Changes the conversation because focusing on advancing women and, again, i want women in the top of every profession but when we think about it that way, we start counting. Because thats the way you measure how well women are doing, how many women are in fortune 500 and how many women are in Senior Management and how many women are computer scientists. All that have does focus pretty much on wealthy white women, by and large. It does not phofocus on the millions of the women at the bottom. One of the thing i realize, we have too few women at the top and too many women at the bottom and care or our lack of support for care plays a role at both ends. At the top end, if you take time out for care, your career goes off track. But for the millions of women at the bottom not supporting their care means if they take a day off they could lose a job, right . So focusing on care says we have to put in place the policies that rich women can buy their way out of often. We have to put in leave, pai
Regarding the dangers of financial exploitation through n Community Organizations and places of worship and Community Centers and resources that might be available to them, to utilize organizations like the National Guardianship Association to play an Important Role by promoting standards of best practices for guardians and probate courts by providing education and training and provide advocacy on the issue and the impact seniors including that impact seniors including elder abuse and financial exploitation, develop Court Systems and processes that dont work against seniors and consider the urgency of time for the elderly such as the probate and the elder law and miscellaneous remedies courts in chicago because many exploiters simply try to wait out the life span of those of the elderly victims. You have the written materials that ive submitted that are premised large part on article that my deputy Public Guardian wrote and id be happy to share our experiences with individual cases. Th
Theres more road to the whos coverage this evening on the cspan networks. Donald trump is speaking in florida at the Trump National doral miami. A golf resort he owns. Thats at 7 00 eastern on cspan. And at k 30 here on cspan, texas senator ted cruz hold as town hall meeting in council bluffs, iowa. A house energy and commerce subcommittee held a hearing earlier today on protecting Senior Citizens from fraud. Texas congressman Michael Burgess chaired the hearing. Its two hours and 15 minutes. Mr. Burgess the subcommittee will now come to order. And the chair recognizes himself for five minutes for the purpose of an opening statement. This morning, first let me welcome our witnesses. This morning we will receive an update on the Consumer Protection efforts in place to address the fraud risk for americas seniors. As of july, 2013, there are over 44 million americans who are older than 65, thats lmost 14 of the population. The people 65 and older projects to outnumber the people younger t
The nofly list you should have a right to be heard or have redress to challenges to be on that list. Some like security makes sense. Others might not. But the larger component is there is adequate control and accountability. So everything such as the individualized noticed, it is not feasible. There is the Greater Transparency also. Not the individuals are notified that the generalized disclosure about what is going on. I thought the knowledge meant that some of the of principles could not be fully implemented in the context of the National Security Surveillance Program was an acknowledgement you cannot provide the error correction notice in all circumstances. I was talking more about that secondary screening of the nofly list. But the challenge for you is to figure out the underlying values. In this context the underlying value is prevention of governmental abuse that is what animates everybody and with that behavior. The types of accountability and transparency you have to help build
Many that they would not even have a refrigerator to keep supplies called particularly plasma and certain medicines. The two panels will examine the National Programs to like electrical power in africa and the future of energy is brighter than it has been in the past. So now i yield to my good friend and colleague. Thank you, mr. Chairman for your leadership when you say the prospect of energy in bright in africa is brighter it has a lot to do with you for your work and convening this hearing. Is very obvious the lack of power available throughout the continent has many negative consequences as it constrains growth and undermines Resource Development with the quality of life progress so the impact on the Economic Prosperity as well as the ability to make the challenges is compromised by the lack of energy and this gives us the opportunity to assess both of inspect to elect a friday africa and now i defer to the ranking member. And now you may present your opening comments. On several c