Down because people can disabilities are finding jobs. It means that the people with disabilities by and large are giving up. And that is the important thing to say that that is the discussion in which we are framing this, you know, that is really where we are when we frame this discussion. So most importantly, the big question that we are all asking here today, so what. Employment for people with disabilities, and the employment, across the entire population is a reflection of ones identity. It is something that a lot of us take for granted and everybody has to get up and go to work in the morning, to actually kind of a drag. And well, one of the most, and when you meet somebody new, one of the first questions that you ask, is, what do you do for a living . Well the answer to that question, is, i do nothing, how will people with disabilities ever be perceived as equals in the society. And when we talk about having the people with disabilities in the employment sector, it is important
Conference report. Roll call votes are scheduled for after 6 30 be eastern. Over in the senate, members return at 2 ian to continue eastern to continue work on scheduled Flood Insurance rate increases delay. A procedural vote is scheduled for 5 30. Watch the house live on cspan and the senate here on cspan2. Bill and hillary began their teaching careers at the university of arkansas. Bill came right after graduating from yale in 1973, and hillary came a year later. Hillary clintons career began right inside this building, the leffler law school at the university of arkansas, where she was a professor. She taught classes such as criminal law, criminal procedure, trial procedure and the prison project. Hill prison was, you know hillary was, you know, wellesley educated, Ivy League Law school grad that had worked in d. C. As part of the Nixon Campaign. Nixon had been impeached about two weeks before hillary taught her first class. First Lady Hillary Clinton tonight at 9 eastern on cspan a
Nomination of a u. S. District judge for illinois. We take you live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. Under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired. The question is on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote ask l vote vote vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 45, and the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates actions. Ms. Stabenow madam president. The presiding officer the senator from michigan. Ms. Stabenow thank you very much, madam president. I rise today to speak on behalf of american women. Our fundamental rights and our freedom to make our own health care decisions. Its shocking that in this day and age that we have to actually stand up and fight for something as basic as making our own Reproductive Health decis
Go to your local Senior Center. The Broadband Technology Grant Program has purchased about 40 systems to be distributed throughout the city. Find out if your local Senior Center is part of that program and has a wii. I am going to be doing training with all of the Senior Center a activity directors in the next couple of weeks so that all of them will know how to supervise and manage and use the system. By this summer, there should be wii at a Senior Center near you. We urge you to try out this new activity. It is really fun to play golf, tennis, baseball, even boxing. Challenge someone you do not belong with well at the Senior Center to a game of boxing, but do not actually punched a person punch the person. Do not do that. It should be a great opportunity this summer to experience the wii. They will start with the formal program in a few minutes. We wanted to give you a demonstration of the wii. Look forward to seeing you soon look forward to seeing you soon in the future. How about w
And they allow me to represent San Francisco as the Innovative Center for all the rest of the cities across the country. So we get to compare information and there. What these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d. C. , and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. Finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. Hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in San Francisco, because the companies that are here, many of them have agreed to use the virtual hiring practice called hiresf. Org and share the technology to hire online send franciscans. Were doing the right here in our great city. I have a chief innovation officer, jane, who is working in my office. He keeps a good connection for both me and them members of the board of supervisors to share in what are the technologi