The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 98 and the nays are zero, and the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider be inquired made and laid upon the table, and the President Shall be immediately notified of the senates action. Under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a cloture vote on the kadzik nomination. Without objection, all time has been yielded back. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of peter joseph kadzik of new york to be assistant attorney general, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senat
Have. You can bring the wellvetted idea up the chain here. And that is valuable to know our power to be confidant in who we are and not shy way from that. So that is four barriers i think are important to go over to set the tone of some of the obsticals. As we look at leading at all levels that sets the context. How can we get young women and everybody to lead at all levels from student up to president to ceo or superintendent in my case. And i can the first tenant of this was talked about but i want to emphasis this. It is leading yourself. There is a lot of principles that go into that. Until we get the self down we will never be able to lead others or move up in an organization. Does anyone know the kung foo pa pana da . We happen there is poe who is a fat panda and he is trying to get in shape to fight the bad guys that are going to come in and destroy the valley. He doesnt like a warrior in any respect and people tell him you will never defeat the enemy. You are not the right size
331 of these counties are represented by republicans. And 18 are split between the two parties. From that impersistent poverty should matter to all of us, regardless of party, geography, or race and ethnicity. In early 2009 when we were putting to the the recovery act, i proposed language to require at least 10 of funds in Rural Development account to be directed to projects in these persistent poverty counties. This requirement was enacted in law. In light of the definition of persistent poverty counties having at least 20 poverty rates over 30 years, this position became known as the 102030 initiative. This provision bore dividends, as Economic Development projects proliferated in persistent poverty counties across the country. The recovery act funded a total of 4,655 projects in persistent poverty counties totalling 1. 7 billion. I saw firsthand the positive effects of these efforts in my congressional district. Projects were undertaken that would have otherwise gone lacking, and jo
Was always on hiring. Increasing hiring. And i think that there are some aspects of the Affordable Care act particularly higher up the income ladder that the and on businesses, that they are reluctant to hire to the extent that they might have given the uncertainty or the requirements in the program. And thats just very difficult for people who are on welfare programs trying to help low income people get into jobs. Because, sometimes those jobs are discretionary hires. You know they may not really need them or may not want to necessarily do it but they need to have an environment where theyre comfortable and happy and positive about hiring people of all kinds of skills. And i think that we dont have enough of that in the country, and thats part of the reason why people are not in. And frankly, particularly on men who have struggled in the labor force a significant increase in the minimum wage up to 10. 10 nationwide, regardless of the economic circumstances of a particular area, is not
Measure is a job. And many of us believe that if someone works hard all day, all year around, that he or she should be able to earn enough to keep their family out of poverty. Thats why the president and democrats in congress have proposed to raise the minimum wage, which has less purchasing power today than when harry truman was president. And according to the Congressional Budget Office, that measure would lift over 1 million hardworking americans out of poverty and raise low wages for another 15 million working americans. Here in the house, speaker boehners refused to even allow a vote on that measure to raise the minimum wage just as he continues to refuse a vote to extend emergency Unemployment Compensation to 3 million americans. But we all know that even if we raise the minimum wage, huge challenges remain. And we must examine the past to chart the best way forward. A january report from the council of economic advisers did just that. It found that about 50 million americans rem