. >> mr. lewis from minnesota. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, panel, for coming today. very, very important topic as we get to the best model for economic growth and a rising tide. i have a couple of questions, one on process and one on theory. theory dealing with the penchant of some of my friend on the other side of the aisle, all you have to do is raise taxes and raise spending and voila, you get economic growth. sort of a demand side model. i'll get to that in a second. first, it will me or describe the difference between the baseline and the cost estimate as a matter of process. so the baseline assumes current policy going forward and the cost estimates assume pending legislation or legislation that's been reported. what are the differences we need to know on this committee between those two? i'm a little confused there. >> sure, i'll be happy to discuss that. so, the key difference between the two of them is really how we think about discretionary spending, so, for discretionary spending in the baseline, it is inflated as if future discretionary purposes, the reas

secretary. >> thank you, mr. lewis. mr. roskam? you are recognized. >> mr. chairman, mr. secretary, we spoke briefly yesterday about some of the fraud issues and i just want to direct your attention. i know you have a background in this. the fraud and erroneous payment rate is unacceptable so let's take error and set that aside and let's take the enforcement issue and set that aside as well. can you focus in on predictive modeling, the algorithms that get created to make sure the money doesn't go out the door at the front end? i know you have a strong background in this. i think this is an area where there shouldn't be a division among us on a partisan basis and i think we have done good work on this in the past. but there is a lot of money that can be saved here and i would be very grateful for your guidance and your insight. particularly your initiative. set aside error, set aside enforcement just for the purposes of this question and focus in on predictive modeling. >> absolutely, congressman. so this is an area of actually great passion of mine also as well as backgro

speaker, i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. lewis. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i want to thank my good friend, the ranking member, mr. nadler, for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this bill. many of my colleagues may not remember when the civil rights act became the law of the land in 1964, but i remember. i was there. as a matter of fact, i gave a little blood during the sit-ins, during the freedom rides. i remember the struggle, the fight, and the sacrifice of so any to protect the dignity and words of every human being. i was here serving in this very chamber when the americans with disabilities act became the law of the land. 26 years later. . yet today it is unbelievable, it is unreal we're considering a bill that turns the clock backwards and strikes a devastating blow in the fight for civil rights. mr. speaker, i want it make it chris cal clear for the record, there is no place in our country to be placed on those whose rights have and will be

and here's twenty pound towards the foundation and stuff and when everyone's embraced the story to mr lewis to try and get a fix on much telly suddenly action needs to be put what's up secularly up to it there's a there's a couple opponent need at the moment we've just come off the back of a fantastic called the tough until after all done in kelso. macleod and description and a much that and it really is quite a lot of money through some old friends who have grown up with and david beard stuart bennett and stephen put it together. but a function they did a lot of support from from people jackie stewart the video footage vicki ross from deacon blue was involved bt upon the whole set up was fantastic it even forward to friends to. support in newcastle of which twelve to twenty all the players what fifty five miles from the haggis to take a decent haggis from jeddah to newcastle and and gallium song still think all but really no no no those that were there which i took it out a walk on the way home and with that there's a lot of things happen can you logan couldn't have done it on their own in

mr. lewis,. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i agree with mr. neil, the budget is a reflection of our values and our priorities. i ask one simple question. is there any money in the budget to deal with the proliferation of gun violence? >> i don't -- i'm not aware of that level of detail in the budget for me to be the expert to testify -- >> in light of what happened yesterday -- >> i will say personally i think the gun violence is a tragedy, what we have seen yesterday, and i urge congress to look at the issues. >> the proposed to do something? >> i have vast responsibilities as treasury secretary but this is of my lane. >> you're part of the administration and we're losing hundreds and thousands of people, young children, in school, trying to get an education, and they're murdered. teachers, football coach, you're saying to me, who represents the people in georgia, that the city of atlanta, we we have the cdc and someone in this government told the cdc to end the study of gun violence. we can do better. we must do better. we have to save our c

