Anyone who would like to answer it, did the commission find they the current lack of a Retirement Program similar to that, recommended by the commission, that that is having the absence of a plan like that, right now, is having an impact on recruiting and retention . Currently we dont have a retirement system in place in the military that provides any benefits for those who serve for less than 20 years. Is that impacting recruiting . Senator lee thank you for the question. When we looked, we took a very strategical approach to support an allvolunteer force for the future. And to design that we structured the program for how we might make a recommendation to modernize the current retirement system. The recommendations that we provided within we are absolutely convinced theyre the right set of recommendations here on having a blended retirement plan, and because it does two things. It supports the retention needs by the services, and it also supports the recruiting challenges that the se
Fight. Time for a clean continuing resolution. That was on october 1. On october 2, pain to our economy and military is real. Shutdown doesnt advance our goals. This is from a republican member who serves on the Budget Committee, which i serve on, who knows the real impact we are having on the economy. That is one republican saying, mr. Speaker, we demand a vote. Then there is representative bill young, who serves on the Appropriations Committee who understands government funding. He told tampa bay times, he is ready. Quote, the politics should be over. Its time to legislate. Mr. Speaker, thats two republicans willing to pass a clean continuing resolution. Then there is representative charlie dent from pennsylvania who serves on the Appropriations Committee. Back on september 29 in the huffington post, he said im prepared to vote for a clean continuing resolution and he added, the hourglass is nearly added and now time to come back and funding the American Government. That is three rep
They are concerned the they have their jobs, but worry about what the future holds. You saw the president speaking to employees and other guests, but a few moments ago he arrived by motorcade. Take a look at the video. Of all of the people who work in the area offices watching the motorcade. The president is waving as he passed by the the folks lined up on the walkway. They had several facilities here in maryland including the asphalt manufacturing plant here in rockville where the president is speaking. They acquired that plant a few years ago adding jobs to the local economy. The company is doing well. They are up to 250 employees and expanding and starting to bounce back from the revegz. The president said a prolonged shut down can hurt the economy and hurt businesses and lead to job losses. The Small Business loans are on hold. There is no one there to process them. Loans like m lewis used to bring this planned through rockville, but that is not available to businesses any longer.
Between the house and the senate. Im joined by senator john carlos. Twice the bill was rejected. Talk about the mood inside right now. It is clear to us that the republicans in the house want to shut down the government. We dont have a budget starting october 1st and when they have not been willing to negotiate, you do a continuing resolution. You continue at last years level until you work something out. That is regular order. But the republicans want to move their extreme agenda, even though the Health Care Bill was enacted several years ago and upheld by the courts, we wont negotiate that way. We think government must stay open and then we can negotiate. But we wont be intimidated by their threats. So at this point the republicans want to close down government. And republicans say this is their form of compromise to send back a bill to the senate to delay the Affordable Care act. Do you believe this is a fair compromise . Absolutely not. Weve compromised at their level of spending a
It will only run six car trains for the time being. The Transit Agency usually mixes in some car trains. This is a 10 reduction in capacity during rush hours. Business is down 22 because of the shutdown. You wont notice any differences if you take them to work this morning. Those Rail Services are keeping their current schedules through the endover the week. They will let riders know if they will operate an s schedule tomorrow. Were following every development. The house convening at 10 00 this morning. The senate convenes at 10 30. We have not heard whether president obama plans to meet again with congressional leaders. Theres little promise for progress on the hill this morning. An hourlong meeting of leaders and the president ended with frustration. Richard jordan is on the National Mall this morning with more on what we can expect today on capitol hill. Reporter things are too tense here. But there will be some steps made in congress in the house. Lawmakers will be looking at indiv