You dono not aim with filthy rih politicians. This is what we perform and we should. Lets dig in. Why doesnt matter that politicians are given the they are allowed . I think the reason it matters is it is eroding trust and elected officials and we have lastthe correlation in the four or five decades between delected officials and average americans. At the same time we see the erosion of trust and elected officials. It parallels a loss of trust in institutions thatbu politicians are congress, so thats why the book matters. Always been . I think clearly politicians in general have been people who are richer and if you look at president George Washington was incredibly wealthy and roosevelt prosecutor and a long list. I think the difference is the lower chamber. Members of the house of representatives since about the time i was ten years old, there will is double and the wealth of the average person has been a flat line and have gone down. Right now the average member of congress is about
Torrent of sexual abuse allegations by women against powerful men in the workplace with jennifer drobac, a legal expert on Sexual Harassment law. And well speak with writer, rebecca solnit, whose most recent piece is headlined, let this flood of womens stories never cease on fighting foundational misogyny one story at a time. Then, fcc chairman ajit pai announces plans to end Net Neutrality. Essentially to repeal the heavyhanded regulation adopted years ago on a partyline vote that regulated the internet. What im proposing to do is get rid of those regulations. Amy we will look at how supporters of Net Neutrality are mobilizing ahead of the december 14 fcc vote on the plan. Revokes anent trump Immigration Program for nearly 60,000 haitians, including many who came to the United States after the devastating 2010 earthquake in haiti. We will get response from little haiti in miami. Is in the National Interest of the u. S. For the 58,000 plus haitians to remain here, contribute socially a
Winners and losers, we want an opportunity economy. Instead of the same outdated model in washington, we are working on solutions that empower you to achieve a better life. Already, we have it enacted reform. Now seniors will have the peace of mind to count on medicare and tax payers will save 3 trillion of the long term over the longterm. We have a balance edge of plan budget plan, and we have enacted tools to fight human trafficking. And we have a plan to advance an american trade and promote jobs. We ended the bulk collection of phone data and ensures that congress will have a say on the iran nuclear deal. That is just the last seven months. Since 2010, when you first elected a republican majority we reduced spending by more than 2 trillion, the most significant spending reduction in modern history. We projected 99 of americans from tax increases. We achieved job skills, student loans, and medicare medical reforms. We stopped the transfer of detainees into the u. S. We enacted a mea
Information people are putting onto these web sites to begin with. And secondly then, we need to customers themselves need to be educated to make sure that they understand what their rights are and that they ask the hard questions before just giving very personal information. Host well, joining our conversation is dustin foltz of the national journal. You joined a few lawmakers earlier this week in introducing or writing a letter to the Government Accountability Office Asking them to take a look at what the government and the private sector are doing to, after data breaches, how theyre helping and responding and helping customers. It seems as though the sense of the letter is more needs to be done. Is it your sense that both the government and the private sector are really not responding to data breaches the way they need to effectively . Guest well, the government and the private companies theyre saying that theyre giving protection to customers. I think in opms case, it was 18 months
Congress join us for a conversation about internet and tech issues facing the united states. Uzan is aative s democrat from washington. Oth have backgrounds how do you view your role as a member of congress when it comes to tech policy . Of how you are reminded much the industry is growing and how many new things you see for the first time and how many times people explain them to you. We are falling behind, we are doing what we can to stay up. We are constantly trying to take that behind Technology Knowledge and relate to people who have never done anything more than go to best buy. It is quite a challenge sometimes. The folks want to understand technology, but once you get you the data, you realize have a bit of a challenge. We are very lucky that not and myself, but a number of members who stay up on technology. Do you view your role as a member of congress when it comes to tech . Think it is about educating other members of congress about how Technology Works today, but also where