In the United States. Theres also an important people to people dimension to the relationship so i think the last figure i saw was 70,000 americans living and working in saudi arabia. At least 30,000 saudi students in the United States. This is a multidimensional relationship that only continues to grow and deepen over the years. In continuing to grow and to deepen going forward. Host a lot more to say but we are out of time. A spokesperson for the embassy of saudi arabia thanks so much for joining us. That is it for todays washington journal we are back again tomorrow morning 7 00 a. M. Eastern. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2024] house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms. Washington, d. C. May 8, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable michael cloud to ac
Americas story. Funding for cspan 2 comes from these Television Companies and more, including charter communications. Chter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers. We are just getting started. We are building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. Charter communications, along with these Television Companies supports cspan 2 as a public service. This course, as you know, examines the development of the u. S. Welfare state, the way americans have gone about making social provisions for themselves. Social provisions include programs that aim at reducing risk and enhancing quality of life. Our focus has been on the relief of poverty. Im going to depart from our usual format here. Im going to do a fair amount of reading this afternoon because im concerned about covering all the material that we have to cover. Over the course of our exploration of the construction of the american welfare state, we have encountered several different pers
Examines the development of the us. Well, first state the way americans have gone about making social provision for themselves. Social provision includes the range of programs at reducing risk or enhancing quality of life. As you know, our focus has on the specific issue of poor relief because relief of poverty seems to present the american system with its most intractable, intractable problem. And im going to depart from our usual format here a little bit. Im going to do a fair amount of reading this afternoon because im concerned about covering all the material that we have to cover over the course of our exploration of the construction of the american welfare. Weve encountered several different persistent themes. A among these are the idea that in the united states, social provision is divided, public and private institutions. Public provide government provides welfare programs. The public like shapes welfare their programing through the tax system on the private end, as discussed,
Good morning everybody. Senate will come to order. The title of todays hearing is keeping our promise to older adults and people with disabilities. The status of Social Security today. Today we will hear from Social Security Administration Commissioner omalley. We are grateful you are here. Commissioner omalley was confirmed last year. And i dont think i have to remind anyone in this room or listening and how important this program called Social Security is. It will serve over 68 million americans this year. Without Social Security benefits experts estimate about four in 10 Older Americans will have incomes below the poverty line. That means 640,000 pennsylvanians are lifted out of poverty solely because of Social Security. Serves people with disabilities. In january of this year Social Security provided almost 12 billion disability benefits to 8. 5 million beneficiaries. Unfortunately, while our population has aged the demand for Social Security has increased support for Social Securi
Minutes. This hearing will come to order but welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing regarding the president s fiscal year 2025 budget request. I welcome director Shalonda Young director of Office Management and budget. Thank you for being here. I have enjoyed working with you. You are one of the most likable people on capitol hill and in my experience in politics and kudos to you. As ive said before i like you a lot i do not like the president s budget im going to outline that with respect. But probably some sharp criticism. But i appreciate your service to our country as a former staff person here on capitol hill and now in this very important job as the director of omb. Welcome back to capitol hill and thank you for your time this morning. Im going to yield such time as i may consume for an Opening Statement that you thought that was my Opening Statement. Im not going to read my statement, i just want to talk to you i want to talk to my colleagues i want to talk to the Americ