mr. lewis wood of stokes county, north carolina, has not only fulfilled that promise, he fullest. it to the mr. wood joined the boy scouts of america in january, 1943. later he served as a volunteer and scoutmaster for troop 440 for 50 years. when mr. wood and his family were recently informed of his pancreatic cancer diagnosis, he was focused on living until this january, the 75th anniversary of his becoming a scout. what an admirable spirit and wonderful man. after a lifetime of service, mr. wood is now preparing for his next journey, mr. speaker. i commend mr. wood for his 75 years of dedication to the boy scouts and stokes county. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. espaillat, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to express my concerns and my deep shame for many in this chamber who continue to gamble with the dreamers. er 800,000 young people that are workers, students, they are teachers, members of our armed forces. they are dads, moms. and after five continuing resolutions,

mr. lewis is recognized for five minutes. >> director mulvaney, thanks for coming today. i think i've only got one accord of euros going back a couple of days i'm going to use so you will be related to a that probably. i do want to talk about intellectual honesty in the moment. i get to that but first i'm not going to sit appear and defend the spending in this budget. but then again i will defend the spin in a number of congressional budgets either. the fact this last sunday he made the salient point that you would hope the democrats would come along on the defense side, but without giving us additional money for welfare spending, but they refuse and that's just the world we live in. i think that's absolutely true. in fact, i don't think it's possible in soldier plus of defense from fife and 49 billion, the seven of 16 and zero out social programs. that's second-best anybody let alone the u.s. senate. instead of shared sacrifice being everybody times the belt across the federal budget, we get these stair steps. you fund mine and i will fund your. >> except in a budget you

speaker, i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. lewis. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i want to thank my good friend, the ranking member, mr. nadler, for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this bill. many of my colleagues may not remember when the civil rights act became the law of the land in 1964, but i remember. i was there. as a matter of fact, i gave a little blood during the sit-ins, during the freedom rides. i remember the struggle, the fight, and the sacrifice of so any to protect the dignity and words of every human being. i was here serving in this very chamber when the americans with disabilities act became the law of the land. 26 years later. . yet today it is unbelievable, it is unreal we're considering a bill that turns the clock backwards and strikes a devastating blow in the fight for civil rights. mr. speaker, i want it make it chris cal clear for the record, there is no place in our country to be placed on those whose rights have and will be

mr. lewis, gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. lewis: director mulvaney, thank for coming. i think i've only got one quote of yours going back a couple days. i'll be relieved to hear that. i do want to talk about intellectual honesty. in a moment. i'll get to that. first, i'm not going to sit up here and defend the spending in this budget. but then again i won't defend the spending in a number congressional budgets, either. the fact is last sunday you made a salient point you would hope the democrats would come along on the defense side, but without giving us additional money for welfare spending, but they refused and that's just the world we live in. i think that's absolutely true. i don't think it's possible in this world to plus up defense from $549 billion to $716 if they zero out social programs. that's not going to pass anybody, let alone the united states senate. instead of a shared sacrifice being everybody tightens their belt across the federal budget, we get the stair steps. you fund mine i'll fund instead of yours. except in the budget you've got discretionary sp

official meetings for a while but it was still very good player that they were on friendly terms with mr lewis more relaxed settings guy though he will say that they were there almost like brothers at the senior will you can you but ski vice president gore when he asked prime minister chaired american look. you took more pictures of the great lakes we took more pictures of the arrow see why can't we where where it will not jeopardize our our mutual national security why can't we share this data of the past and then he would say and also the arctic ocean observations i got a phone call from my boss and he said he just received direction from the deputy director of the cia bill student that we were going to be participating with al gore to work with our counterparts in the russian g.r.u. to explore possibilities to use our capabilities combined with theirs in support of global climate change and to sassed relief and civil missions in general i was shocked this was unheard of unheard of we were proposing to bring together united states and russian intelligence officials military officers and scie

. >> mr. lewis from minnesota. >> very important topic today with the best model for economic growth with the rising tide. have a? process and theory dealing with friends on the other side of the aisle just to raise taxes and spending you get economic growth. but first describe the difference as a cost estimate it assumes current policy going forward and the cost estimates assume it has been reported. what are the differences we need to know? i am confused. >> the key difference is how we think about discretionary spending. so in the baseline it is inflated the reason is we need some estimate to have a realistic view to do debt calculations. but for cost estimates whether authorizing future appropriations those estimates are done to current law so that means look at the amount added. >> in the middle of pending legislation we do the baseline and cost estimate what is the difference? >> our estimates are relative to the baseline normally it was adopted as the resolution. >> a baseline with the resolu

