Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the sign institute of policy and politics summer series sign of the time. Im amy, executive director and at the sign institute we are a laboratory for University Wide collaboration and incubator for policy innovation. It can mean the best and brightest of the public, private, academic and nonprofit sectors as well as journalism and its program is only possible by a generous gift from our alumni, jeff simon and his wife meera for todays topic is the path to recovery, what is the true state of the u. S. Economy and it cannot be more timely. We would like to take a moment to acknowledge our cosponsor for this event, the school of business at American University and to think the dean for his support and also thank the distinguished leaders joining us today from our board of trustees and alumni board members. It is my pleasure at this time to introduce the people who will be leading this incredible conversation. Sylvia Matthews Burwell is president of
Demand driven. We dont train widget makers. The commune to College System has worked so remarkably well. One of the biggest differences between 10 years ago and now and why this is working well is the level of business engagement. If you go to Front Range Community college in colorado, he will see they have an advanced manufacturing partnership, a partnership between the federal, state and local government, the Business Community and others. Look and see the curriculum is being devised within industry. There are businesses whose workers are professors. One of the reasons they love teaching is they cherry pick the best students. That tiny build your talent pipeline. That is how you build your talent pipeline. Thank you for your leadership on behalf of comedic colleges. We had four years of desk cap grants. Community colleges. It stands for using comedic colleges to catalyze change. What i learned from these grants is that oftentimes, businesses were not talking enough to educators. In l
Were really down. I said, are you kidding me . We got 2900 people to think we ought to run the country. Year after year, and then john sununu came, and we have really gathered momentum. In 1994 we elected a class of republicans who just did not give a whit about their election. They came to balance the budget. It was remarkable. And then after 10 long years in 1997, i was one of the chief architects of allen saying that federal budget. First time we have done it since man walked on the moon. We have not done it since. We paid down the largest amount of the publicly held debt in modern history, and the economy was doing great. Some of you might remember i was a giants Television Star on fox news. [laughter] you are right back, how great i was on fox news. I also worked at Lehman Brothers and learned an awful lot about this, which is so critical in terms of understanding what motivates ceos. So i left. 10 years i was out. Im a believer that if we are really not here to serve others, i do
Released his tax returns, some of the groups who plan to protest in washington. The womens march drew half a Million People according to organizers and the district is preparing for half a million more. One protester organizer said he was inspired when he saw the sea of people taking part in the womens march after the inauguration, and eric sanchez applied for and got a permit for an immigrants march on the National Mall scheduled for may 6th. So far they have 10,000 rsvps and another 60,000 who are interested in coming. We come here, live here, we raise families here, and we vote. Our voices can not be ignored for the base that came to support him. Lbgt leaders have a permit to march on june 11th, the sunday of pride weekend. And plans from the white house to pay for the border wall with a 20 import goods, it may not be as ironclad as it sounds. Sean spicer was talking about it, and then it was said to be just an option the president s team is reviewing. The president himself favors a
Gene therapy has a checkered history. In the 90s hyped as the next big thing, research herewithered after serious setbacks including a death during clinical trials. So you see a drawing of a typical virus. Reporter but more than 15 years later its back. One sign, dr. Bifi is now head of the Gene Therapy Program at dana farber boston Childrens Cancer and blood disorder center. Do you believe that gene therapy is finally coming into its own . I think yes, absolutely. Reporter the mld trial, bifi thinks, demonstrates whats possible, offering promise to the 30 million americans who suffer from some 7,000 rare diseases. Birdie. Reporter trials for the giovani price have received in milan have not begun in the United States. They are two of only 24 children in the world with mld to receive it. Doing pretty good out there, buddy. Reporter compare giovani were going to get your diaper on, start your spa treatment. Reporter to caliope joy carr, also 6, from balakinwood, pennsylvania outside phi