Mr. Spicer the president is placing a big emphasis on Work Force Development. Secretary of education devos and the president s daughter ivanka and lee cordish have been deeply involved in this effort and secretary acosta had the opportunity to address this issue a few moments ago at the president s first meeting with his fully confirmed cabinet. Id like to kick it off by having secretary acosta come up and talk about this initiative nd take a few questions. Mr. Acosta thank you and good afternoon. I want to thank the work thats opinion done by ivanka trump and the office of American Innovations developed the proposals that well be talking about this week. Ill be traveling with her tomorrow to wisconsin where well be looking at some excellent programs. Her leadership on this issue has been invaluable. As you know by now the president will be making an important announcement regarding apprenticeships this week. Hell be visiting the department of labor on wednesday. There are currently si
Mr. Spicer the president is placing a big emphasis on Work Force Development. Secretary of education devos and the president s daughter ivanka and lee cordish have been deeply involved in this effort and secretary acosta had the opportunity to address this issue a few moments ago at the president s first meeting with his fully confirmed cabinet. Id like to kick it off by having secretary acosta come up and talk about this initiative nd take a few questions. Mr. Acosta thank you and good afternoon. I want to thank the work thats opinion done by ivanka trump and the office of American Innovations developed the proposals that well be talking about this week. Ill be traveling with her tomorrow to wisconsin where well be looking at some excellent programs. Her leadership on this issue has been invaluable. As you know by now the president will be making an important announcement regarding apprenticeships this week. Hell be visiting the department of labor on wednesday. There are currently si
Work. I have been dragged down in the where we met with the oecd and wto both and the message was similar to wilburs. Deficits do matter and are they coming down . I know they are. Mr. President , thank you for the opportunity to serve in sb a. I can tell you i have not been traveling internationally. What i continue to hear optimism for Small Businesses higher than it has been in 16 years. People returning to the workforce, a lot of them are because Small Businesses are creating new jobs. Portfolios are up. Machine toring and our outreach with score and other programs are so successful. Were on a good trajectory, and still a lot of work to do. Thank you. On behalf of the entire senior staff around you, mr. President , we thank you for the opportunity and blessing you have given us to serve your agenda and the American People. Well continue to work very hard every day to accomplish those goals. Honor to serve the cia director. Incredible to lead and men and women to lead the National S
Ms. Castor thank you, mr. Chairman. I will place in the record a brief Opening Statement that i had for this markup. Im pleased to support both of these nominees. Mr. Johnson we are meeting to consider the undersecretary for intelligence and analysis for the u. S. Department of Homeland Security. And admiral to be assistant secretary of transportation administration, t. S. A. , u. S. Department of Homeland Security. These are two incredibly important positions, particularly at this point in time, with all the threats we face to our transportation sector. As well as across the globe and the threats to our homeland. So the secretary the undersecretary for intelligence analysis, the department of Homeland Security, is responsible for leading the department of Homeland Securitys office of intelligence and analysis. And also serves as the departments chief intelligence officer. In these roles the undersecretary is responsible for the streemings of intelligence and analysis, to develop a com
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