mr. lewisg us. somewhat t what is the latest on the fbi investigation? >> we're cooperating. these folks have cooperated in every way. these are good people. who are trying to do the right thing. they took this young man and got him into another school. they -- got him a job. they brought him into their home and tried to show him love. nik indicated he was very happy this this home. and now, like they say, no good deed goes unpunished. >> are you worried about legal repercussions? >> if they get sued, somebody tries to find fault with them, this young man, their own son. he's part of the community. he wants to get back to the school. they want to go back to their lives. they want people to know because nik was at their house, they want to tell people everything that they know, including the fbi and all law enforcement. they is cooperated from day one. >> there have been so many reports about nikolass' alleged social media use. killing small animals. posting about guns. did you know anything abo

as mr. lewis has so rightly said many times here today, honest minds can agree about these issues. i would like to see what supervisor london breed and supervisor jane kim, who are both running for may i can't rememb remember -- mayor, see what they say about it. the public has a right to see two major candidates discuss these issues. so unless it undermines the whole purpose of this, and it seems to mr. hepner, who i trust implicitly, it does not, why not let it go to the board of supervisors for a full discussion in front of members of the public. thank you. >> i would just like to make a couple of comments. he ha we've been working with this for 2.5 years to create additions to prop j, which was passed by the city of san francisco and had a lot of strong anticorruption measures on it, and wass sub rosa, unde the table by supervisors many years kpleeld undermined and repealed part after part after part. commission renne's gave the mandate -- it's more than 2.5 years ago to go ahead and restore prop j. we're doing that. we originally restored as much literally of prop j has had be

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. >> guillermo: mr. lewis who do you hate more the players or the game? >> who do i hate most?e player. got to hate the game. never. >> guillermo: how are you, everything good. what is your favorite body part? are you not feeling me? where are you from? >> i'm from finland. >> guillermo: this interview is finnished. get it president? >> yes. >> guillermo: thank you. hey, hey, if you had a chance to take a shower with one of the nba players, who would it be? >> wow. next question. >> you got it. >> guillermo: i go out. now you ask the question. >> how much hair products do you put in every morning? >> guillermo: a lot. you want to, pull my hair. >> i'm going to use a towel. >> it's nice. it doesn't go anywhere. >> guillermo: yeah. can you give this necklace to lebron. >> broken heart. >> friendship necklace. >> friendship necklace. i am going to keep the other half. he never talks to me. i want-up to give it to him so we can become friends. >> best friends? >> yeah, have you seen lebron? >> yeah, just practiced together. >> guillermo: is he in a good mood? >> seemed cool today.

mr. lewis, you represent the family who took in nikolas cruz.y took him in after his adoptive mother died. are they stunned by this? >> they are. they can't believe what's happened and that this young man was capable of this. they took him in off the street where he had noplace to go after his own mother died. he befriended their son at the same high school about a year before. when he ran out of any other alternatives to stay, they opened their home to him. this happened and they can't believe it. >> the suspect was living with them since around thanksgiving. tell us about why they offered him a home. >> well, he was a friend of their son. he seemed like he was described as a little quirky, but he was a quiet kid. while he lived there, he was very respectful and obeyed the family's rules and he was a kid that needed a home and they opened their home up to him never knowing this would ever happen. >> walk us through yesterday morning. the father woke him up to take him to an adult educational place where he was studying and he refused to go? >>

. >> we got a career person saying that it looked like a junky case, half-baked -- >> senator, mrs. lewis chest pains. >> yeah. >> we're gonna take a 10-minute break, a 15-minute break. we stand in recess. >> my face had gotten red. i was having a hard time focusing my eyes. i was frightened that i was having a heart attack at the time. >> she ended up going to the hospital that night. >> the whitewater hearings were not lacking in drama. but since they were only broadcast by c-span in the summer and fall of 1995, they didn't attract the attention that republicans had hoped for. the network news divisions were all preoccupied with another circus at the time, the trial of o.j. simpson in los angeles. but behind closed doors back in washington, a group of secretive lawyers were cooking up a way to land the paula jones lawsuit back on the front page. >> paula jones had the most amazing legal talent working for her, with no one in the media knowing, with paula jones not knowing. >> they called themselves "the elves." and they saw to it that the jones lawsuit kept working its way through the l

