White house budget director young testified in President Bidens newly released 2025 budget request. She outlined some of the priorities laid out in the proposal including tax cuts for the middle class, lowering healthcare costs, childcare investments, and protections for Social Security and medicare. Other topics included funding for ukraine, National Debt, and inflation reduction. This is two hours. All right, let me call this hearing of the budget to order. All right. Let me call this hearing of the Budget Committee to order. Let me thank my colleagues for indulging the late start at 10 15 instead of 10 00 today because i had a presentation to make at the supreme court, so thank you for indulging that. I was presenting to the judicial conference. I dont know which one is which. [ laughter ] so, let me first say good morning to our Committee Members present and offer a special welcome to Shalanda Young. Director, it is always a pleasure to have you here before the committee. There is
White house budget director young testified in President Bidens newly released 2025 budget request. She outlined some of the priorities laid out in the proposal including tax cuts for the middle class, lowering healthcare costs, childcare investments, and protections for Social Security and medicare. Other topics included funding for ukraine, National Debt, and inflation reduction. This is two hours. All right, let me call this hearing of the budget to order. All right. Let me call this hearing of the Budget Committee to order. Let me thank my colleagues for indulging the late start at 10 15 instead of 10 00 today because i had a presentation to make at the supreme court, so thank you for indulging that. I was presenting to the judicial conference. I dont know which one is which. [ laughter ] so, let me first say good morning to our Committee Members present and offer a special welcome to Shalanda Young. Director, it is always a pleasure to have you here before the committee. There is
Step. Theres a lot of good bipartisan conversation in congress about that right now. Host thanks for the time. On the senate side, the Senate Judiciary Committee Just starting a hearing, taking a look at the impact of enforced arbitration. That meeting has already started. We take it to you in process. They know very little, if anything, about police procedure. What is forced arbitration . Youre giving up your right to take a dispute to court. This is a constitutional right you have. You are giving it up even before you know there is a dispute. Arbitration clauses are buried in the fine print of a product manual or website. Most people dont realize they are agreeing to them. The car he bought seven years ago has hardly ever left the garage. There was an engine problem that the manufacturer first refused to acknowledge, then refused to fix. I didnt even know what an arbitration agreement was. I was beside myself that we lost our right to court. I am a Lieutenant Commander the and comman
Killed. What we are learning about the exchange and the warning from police. Good saturday evening everyone. We begin with the new information on that deadly encounter. Police say a man was supposed to meet another man to purchase a used phone but was robbed, shot and left for dead. Investigator say the exchange happened in the middle of the day on east 14th street, we get new details on the developing story from rob malcolm who joins us live tonight. Reporter good evening, this is the intersection and main thoroughfare in the east bay and what troubles police is that this took place in broad daylight. If you take a live look you can see how heavily traveled this area is and how brazen the crime was. They say it serves as a wakeup call for anyone looking to buy or sell items online over the holiday season. Heres what we know so far, according to police the victim met up with two other people at the corner who responded to his ad on craigslist. They were here to Exchange Items and it su
Bargaining rights, retire savings programs, and Employer Health insurance coverage, Family Planning services and contraception. A a quorum quorum is present. The committee is order to welcome our distinguished guest, secretary alexander acosta. Secretary acosta has been at the helm of the department of labor since april and were grateful he could join us to testify for the First Time Since his confirmation. Mr. Secretary, welcome to the committee. We look forward to your testimony, which we are sorry did not arrive earlier, and discussing the department of labors policies and priorities under the new administration. The department of labor is on the front line of the issues facing workers and job creators and it sets policies that have a widespread impact on the nations economy, employment growth, Retirement Security and more. Whether they relate to healthcare, Worker Protections reeker timer planning, Work Force Development or employee wages and benefits, its the responsibility of thi