays are 38 . the amendment is not adopted. there will being no further amendments under the rule, the committee rises. the committee of the whole house has had under consideration h.r. 4049 and i report the bill as ealeded by house resolution 372 back to the house with amendments adopted in the committee of the whole the speaker pro tempore: the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 4049 and reports the bill as amended by the house resolution 735 back to the house with further amendments adopted in the committee of th

do you offer it? >> are you finding that in your outreach with students and graduates that they are having more open discussions with their employers about their student loan debt and burden? >> i think a lot of the complaint population that i serve does not have that same negotiating power in a job market environment. but the nice thing, is there are forgiveness programs for people that work in nonprofit. and so, i think if employers in those segments understand there's ways that people can structure their debt and manage on a lower salary and still have that debt discharged after ten years of employment. >> that's right, i had a friend that works in new york in the mayor's office and she went to law school, and that is a big reason why she is working in government because she knows that after ten years if she has not paid off her law school debt entirely it will be forgiven. and i think that anyone interested in public service or nonprofit, they should not be fearful of lower salaries and their stud

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they will seek a higher offer.he shares in monsanto suggest investors have much confidence in the deal. buyer is suggest that going to have to raise it shares? simon: monsanto shares have traded at a discount since payers offer. there is skepticism this deal could go through. it's a question of the regulatory approval it might he needed. there are other deals in the space. we have dow dupont getting together. are subject to regulatory scrutiny. we're not quite sure how those will play out. that may have ramifications. shery: what do they hope to get out of the deal? simon: they are the largest seed company in the world. it's a preeminent producer of these products. produce pesticides and crop chemicals. it seems a pretty good fit. there is very little overlap. thank you so much for your time and jumping in of this breaking news. get ready for the richest and glitzy is weekend. that is just some of what's being offered at this year's auction. this is the 36th annual charity event. attendees spent $16 million. he joi

just to reiterate, we are talking about a $62 billion offer from bayer in which they would offer $122cash which is a 30% premium. alix: it looks like the stock is trading again. it was 1.5% up before the news. however,longer halted is thishe next step -- a sweeten the deal? what does bayer d? >> morgan stanley is working on the monsanto side. the advisors will be talking soon and the big question will be what kind of bomb is bayer willing to do. i'm sure they knew that monsanto was not going to accept the first bid. are they willing to go to $1.30 per share? -- $130 per share? up tore room if they go $128, is the room to go higher? those are the next steps. a sanford bernstein analyst said in a note that an offer below $135 per share would be challenging for monsanto to agree to. alix: the stock has halted again. it was up 1.5% before this news came out. -- what are the options left for monsanto? we were talking earlier that they need to do something because they have problems of their own. if they reject this deal outright, what are their options? >> there are not a lot. the option i