mr. lewis, thank you for joining us. represent the family who took in nikolas cruz, took him in after his adoptive mother died. are they just stunned by this? >> they are. they can't believe what's happened. they can't believe that this young man was capable of this. they took him in off the street where he really had no other place to go after his own mother died. he had befriended their son at the same high school about a year before, and when the -- nikolas ran out of other really alternatives where he could stay, they opened their home to him, and this happened and they just can't believe it. >> the suspect was living with them since around thanksgiving. tell us about why -- why did they offer him a home? >> well, he was a friend of their son. and he seemed like a, you know, he was described as a little quirky, but he was a quiet kid, but while he lived there, he was very respectful. he obeyed all the family's rules that they had. he's just a kid that needed a home and they had a place and they opened their home up t

mr. lewis, gentleman from minnesota, recognized for five minutes. >> director mulvaney, thanks for coming today. i think i only have one quote of yours going back a couple of days. you'll be relieved. >> remember. >> i do want to talk about intellectual honesty in a moment. but first, i am not going to sit up here and defend the spending in this budget. but then again, i won't defend the spending in a number of congressional budgets either. the fact is last sunday you made a salient point you hoped the democrats would come along on the defense side but, without giving us additional money for welfare spending but they refused and that's just the world we live in. and i think that's absolutely true. in fact, i don't think it's possible in this world to plus up defense from $549 billion to 716 and say we'll zero out social programs. that is not going to pass anybody, let alone the united states senate. so, instead of a shared sacrifice being everybody tightens their belt across the federal budget,

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when i chaired the oversight subcommittee along with mr. lewis, we brought in cms to give number.hey said it was 12.7%. part of the challenges they could not distinguish between fraud and error. to create a sense of wonder and all and joss lacking mystery, we brought in the person who is in charge of visa and ask them the same question. what is your fraud and erroneous payment rate. my recollection is that it was .06%. this is going to take executive leadership. there is a role for us to play. you know how big institutions work particularly the one you are leading. i want to encourage you to be tenacious and i think that you will find willing partners here on a bipartisan basis to join with you in the legislative point of view to get this done. i yield back. >> you are recognized. thank you, mr. secretary. let me ask you to respond in writing to the following specific questions. as you know, last year, president trump said big pharma was essentially committing murder. he also said we have to create new bidding procedures for the drug industry because they are getting away with mur

. >> mr. lewis? >> thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations. looking forward to work wug and director hall. thank you so much for being here. i'm a little perplexed at the other side of the aisle's handling over dynamic scoring. it's only a model about a century old and alfred marshall came up with supply and demand curves. i don't think anybody doubt the the elasticity of work and savings, we saw that in the '60s, '80s and are seeing it now. if you were to ask anyone on this panel if they wanted to reduce smoking, which we all want to do for our young people, what is the first thing they would do? raise the cigarette tax. but prices don't have any effect on people's behavior. of course they do. i understand you've got a very tough job. if i could predict interest rates or super bowl winner i would be in a different line of work. the bottom line is that there are things that we can predict with historical accuracy. i understand you have a very tough job. as i say, monetary policy is something you have no control over and would have to be a prob

. >> mr. lewis, thanks for joining us. what a blow to that family. this whole community. connor king and his mother laura king. thanks for joining us. connor, let me start with you. you were on the top floor of the freshmen building. tell us what you saw and heard. >> so, it was around 2:20 and the fire alarm rang and we were really skeptical because there was another one like earlier that day. and we had no idea what was going on so we looked over the stairs and there were -- we heard gunshots and popping sounds so everybody ran back into their classrooms. >> that's what you had been trained to do, get inside the classroom. >> yeah. >> so tell us what happened inside. >> so, when we were inside, everybody like piled on top of each other like it was really squished together. like i couldn't move my legs, someone had to help me get my phone out of my pocket to turn it off so it wouldn't ring. >> you were all down on the ground. >> yes. >> were you able to get the door locked. >> yes. >> and, you know, this is so unimaginable to so many of us who haven't been in this situat

lewis gilbert -- his careerre reads like aest hits of the british film industry, and certainly some of mrbond's greatest moments. laura: lewis gilbert, who has died at the age of 97. rememberyou can find more on all the day's news on our website. plus, to see what we are working on at anytime, check out our facebook page. i am laurarevelyan. thank you so much for watching "bbc world news america." bbc news app, our rtical videos are designed to work around your lifestyle, so you can swipe your way through the news of the day and stay up to date withhe latest headlines you n trust. download now from selected app stores. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the frman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on th island with wanny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbeea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. m

