We know they work. Tell e we know theyve made huge differences in peoples lives. Theyve taken people from extreme poverty and brought them up. Theyve taken people only the edge and brought them out of poverty. They are some of the best partnerships in many ways, that people have ever known. Despite this some of the people in this town so many people in this town that dress well, that get good titles that have good salaries, good benefits, including hemtcare paid by the taxpayers of the united states, so many people want to cut and undermine and emasculate these programs that clearly work. They want to do that, in large part, because of their view of government. That government can never work. That government should never be on the side of people in the mid lt class or government should never be on the side of people that aspire to the middle class of low income workers. This fight has been going on for a long time. Ralph Waldo Emmerson spoke about the innovators and the con verve xxs.
Brian talked about getting 500 people to sign up. That power to do that has not existed up until now. That is an amazing opportunity for an entrepreneur to find a market demand that is pentup by the populace. As that proliferates and people start doing it and adopting it i think we have seen in many different instances, whether it is the company we named, stub hub, ticket regulations, all of these things in the past 10 years, a little bit of hey, easy on the tiller, lets see how this plays out. Thats one of the things local government can do, because i do think there is a tremendous opportunity in the 35,000 municipalities that airbnb or uber are in to test. Part of what we do is iterate. You have an amazing lab right around the world to see what works and what doesnt work. I think i think that can be applied to the federal government and what we are talking about with congress. I think how boston implements technology and uses it, taking the best from what boston can do, or new york c
Pursuant to the ord of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morningr. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour, and each member r than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. Foxx for five minu ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker paying for college is hard work and its getting more difficult as tui and fees continue to increase at rapid rates. Fortunately, American Families have an investment tool known as a 529 plan to help them save for their childs college education. Since 2001 students have been able to withdraw earni from these plans tax free if the funds are used to pay for qualified Higher Education expenses. It was disheartening to learn last week that president obama now
Weekends. Brought some warm temperatures with you . I certainly d trade off of a forecast for in you my christmas bundle of joy. Thats what well take. Thats what i am calling t a belong that nice warm air does build in for us, also dodging raindrops here today and specially tomorrow. So depending on when your travel plans happen, if you have got them, or if you are still one of those last minute shoppers out and becomes trying to get the gifts, errands taken care of, yes, dealing with wet weather along the way, so details on what storm system means for your travel, how it will time out, what Christmas Day is looking like and beyond, all of the details you need coming up in just the next few minutes. New this morning, man is undergoing surgery after he is shot in the back in philadelphias grays ferry neighborhood. Investigators tell us the 33 year old victim was walking home from the store, at 25th and moore, when he heard gunfire last night. He ran home, realized he was shocked, and ca
House. We look at some potential pitfalls. In tonights a deeper look, as the war spreads we look at the growing humanitarian crisis from the middle east to africa and beyond great to have you with us. We begin with ha president obama calls on historic era, an openness with cuba. President obama sat with a one on one meeting. Its the first time any u. S. President has officially met with a cuban leader in five years. In a News Conference the president says he knows he has to make his case on cuba to congress. There is majority support for our policy in the United States and support for our policy in cuba. I think people recognise that if you keep on doing something for 50 years and it doesnt work you should try something new. So the American People dont need to be persuaded that this is in fact the right thing to do. I recognise that theres concerns and questions that congress may have. We have concerns and questions about specific activities that take place in cuba and human rights and