She joined us in january. She has a really rich of history of campaign work, working inor electoral politics and policyja and research and she was the perfect person to take over from pillar. Im delighted to call you up. Thank you. [applause] thank you, donna. Im really lucky, i guess depending on your perspective maybe really unlucky who is the person to gets to present results of an effort which donna said was conceived of and carried out by a large team of people, many who are here today, many so of whom i think are up all night getting our website and other assets going. I really appreciate your work and second donnas thanks to all of you. Today i would like to do three things. First im going to talk about what our research revealed. Second i offer preliminary thoughts about what it suggests. Third, i will talk a little bit where we might go from here. But to start, lets look at a short video we put together, if i can operate this. Have you ever wondered what does america look like
Lake superior college to train new mechanics to service the jetliners at the airport. See, we have the skills gap in the country. 3 million plus jobs that businesses cannot fill because they cannot find workers with the right skills. So i took this model of community and technical colleges working with different business sectors to train up skilled workers and made that a focus of congresss First Successful reform of our federal workforce training system. Now more americans and more minnesotans will have the opportunity to train for these highskilled, goodpaying middle class jobs that will make our economy stronger. It has been an honor working with and for the great people of minnesota and the United States senate. We have a lot of work to do to make sure that our state and country work for all minnesotans. And i look forward to this debate to build on what we have achieved so far. Thank you. Mr mcfadden. Two minutes, sir. Thank you for the invitation. I want to thank the audience. I
This comes after he failed to procure funding from congress. Is this the right step . You can call us on our republican line at 202 5853881. Democratic line at 202 5853880. Independent line at 202 5853882. A special and we set up for Illegal Immigrants at 202 5853883. You can also reach us on social oria at twitter, facebook send us an email. Joining us first to lay out the current state is emma dumain. Thank you so much for waking up with us this morning. Emma . Are you on the line . Caller im here. Thanks for having me on. Host can you start piling out for us what we can expect to see from congress when they come back from recess in september . Caller they only have a few days between the time they get recess to campaign and get ready for the midterm elections in november. They will have some must pass pieces of legislation still on their plate. The continuing resolution to fund the government when current funding expires at the end of september. What is already talk of would happen
The government has really tried to make the systems as reliable as possible. People have expect haitians towards the government provide different services, and the online vote is natural for us. Had several expert teams come to a study and assess that. Geeks, the online voting, it is open. I have no idea what to do with that. That they can join everything. I basic question is about the trust. If we do have the trust towards governments, and we put that into the context of the united istes, any kind of system inherently not trusted i. Is there any possibility that also here this Technical Solutions could have more transparency . Quickly will pick you point as as we eve all. The internet has some core, not trusted aspects to it. There is a distrust of our government in the United States. There has been a combination of both parts, trust in both areas. It sounds like you have that in estonia. You have much more you have some foundational pieces that are solving the problems. Like your nat
Your voice. Vote. The illinois 17th Congressional District debate, brought to you by wqadtv and the dispatch. And good evening. Tonightsoderator for 30minute discussion of issues concerning the 17th Congressional District in illinois. Welcome the two candidates running for this western illinois district. Bustos. Mbent is cheri she was elected in november of 2012. Prior to her term in congress, worked as a newspaper reporter, in the Health Care Industry and served on the city council. Cheri bustos is married and the mother of three sons. And the challenger is bobby schilling. From 2011in congress to january 2013. Schilling is best known as the quad city pizza business. He had worked in the insurance fields and in a Container Company before that. He is married and the father of children. Tonights debate can be seen on qconline. Com. Its also being run on public and on public radio. Expect full coverage in the dispatch. Now, you can follow along 17debate at hashtag and be part of the conv