, the beginning of the First Grade School year. From today , 16,000 first graders all over the country will go to defense schools in the celebration of flowers. He won 4 colorful badges and became the runnerup of the world iranian Freedom Fighters have won the olympic quota, in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, may god bless muhammad and the family of muhammad, and the family of muhammad may be blessed, there is no news with alcohol until the end, please accompany us. The United Nations said that a new west should not be allowed to form in the international system. Iran supports any initiative to end the war in ukraine. The president said that the new session of the General Assembly will begin while the world has seen unprecedented changes and historymaking. Mr. Raisi added that what guarantees the future roshan is humane, paying attention to the high values that lead man to the sky and dignity, and what better than the word god almighty defines the humanit
Virginia. Military operations key in that part of the country. Front page of the morning journal out of ohio. Lawmakers split on party lines on the president s performance. One more from the front page of ews, with ames n picture of the president. If you want to join our conversation, democrats, republicans, independents. A special line for federal workers. As you are calling in all morning, we have been helped out ta bringing us up to date on the latest. The first headline you read, we could learn more when the senate convenes this morning at noon eastern time. That will be our coverage on cspan2. They will talk about a possible deal through february 8 to open the Government Act up and fund it through february 8. The house came in and now they are in recess. Lawmakers remain in washington during the Government Shutdown. The fingerpointing, as you read in one of the newspapers, is happening on twitter as well. Speaker of the government is needlessly shut down because Senate Democrats n
Again to an impossibly distant 2015. , the year that film comes to mind as i think about the changes we are seeing in how seniors approach work and retirement, the topic of todays hearing. For most of the past century, seniors have been withdrawing as americansforce came to view retirement as a time of uninterrupted rest and leisure that could last for decades. Ofthe year 2000, only 32 werecans age 55 and older still working, and the average age of retirement had dropped to just 63, but the babyboom generation has reversed this trend. Today, 40 of workers 55 and older remain in the workforce, a ratio not seen since the eisenhower administration. Remainingoomers are in the workforce longer for many reasons, but one leading reason is the need for Financial Security. Many americans today dont have the resources they need to live comfortably and retirement without working. It used to be said that Retirement Security was a threelegged stool, the first leg being an employerprovided pension,
Expected to grow modestly this year and a solid pace through the next few years. Although real adjusted inflation grew weekly in early 2015, the economy now appears to be on firmer ground and we expect the pace of Economic Activity to pick up over the next calendar year and the next few years. After that, we expect to see moderate to constrained early growth in the workforce. Real gdp will grow by 2 this calendar year, by 3. 1 in 2016, and by 2. 7 in 2017. Above its potential or maximum sustainable rate over that time frame. The economy will grow at an average rate of 2. 2 , equal to its real growth rate. This will be driven by consumer spending, business investment, and residential investment. Over the next few years, the faster pace in growth output is expected to reduce the quantity of underused resource, or slack, in the economy. The estimate was about 3. 4 in 2014. Cbo next to narrow that gap to its historical average by the end of 2017. Although labor Market Conditions continue t
Committee looks at legislation aimed at combatting straecex trafficking and the Internet Companies that can facility these crimes. One of the witnesses Yvonne Ambrose said her daughter was a sex Trafficking Victim recruited on line and later brutally murdered. This is about two and a half hours. Good morning. Thank you for joining us today for our hearing on s1693, the stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017. Our Second Committee hearing on Human Trafficking this year. I am particularly thankful that we will have the benefit of hearing from Yvonne Ambrose who courageously will share her story. Well hear from senators to offer their perspectives about the current state of the law and proposed changes. Well have the opportunity to hear from our panel of expert witnesses who will share their views on this legislation which has garnered significant support but also raised questions. Last months senators portman and blumenthal introduced the act with a Bipartisan Group of more than 20 cos