Showing and paying tribute to the past 50 year, celebrating 50 years of promoting Sustainable Development models to credit operations, resources, and support and the technical and financial structuring of projects in the public and private sectors of latin america. Welcome. [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ applause ] all right. I hope you guys all enjoyed and video, and welcome once again. To help start off for two days of what promises to be engaging and lively discussions, i would like to introduce the president of cast and also mr. Michael shifter who is the president of the interamerican dialogue. They will each offer welcoming remarks to open the conferences. [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] good afternoon everybody. [ speaking Foreign Language ] im thrilled to welcome all of you to the 23rd annual conference widely known as the cast conference, organized by cast, the Development Bank of latinamerican, the interamerican dialo
Does. As he is a twotime ironman try although on finisher. [applause] [cheering] 2012 ironman North Carolina and the 2016 ironman arizona which raised over 20,000 for the nonprofits along the way. So, that is amazing. [applause] the first book she will be discussing tonight is called america is better than this which tells the inside story of how one senator with no background as an activist became a leading advocate for reform of the brutal policies that have created a humanitarian crisis on the southern u. S. Border. It represents the heartfelt voice of a concerned american who believes his country stands for something bigger and better. Tonight senator merkley will be joined in conversation with ross reynolds, currently the executive producer of Community Engagement and the public radio where hes worked since 1987 having served as the news director and Program Director and also serving as the host of the record and awardwinning news program the conversation among many other programs
For republicans. 2027488001 for democrats and independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on social media, you can do so at it or cspanwj and on our you can orso at twitter at cspanwj our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Some of the topics being discussed at those meetings. If you go to the website wglt. Com, a forum held by rodney davis. Infrastructure was one of the top issues. The representative from illinoiss 13th district is pushing for passage of the federal highway bill. About 80 of the construction project on the interstates that may back you up in traffic for a federal taxd for by dollars. We will reauthorize the highway bill, adding that he does not believe in a federal gas tax paying for infrastructure. The story says he was not not specific in proposing ways for. To pay for improvements going to new jersey, frank pallone, the democrat from that state addressing folks on an august 15 town hall meeting. Several discussions taking place during that forum adding it was in
Good morning. Madam secretary, i will keep my comments brief. Congratulations to director huey who participated in the City Administrators Office on school reisraelience in september. Insuring seismic safety to our schools and remains a top priority for the city. The big one ed donnelly who manages the Response Unit and Senior Engineer and the plan review supervisor participated in the recent Conference Call with portland, oregon, building officials to Exchange Best Practices on the respective citys Emergency Response and preparations. He is eager to accept taken by San Francisco such as the seismic retrofits of the apartments, safety assessments to provide damage assessments and reoccupancy timelines and effective Emergency Response plan with key personnel prepared to act. With earthquakes near bakers field they need to get ready for the next one. That is top priority for all cities and residents. Keep focused on that. Big thank you to joe duffy and kevin who received letter from appr
Focus on that issue because our country is labeled as a country that does not keep its promises to any countrys health. Host john in new york, democrats line. Youre n. E. C. Top issue for your member of congress. Caller hi, good morning. Ive been pretty active for several years visiting veterans in the veterans house near me. And theyre very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. But all i got out of it was retaliation. Ive contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didnt get anywhere, you know. Host when you say you didnt get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go . Caller like the last call i got, oh, theyre going to look into it. Nd turned out that nothing happened. They passed the buck. They passed it on over. Go see this other guy or that counselor or Something Else. Nothing in the evidence about it. I said look, if you dont believe me, go send somebody down there and ee these conditions these people are living in. B