Institute. This is about 20 minutes. [applause] we are in kind of an unusual technical situation because craig venter, who is in san diego, hes supposed to be here is ill will something. So i guess lets see if i can just craig, can you hear me . Hes ill with something akin to muteness. Hes looking pretty good. [laughter] craig, can you hear me at all . You think hes scary looking . Hes not scary looking. [laughter] hes just an ill man. Lets see if we can we have a number of backup systems which i suppose we should employ. [laughter] if worse comes to worse, ill just tell you what i think he would have done if i could control him like a puppet. [laughter] all right. Now maybe hes hearing me. Craig, can you hear me . I can, robert. Nice to hear you. All right. We lost you for a bit. So whats wrong with you . [laughter] or. Lets see, i didnt want to leave la jolla sunshine for washington d. C. No, a number of things going op but, you know, it would have made montezuma proud. [laughter] le
Religious function including professors, teachers and even a cemetery personnel. Additional exemptions are not only necessary but could lead to adverse consequences for discrimination protection. If nondiscrimination provisions protecting the workers from discrimination on the job will not infringe upon the religious beliefs of employers. Employers already have these ample protections under the First Amendment and explicit statutory exemptions. The courts have also not been shy of playing bees in the rights liberally. The Supreme Court noted that the u. S. Constitution gives a special solitude to the rights of religious organizations. The Supreme Court has also recognized that the government has a unique and compelling interest in protecting against employment discrimination. Writing for the majority in hobby lobby, Justice Alito rejected the possibility that discrimination and hiring might be a religious practice to a scapegoat legal sanction. He wrote the decision today provides no s
Happening simultaneously in terms of the public becoming aware of their rights and their ability to file such claims and the ability for Government Agencies to be responsive, Government Agencies such as the department of labor to be responsive to the type of claims being filed. In addition, i think that a. The. That was made earlier with respect to the marketplace is another clear indicator that the trend is moving in the direction of affording protection and providing a safe workplace for lg bt employees. What we are looking for is a way to have the numbers go in an opposite direction in terms of the prevalence of discrimination by creating a workplace that is more around the use of elder the abuse of lg bt individuals. Commissioner. A question to mr. Kendall it was reference that there are over 50 studies of discrimination that have been undertaken the conclusion of which studies from employment discrimination against lg bt people is significant and pervasive. In 2,007 a metaanalysis
Anyone else want to give us a killer idea, maybe something that has already been mentioned once or twice . Maybe not . I think the improper payment act do not pay hold agencies accountable. When you are measuring that its going to hold them accountable to make it a priority. I also think electronic verification at the state level i think it has proven that those death reports are highly accurate and moving in that direction. I would agree with mr. Brune thats prudent and it would allow them to look at other verification processes that perhaps moves resources to those other areas and i go again to verification of family members and funeral homes. We look at some data of 82 corrections in 2012 and 13 and we pulled a small case sample 46 cases. 35 of those cases, those folks were in fact alive but what . 35 of the 45 pieces we looked at. They were erroneously placed in the file. When you look to the source of those reports it was family members and those are typically regarded as being hi
An Army Aviation Restructuring Initiative both of those combine to be 6 billion. If we dont get those reforms. Were going to have to find 6 billion, and find another half a billion for brac, thats who it costs every year for excess infrastructure. If we dont get those things, were going to have to find that money somewhere. Great thank you. For navy and marine corps, it is slowing down the growth of pay and compensation. Its we simply have to do that. We are at the point where were choosing between keeping people or getting them the tools that they need to do their job. And i think that the proposals that have been put forward are reasonable, theyre sound. And from talking to sailors and marines around the world they are the thing that concerns them the most is certainty. And the concern about sequester and whether they will have the tools to do the job that they joined the navy and marine corps to do. Congressman, in addition you heard me with the compensation reforms, i agree with br