Please welcome politico Vice President and general manager, alexis williams. [applause] good morning everyone hi behalf of the political ceo and editorinchief, welcome to the fifth annual womens rural summit. [applause] thank you so much for joining us. It is absolutely amazing to see so many familiar faces as well as a lot of new faces. It has been a great evolution and im so glad to have you all with us today. I am here to do a simple job which is to say thank you. Thank you to everyone for attending. A special thank you to our ambassador and at every table there is an investor that will be helping lead conversations. If i could just ask you to stand quickly if you are an ambassador. [applause] these are remarkable women. Many of whom have flown in from across the country to help the Youth Empowerment information and share insight. Our first annual inaugural luncheon and best was large and they will be leading so i hope you all really enjoy that curious today is not just explore the
Please welcome politico Vice President and general manager, alexis williams. [applause] good morning, everyone. On behalf of the politico ceo and editorinchief, welcome to the fifth annual women rural summit. [applause] thank you so much for joining us. It is absolutely amazing to see so many familiar faces, as well as a lot of new faces. It has been a great evolution and im so glad to have you all with us today. I am here to do a simple job which is to say thank you. Thank you to everyone for attending. A special thank you to our ambassadors, and at every table there is an ambassador that will be helping lead conversations. If i could just ask you to stand quickly if you are an ambassador. [applause] remarkable women, many of whom have flown in from across the country to help the Youth Empowerment information and share insight. Our first annual inaugural and they will be leading dialogues, so i hope you all enjoy that. We are informing, empowering and connecting women such as yourselv
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The senate. Here are senators from earlier this evening, talking about the Government Shutdown. There are a lot of americans who do not understand what is happening right now. Republicans asked for control of the United States senate. They asked for control of the house of representatives and the white house. They got all three. They promised that by doing so, they would be able to more effectively manage the affairs of state. That is clearly not happening right now. To governn inability as we are shutdown for the second day. Tomorrow is an important day. Despite the fact that we have made some progress on friday in orders floor thatach an agreement republicans and democrats can support. I am here with several of my colleagues to make some simple request of the United States senate. If we are really adults and will operate like grownups, we need to be true, responsible stewards of the government and keep the government open for a very short period of time while we negotiate a way out o