So government has an incredibly Important Role to play and resourcing means to address it. To follow up on the last point, we are part of an Organization Called we protect which is a Global Organization that brings together industry as well as government as well as Law Enforcement and well as mgrs to look at these issues on a global level. We put together a National Model for what it looks like in a country to have the resources you need to combat exploitation of children in particular. That is a good working model for how to begin to look at these programs at a global level and would like to thank the doj for participating and putting its forces behind it. I want to thank this panel, an Amazing Group of individuals who work for the companys, they volunteer their time committed to this issue and this is only the tip of the iceberg. The more people see these companies doing this work we will see a difference in ending modernday slavery, so thank you very much, give them a big hand for b
Mr. Thompson if that freshwater doesnt run through and to the ocean the saltwater runs back in. I have two major cities in my district that relies on that for the source of water. If this bill passes, their water supply is in jeopardy. You cant drink salts water. It just doesnt work. California is in the middle of an extreme drought. Its not due to a lack of pumping. Its not because our states water regulations and its not because were putting fish ahead of farms and people. Its because theres no rain and theres no snow. No bill can make it rain but this bill makes a bad situation even worse. Its wrong for california. It wont stop the drought. It wont make it rain but it will kill jobs and it will ruin Drinking Water for millions of californians. The state of california wont support this bill because it ignores 20 years of established science and undermines our extensive efforts to implement equal measures to address longstanding water shortages. Weve been down this road before in cali
Verification flaws, as you said, this lack of controls and lack of balance between accessibility, pushing people to get enrollment numbers up, versus the verification, its also about a lot of confusion for consumers. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Quick question for you. Did you look for any real people who attempted to deceive the system . Mr. Bagdoyan good question. We did not. As i mentioned earlier. Thank you. Is it your job to figure out the number of fraudulent accounts receiving subsidies and Health Care Coverage on healthcare. Gov . Mr. Bagdoyan not at this stage of our work. Ok. Of the 50,000 taxpayers who filed returns based on inaccurate subsidy data, how many of those did you review . Mr. Bagdoyan none. Because youre not the i. R. S. Mr. Bagdoyan thats correct. Ok. Theres no doubt that it was a disaster. A 4 million website that became synonymous with failure. Mr. Scott we had a constituent in South Carolina who was trying to figure out how to get his information off the website
Join us this saturday for our live coverage of the harlem book fair, the nations literary event. On sunday, the author and code pink cofounder. Saturday we are live from the Nations Capital for the National Book festival, celebrating its 15th year followed by our live indepth program. That is a few of our upcoming, live programs. Vice President Biden spoke at the center for american progress. He focused his remarks on issues and people can get involved with to create progressive change including gun control, the environment, and Campaign Finance reform. This is 40 minutes. You are working on something that has been near to my heart before there was an issue and people are willing to face the reality that millions were being victimized by standards that needs to change. I want to thank her for her leadership. It is great to be back here. Wheeze to say in the senate, you take me back. You remind me why i got involved in the first place. I know you had a full day. You got a chance to spea
Below 25000 and 2027488001 for all others. James, you are next from massachusetts. Hello . Caller mi actually on tv . Host you are, go ahead. Caller i had no idea. Im site i was not prepared. I am an individual who spend a lot of time in school. I have a lot of education yet i found myself making basically welfare wages. Im curious what you would say about this middle class. I have 200,000 in student loans. I make about 25,00030,000 dollars a year. I have no idea where this is going, frankly. Guest it is a very good question and something we have been tracking at the Pew Research Center for a while. Looking at the ways americans exceed themselves and rather not they see themselves as part of the middle class and to what it takes to be part of the middle class. Perhaps one of the most interesting Public Opinion results we have had is that we take a look at you asked americans, do you expect or chip in to have a better standard of living than you do now . You start to see Many Americans