we all know that states have been busy and it is a trend that starts in colorado and was made notorious in 2007 and in 2011, the supreme court upheld the legality. it allowed some or all employers to be involved. studies done over time have shown the race has steadily gone down. one element which has not actually kept pace. despite these weaknesses, one has to say it has left the station and those who thought the pilot programs would result in us, i think that speculation is over. we verified the remains as a part of the legal system. the only issue is at what level does it become mandatory and how do we improve that in the system. the obama administration works from targeting unauthorized individuals to targeting employers since january of 2009, there are more than 8000 employers. it imposed about $88 million and a very significant departure from the past. there has been an increased effort in the labor enforcement we all know that it is all part of our enforcement system. t
some common ground to governor. the only way things will happen in the congress if the democrats and republicans work together. lynn jenkins of kansas. thank you. [inaudible conversations] you re watching c-span2, live coverage. reaction to the president s state of the union speech in just off the house chamber where the president spoke. some of of the issues he talked about, raising the minimum wage, new medicare reform, tax reform, he talked about the cybersecurity order that he issued today. he spent about half the speech talking about the economy, he also brought up voting reform and, of course, gun control measures and one other issue he brought up was the issue of a new war on poverty. and now joining us, one of the 84 new members of congress is tony car dane use of california. who s seat did you take? they changed the lines around in california, and i put my name for a seat there that was no incumbent. so i was able to win outright. here i am. what is your backgr
when we talk about organizing a around a singular principal, i don t think the solution is necessarily to consolidate around existing labor movements. it is not necessarily to formulate a third party platform. the solution is to use these tools and use these bodies in order to consolidate power and to use that power to challenge the way in which decisions are made fundamentally. i would like to have time for questions from the audience. please go to one of the of mikes so it can be sure to hear you. i will alternate between mikes as long as we have people at them. do you think cooperation does not work in this country because people do not know what it means? non-cooperation, civil disobedience. and if not, why not? in this country. i believe it should work, that is the only way to help in this country, but it does not really work. it works, if you get the numbers. the important thing is about building numbers. and sustaining it. but it certainly works. worked in th
we have a few minutes before miss monaco s staff puts me on a watch list. i appreciate you in both roles. i think those of us who ve had clients know the challenge of having that duality. can you talk to us about how you balance both your role as an overseer for agencies and as an advocate? you and your lawyers know that we do play both roles. it is interesting, nsd the sit at this juncture. we are not formally of the intelligence community. we re not formally members of the intelligence community. that is probably the right balance. we have to make sure we are both earning the trust of the clients and the operators and agents with whom we work. by being creative problem solvers, but also maintain the ability keep that trust by being creative, by helping our clients work through operational issues. i like to the lawyers to work in our office, we talk about how it is important not to be dr. no. you cannot be red all the time. you cannot be green and a yes person and ca
thank you, ms. huggins. any further comments? yes, i didn t realize you wanted to comment on this. go ahead. espanola jackson from bayview hunter s point. dr. espanola. yes, thank you, sweetheart. i want to say this, we need to know the history of the housing authority like you need to know your history, you know, how you came to being. in the 40 s, public housing did not pay pg&e and our gor garbage, that didn t change until the 70 s and we need to find out why did it change in the 70 s because during the wartime, and you can check and find out for yourself, when i bring you information, you know i know what i m talking about, also one of the things we really need to think about, you saw what happened in florida, the sinkholes, you know san francisco is having some of the same problems. right in front of my house. what you need to do, sir, is get staff to go to the city and get the maps of this city because this city has nothing but streams running all through