Second. Any comments or changes . All in favor . Aye. The motion carries. Item four, directors report. Good morning, commissioners. I just want to start with the Older Americans act. I usually start with the federal level and i wanted to give you a report that the Older Americans the Congress Passed a shortterm continuation of the Older Americans act. As i mentioned before, it was some set it on september 30th so they passed a shortterm resolution to keep it going until november 21st. In the meantime, we are hoping to work out the appropriation differences that they have, so we had really news on the house side that there were actually they were proposing some increases for the Older Americans act and on the senate side, it was much less impressive. So theres still a lot of advocacy to be done, and hopefully our advocates from San Francisco will be thinking about how we can reach out and make sure that the Older Americans act gets funded at hopefully better levels than it currently loo
Was the last two pass all the bills as part of the Fiscal School year and i was almost 25 years ago and motels members have not seen a process that works the way its supposed to where they are there on time and the committee on appropriation process which i served along my colleague who was established by the bipartisan act of 2018 and was charged with making recommendations to significantly reform the budget process. A very active establishing committee was that the process wasnt working at all to be. Local one such a nine says that no money shall be gone from the treasury and the appropriations made by law and the color of the purse within the constitutional powers. Its a constitutionally mandated shut down an executive power. When Congress Fails to pass it builds on time. It seized power to the executive branch. They passed 117 resolutions since the beginning of the fiscal year in 1998 and last Year Congress passed nine see ours and this year the pass three but. Thats a lot of time
Good morning, commissioners. I just want to start with the Older Americans act. I usually start with the federal level and i wanted to give you a report that the Older Americans the Congress Passed a shortterm continuation of the Older Americans act. As i mentioned before, it was some set it on september 30th so they passed a shortterm resolution to keep it going until november 21st. In the meantime, we are hoping to work out the appropriation differences that they have, so we had really news on the house side that there were actually they were proposing some increases for the Older Americans act and on the senate side, it was much less impressive. So theres still a lot of advocacy to be done, and hopefully our advocates from San Francisco will be thinking about how we can reach out and make sure that the Older Americans act gets funded at hopefully better levels than it currently looks like on the senate guide. We will keep you abreast of that situation, but it might be that the depar
Marketing director for townhall, los angeles. Townhall has been around for 83 years. We started doing them catered toward the millennial and young professional audience. Tonights topic is on the future of journalism. Living in the fake news era and that areal platforms evolving all the time. I just wanted to start off with olivia. Can you say what you guys do and where you are from . Hello. Smith, i am a producer with Good Morning America. My team is in new york. I have been with abc news for 4. 5 years. My name is fernando. I am a producereditor with attention. I invest in los angeles on our digital team. Nna my name is breanna brianna sacks. News on ouruzz feed breaking news team. I am headquartered in new york. Start off want to with this question for all of you. What makes for a good story . Fernando i just go with olivia i just go with what i read this . Just like a gift, by what you would get for yourself. The best stories have been from talking to people. I am someone who does n
As they work under the duress of time and pressures from diverse interests, inspire them to strive to live with integrity, making ethical decisions that honor you. Lord, be with their Staff Members who run the office and provide the data needed for responsible decisions. Be also with those who process the mountains of business in and out of the cloakrooms. Lord, sustain those who transcribe the debates for the congressional record. Bless those who monitor parliamentary order, schedules, and voting records. Protect those who provide security at the doors, on the floor, and on the street. And, lord, bless our pages. Strengthen all who are a part of the senates support system, surrounding them with your protection and favor. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty a