We have now publicly traded companies and we are unique in the way we are truly a Member Organization created 75 years ago under the guide of one number one vote. So nfib members vote the ballot and set policies for nfib. We dont decide what is good for Small Business. They tell us and we take that to state capitals and to the hill to lobby on your behalf. When it comes to going to build what is the main message you deliver at the white house if you have that relationship . One of the things most policymakers dont understand is Small Business makes up half the economy and have the job growth. Reminding them how important Small Business is to the wellbeing of the country through employment, growth and all that and reminding them Small Businesses are different, they are small, familyrun, in smaller communities having 1sizefitsall policy from washington that might be great for large corporations can harm Small Business. Does that apply to this accident to Small Business . Great point. We
Activist and traveling around the world and really is about your journey about trying to figure out why young men sort of get attracted to violence and get radicalized. I just found it fascinating. Congratulations. Thank you very much. I guess i start off with this. What was the impetus to this book. If you could sort of tell me about this. I was like most of the rest of the world, i observed this massive attack in paris in 2015, was organized by a few young men who had grown up in europe, mostly in belgium and france. They turned against europe. These were european men who decided they wanted to join a foreign enemy which was the islamic or isis. They wanted to attack their own hometown. So 500 people were killed or injured. I saw this and i was not a person who ever thought about violence or terrorism before. But i just saw these young guys and i thought to myself, they grow up in a neighborhood not very different from mine. A lot of newcomers, they were secondgeneration european. Th
And independents, 2027488002. You can tweet us your thoughts at cspanwj and post on our Facebook Page. That is at facebook. Com cspan. Joining us on the phone to explain this proposal from the Trump Administration is anna, she covers Homeland Security issues for the publication. A morning to you. Guest good morning, pedro. Host could this could you explain this proposal and how it changes from the current policy . 2015, a judge of the Central District of california ruled in a settlement that children in i. C. E. Custody and any person with that child could not be held in custody more than 20 days. This is under the Obama Administration and at the time, you have families going through dockets seeking asylum being held 45 days, sometimes 90 days. The issue at hand was you cannot just indefinitely detain a family. Now what we have is any family weather they present at a port and does not have documents or illegally crosses and says i have a credible fear of returning will be taken into cu
Nfib is unique. We represent the little guy. Small businesses and independent Business Owners. Our average member has five to 10 employees. They are very small. They are in all industries and all over america. One of the key things about nfib is you have to be an independent business owner. We have no publicly traded companies at all. We are truly a memberdriven organization. We were created 75 years ago under the principle and the guiding the guide of one member, one vote, and we follow that today. Members every year vote their ballot at the federal and state level and they set policy for nfib. We dont sit in a room in d. C. And decide what is good for Small Business. They tell us and we take that to the state capitals and the hill 50 to lobby on their behalf. Pedro when it comes to going to the hill what is the main , message you delivered at the white house if you have that kind of relationship . Brad one things most policymakers dont understand is that Small Business makes up half
Before even thinking about starting a family. I applaud the organization trying to keep up with the cost of living. However, the cost of living in San Francisco is an oozing at a rate or at some point the organization will not be able to raise enough money to pay people to work and live here in the city. Our organization are committed to spending significant resources. The city needs to come fit to paying true livable wages for staff and nonprofits provide Crucial Services on behalf of the city and county services of San Francisco. We are grateful for the things of the 3 cost increase. Our frontlines half need more than that to survive. Thank you for your time. Hello my name is madison, i am here today on behalf of boys and girls club of San Francisco. Im going to read the following excerpt on behalf of one of our club members. Nine years old, coming home from school, headed to the boys and girls club, shots ring out. Lets build on the concrete. The street riddled with shell casings. I