Subcommittee will examine the Current Situation at us cis must not be overlooked, record high case backlogs, policy changes make it harder to obtain extremely important matters that deserve careful attention. These problems have a direct impact on countless individuals, families, students, business and other entities such as hospitals and research institutions. Im sure others on the subcommittee will agree, constituents on an almost daily basis. All the us cis has struggled with backlogs since its creation the agency reports, and 2. 4 million cases, this represents 344 increase on the backlog of cases. The largest net backlog since 2003, grounding to a halt in the aftermath of the 9 11 terror attacks. Backlogs and processing delays create reallife problems for people trying to navigate complex immigration systems. Imagine a Domestic Violence survivor unable to escape abusers because there is language. Startup company abandoning a key project that will lead to substantial job creation b
Neutrality which by and large with a few exexceptions they have lived under for the last decade. It is really important we have the broader discussion about broadband policy and we have it soon. Lets not get rid of Net Neutrality protection in order to have it. Mr. Lewis walter mccormick, thank you so much for joining us. Cspan created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a local service by your cable or satellite provider. Coming up on cspan2, discussion on the Iran Nuclear Agreement, then turkeys Foreign Affairs minister talks about his countrys role in the middle east and the iran Nuclear Negotiation negotiations. And then we will bring you several protential president ial candidate speeches. Gl coming up on the next washington journal Linda Dempsey joins us to discuss legislation that would give the president Fast Track Authority in negotiating the Transatlantic Partnership deal. And then we talk about the role in bolstering protection for the lgbt committ
Flexibility. So, that is finished. And all in the same page. But in here we dont have such a system. More democratic system. We have here within here, and between administration and the congress, we have lots lots of difficulties. So let me ask you, please accept from the panel, accept this idea that about the comprehensive deal. We have much more problem in here than iran. But the secondly, i dont agree let me express my idea about your idea that we can extent six months or 12 months again to negotiate and negotiate and negotiate. Because two important elections is coming and theres going to be escalated in here, the next president ial election, and in iran, two important elections at the same day and same time in february 2016. Election for parliament and expert assembly, which is very important this important, second one. So i think if you extend the negotiations, six months or 12 months especially, the domestic policy would affect much more the negotiations and you cannot get out o
To. One is theres a changing social compact between companies and the work force and companies are increasingly looking for individuals who have some important technical skill which is why Stem Education is so important. We were fortunate to see an 8. 6 increase in our enrollment of students in engineering programs and i think students are realizing that skrg these skills is important because its what employers are looking for. Were talking with james linder, the interim president of the university of nebraska lincoln, part of cspan buss big 10 college tour. We kicked that off this weekend. We will continue next week, a monthlong series here on washington journal talking to University President s about Higher Education issues. We want to get your thoughts as well so weve divided the lines by students, parents, educators and nebraska residents. There they are on your screen. Parents 2025853881, educate orts 2 025853882. Nebraska residents well hear from you, 2025853883. Also send us an
Welcome. Welcome to the september meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Im david j. Kent on the president of the Lincoln Group of district of columbia. And this is kind of a special night because not only is our first meeting since june, but we also have zoom. We have a video being recorded and this is my official book launch for my new book, lincoln the fire of genius. So thank you. I know a lot of people like when are coming in and i really appreciate that. Im going to give a talk tonight about about lincoln and the fire and basically look at well, i just let me look at just the the the subtitle because that i think that really describes the book. Its however ham lincolns commitment to science and Technology Helped modernize america. So thats what im going to talk about tonight. And just to give you a little background, im going to talk about, i guess start with the book is really kind of the kind of piece set out in the three different sections. The first is like