Recall that moynihan was complaining primarily about black families and his these is was that because of weakness in black Family Structure, blacks would not be able to seize the opportunities that were coming available to them as a result of the Civil Rights Movement. And i can tell you that what i am going to say to you is moynihans concerns now apply to hispanics and to whites, to the whole country. And here are the numbers. I got these by i recently analyzed the censuses. This is representative of the whole country. Here is what happened with family composition. First, marriage rates declined for every age group and every ethnic group every education group, with one exception thats quite fascinating, declined in 1970 and 1980 for College Educated women, but have been stable and risen a little for College Educated women. I think theres a lesson in that. For every other Group Marriage rates have declined. Now im going to tell you a fact demonstrated by social science. This fact will
Screeria nigeria. National review host an idea summit examining conservatism. Next, a hearing on seafood industry and regulations. Louisiana senator david vitter has introduced legislation that would increase inspection standards on imported seafood to ensure foreign inspectors meet Safety Standards. This hearing is an hour and 20 minutes. Good afternoon. Were going to start our hearing today on the impact of federal labor and safety laws on the u. S. Seafood industry. Thanks for joining us today. Were going to be hearing from two panels of expert witnesses and stakeholders a federal panel who ill introduce in a minute and then a stakeholder panel. I want to thank all of our witnesses for being here today to testify on these important issues. As anyone who has visited louisiana knows, we enjoy great quality seafood and that plays a major role in our culture and in our economy. And this is true for other states in the United States. It is an important part of our economy. In louisiana t
To for the agency to meet statutory obligations. As dr. Sullivan fully described, i will not duplicate that discussion. I will close, though, speaking to results. Results afterall, what matters. The centers for Disease Control analyzed illnesses from all foods. Over the fiveyear period ending in 2010, cdc found that 141 of 122,000 that is 0. 001156 or 0. 12 illnesses caused by imported seafood. Most of us love baseball. Great day to be out for the nats game. But we recall going to the games with our dads. Hoipg to clutch that mitt and catch that foul ball. Unfortunately, we often came home crest fallen because we rarely ever did. The chance of catching the foul ball. 0. 001156 or 0. 12 . As an example of effectiveness of fda and while this is the hearing focus not only the fda captures program, i did want to acknowledge the leadership of senator shaheen and ayotte and others on this committee working in a bipartisan manner to eliminate a program that usdas own risk experts said will no
Crops, sugar processing, forestry, livestock, Restaurant Industry and others. This would leave the United States and the state of louisiana no alternative but to import many Food Products for food countries, from countries with surplus foreign labor. This is unacceptable. We must do everything in our power to grow and support americas jobs and economy. Were asking for your help. We must streamline and expedite the h2b process. We need a working system without overburdensome rules, unrealistic timetables and outright road blocks. Neglecting the labor needs of agriculture will raise the cost and the production in a way that harms farmers, fishers and industries throughout america. I appreciate your time and encourage you to work with us to find workable solutions. Ways that we can facilitate rather than making it so difficult to where our processors and our industries cannot operate. Where were at currently, we have a large crawfish harvest. And we dont have enough peelers to process it.
Schools, city hall, social well tear fair if blacks in baltimore and other cities if blacks are running those institutions and the promise of the Civil Rights Movement is if we were running them we would be different and better than whites well why are blacks failing in systems run by their own people if the issue was race. Youve listened to president obamas responses since baltimore, the public statements hes made. Hes giving a speak today at georgetown university. Its 11 25 on cspan 3 for our viewers if you want to watch. What are you expecting to hear from the president on this topic of overcoming poverty . First of all, im glad hes speaking out. Its been six years since the president has said anything. Hes probably spoken less about poverty than any previous president. He seems to be promoting the same strategies that have failed over the past 50 years. We look at the problem. First of all you cant generalize about poverty. Not everybody is poor for the same reason. Therefore, you