. >> thank you, let's go to minnesota, mr. lewis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, congratulations, looking forward to working with you. director hall, thank you so much for being here. i'm perplexed at the other side of the aisle's hammering of dynamic scoring. it's an model about a century old, and alfred marshall came up with supply and demand curves. no one doubts the elas tisty of -- if you were to ask anyone on this panel, if they were to -- wanted to reduce smoking, which we all want to do for our young people, what's the first thing they'd do? they raise the cigarette tax. well, but prices don't have any effect on people's behavior. well, of course they do. and so this -- i understand you've got a very tough job. if i could predict interest rates or the super bowl winner, i'd be in a different line of work. but the bottom line is, there are things that we can predict with historical accuracy. i understand you have a very tough job. as i say, monetary policy is something you have no control over, and would have to be a problem for some of your model

denny barney is a wonderful choice to replace mr. lewis. his record of service in the private sect yovend -- sector and on the maricopa board of supervisors will serve him well. i am grateful for all of oour leaders in east valley who work diligently to foster an environment for families to live and businesses to grow. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, mr. speaker, in the house we have a procedure that if words are untoward and not becoming of our statute as members of the united states congress it can be, by any member, those words can be asked to be taken down. it is unfortunate that in a tweet this morning the commander in chief said of a member of congress that is a federal official he must be stopped. words to that effect. i left my hometown early this morning and had hoped there would have been some decentre spons from the chief of staff or other staff members of the whi

lewis. >> i'm sure the mrs. loved it. >> for sure. >> they have got an appetite.e known for -- in many ways it's not -- come on. >> also heading to theaters -- >> don't freeze. >> i never freeze. >> the hype is real for "black panther" it is the best reviewed marvel movie of all times. it's expected to break box office records next friday. you know what else is real when you see everybody's body in this movie. we saw lots of shirtless photos. >> not mad at them. >> okay. y'all ain't mad. >> was there a little competition? >> why you got to try to start drama? >> because they do it to us women all the time. i'm turning the tables. >> turning it back on us. i'm a naturally competitive person. >> i was less concerned about whether my biceps was as big as his biceps. that's your fun. >> we'll have our fun. >> you can have your fun with it. >> listen, it was serious business when michael b. jordan and chadwick boseman had to face off for the action sequences. >> action. >> who was the most natural at it? >> between who? >> all of you've guys. >> oh. i played sports. he

lewis. >> i'm sure the mrs. loved it. >> for sure. >> they have got an appetite.e known for -- in many ways it's not -- come on. >> also heading to theaters -- >> don't freeze. >> i never freeze. >> the hype is real for "black panther" it is the best reviewed marvel movie of all times. it's expected to break box office records next what else you see everybody's in this movie. we saw lots of shirtless photos. them. >> okay. y'all ain't mad. >> was there a little>> why you drama? >> because they do time. i'm turning the tables. competitive back on us. person. >> i was less concerned whether my biceps was as big as that your fun. >> we'll have our fun. >> you can havest yr , it was s business when michael b. jhadwie off for the action sequences. ural at n. it? >> between who? >> all of you've i played sports. he played sports. >> athletic. i'll just say me. atural fighter? >> chadwick. chaick has a history in martiats hestds. he's cnn wizenn with it. >>ilmi lupita and danai had to go throughcamp you guyed looked -- >> it was dedication.arki it upd to take it down to

mr. graham and henry lewis who founded time in life were playing golf in phoenix at the billionth finishing their 18th hole and out to the green runs woman and says -- mr. graham mr. graham you have to meet my son-in-law he's just like you. and it's edith davis and the mother who herself was an actress. and her daughter had just married ronald reagan, and they wanted two to meet, and mrs. reagan told us she said she knew two guys would like each other. she knew and they have a lot in common they were both from small town and spoke in kind of reduced -- you know had had very charismatic both great speakers both very handsome and came of age about the same time. and so they -- they were kind of doppelgÄngers and mrs. reagan said too they shared a lot of things and met a great deal in the white house usually privately. got far less publicly than previous meetings. >> we're here on afterwards talking with michael duffy author of the future and the presidents and we'll be right back. welcome back to afterwards i'm bob deans and our guest is michael duffy coauthor of the preacher and the presiden

