[background noises] good afternoon everyone. You look like a great crowd here this afternoon. Before we even start give yourselves a big round of applause for coming to learn more about closing the wealth gap in diversity and inclusion. We have some wonderful panelist with us this afternoon. I am so pleased to be here today and honored to be hosting this panel on Financial Services closing the wealth gap and providing access to capitol my name is maxine waters. [cheering] formerly chair of the Financial Services committee of the house of representatives and now the ranking member. Still trying to carry on the work that we were doing as a chair. As you know after the recent election they were able to get control of the house of representatives and they dismantled our subcommittee that i had created on diversity and inclusion. But we are going to talk about what it means to have this wealth gap. You are going to talk to some people who are dealing with clothing this wealth gap have to cl
[background noises] good afternoon everyone. You look like a great crowd here this afternoon. Before we even start give yourselves a big round of applause for coming to learn more about closing the wealth gap in diversity and inclusion. We have some wonderful panelist with us this afternoon. I am so pleased to be here today and honored to be hosting this panel on Financial Services closing the wealth gap and providing access to capitol my name is maxine waters. [cheering] formerly chair of the Financial Services committee of the house of representatives and now the ranking member. Still trying to carry on the work that we were doing as a chair. As you know after the recent election they were able to get control of the house of representatives and they dismantled our subcommittee that i had created on diversity and inclusion. But we are going to talk about what it means to have this wealth gap. You are going to talk to some people who are dealing with clothing this wealth gap have to cl
[background noises] good afternoon everyone. You look like a great crowd here this afternoon. Before we even start give yourselves a big round of applause for coming to learn more about closing the wealth gap in diversity and inclusion. We have some wonderful panelist with us this afternoon. I am so pleased to be here today and honored to be hosting this panel on Financial Services closing the wealth gap and providing access to capitol my name is maxine waters. [cheering] formerly chair of the Financial Services committee of the house of representatives and now the ranking member. Still trying to carry on the work that we were doing as a chair. As you know after the recent election they were able to get control of the house of representatives and they dismantled our subcommittee that i had created on diversity and inclusion. But we are going to talk about what it means to have this wealth gap. You are going to talk to some people who are dealing with clothing this wealth gap have to cl
[inaudible conversations] welcome back. This is a panel on how government policy drives up the prices for the poor and this panel is how Government Policies limit opportunities for. In a lot of ways poor are getting a double hit. They have to pay higher prices which affect them disproportionately than higher earners and so they would just like if they had more opportunity to make money to pay those prices it would be better however, the Government Policies will talk about in this panel limit the opportunities for them to get a job or for anyone to get a job but the most in need people are the ones who need it the most. We are running behind time several cut straight to the introductions. Lisa is the director of Strategic Research at the institute of justice she helps manage the institute Strategic Research initiative which great policy and social research on central to the mission. Poor working as a director of Strategic Research she served as the Institute Director of vacations and sh
Eduardo Munoz/ReutersA woman pictured holding hands with Bill de Blasio in public this week is still married, her husband told the New York Post. The tabloid identified the woman as 42-year-old Kristy Stark, the founder of an education and literacy company, after she was seen with the former New York mayor in Manhattan on Wednesday night. When contacted by the Post, her husband Owen Stark said he didn’t know “anything about my wife holding hands with Bill de Blasio” and said they’re not in an op