reads like a greatest hits of the british film industry and it is certainly some of mr bond's greatest moments. lewisugh the language is an official one in south africa and zimbabwe. —— the country of wa kanda. south africa and zimbabwe. —— the country of wakanda. here are some of the useful phrases. i may not be from wa kanda, but the useful phrases. i may not be from wakanda, but i do speak the language. what you hear in the film is my language. it is spoken byjust over 8 million people in south africa and was nelson mandela's hauman. just in case you find yourself in wa kanda hauman. just in case you find yourself in wakanda and you want to strike up a conversation with black panther, i will teach you a few phrases. it is one of the few land which is in the world with clicks in it. if you want to say hi, how are you? let's it. if you want to say hi, how are you ? let's take it. if you want to say hi, how are you? let's take it up a notch. maybe you? let's take it up a notch. maybe you want to know what side of the road to drive on. you would say... let's try that again. what side of the body do yo

lewis is that family's attorney. where was it kept? >> in his bedroom in his gun safe with a key. >> reporter: and the key was with cruz? >> it was with mr. cruz. it was his gun and his cabinet. >> reporter: and the family let the gun into the house because? >> because it was part of his possessions. >> reporter: that lawyer jim lewis said that the family had no idea that cruz was going to do this or what his motive was. law enforcement sources are telling nbc news that cruz is being held her in an isolation cell on a suicide watch. lester? >> all right. kerry sanders with us tonight. thank you, kerry. >>> president trump says he plans to visit the site of this horrifying massacre in the coming days. today he addressed a grieving nation while many are calling on the president and congress to finally address guns and mental health. we get more from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: the president's efforts to comfort the nation tonight striking for what he didn't say. >> answer hate with love. answer cruelty with kindness. >> reporter: president trump in a nearly seven-minute statement not once mentioning the word "guns." instead again s

mrs. le guin joined the elite group of first writerses like c. s. lewis who have done just that. she used her writing to push back against injustices and social constraints. she wrote about environmental destruction, about feminism, gender inequality, about racism, and about war and peace. she wrote about women protagonists and about non-white heroes when they were even less commonly highlighted than they are today. she wrote about multidimensional characters and others who thought to better themselves and their societies rather than to bend others to their will. the more mrs. le guin wrote, the more people would read and the more the awards started to pile up. she racked up awards over the course of her career, like few authors have. multiple hugo, national book award, newberry medal. in 1997 she was short listed for the pulitzer prize. she twice won the hugo award in the same year in 1969 for the left hand of darkness and for 1974's "the dispossessed." i would be here until next week if i tried to list all of her achievements, but because we have a rule in the wyden household a

mr. powell says later in the week. >> let us get back to our guest from oxford economics. lewis coach is with us still.is, what was your take away from a jay powell statement. statement? >> i agree. his prepared statement did not care any surprises. the surprises were that he made what had may have been of faux pas. he was talking about his personal ideas and set of the committees. instead of the committees. he was clearly very bullish. he opened the door to those interest rate hikes that we were forecasting as a firm. the market only attaches 30% probability to it. is becoming more of a dominant conversation, right? it is creeping up on it comes to imply probability going by fed fund futures. you can see that hiccup in the market imply probability of getting four. is there a chance that we are going to see, as with every year of the past decade, inflation failed to materialize -- fail to materialize? >> that is still a crucial question. we are very comfortable about growth. we have so many positives at the moment. some of these factors that used to be headwinds have become tailwinds, like the global e

lewis of georgia and sam johnson of texas. it has been my high honor to serve as his ranking member with this great american hero and dedicated public servant. we all know that mr. johnson is indicating that he will not be seeking election again. that is a great loss to the congress and a great homecoming for people in plano, texas, and his family who richly deserved this great american hero here. he demonstrates that heroism daily in the committee by his compassion and concern for his fellow americans. much as he defended them in his service to the military, he defends them daily here in the united states congress. as chairman brady pointed out, there is a great need within the payee system to address a number of the concerns that the hearings that mr. johnson conducted revealed many of the inadequacyies that existed. -- inadequacies that existed. there are currently eight million social security beneficiaries who have a payee to help manage their benefits. nearly half of whom are children. in many cases we are talking about the most vulnerable of our citizens, many who cannot advocate for themselves. that is why our bill strengthens the number of quality of p