The cia hostage. Please give a warm hometown walking while going. [applause]. Thank you all for coming. What an amazing crowd. I do need to correct one thing. I just did ain degree at the university of california armstrong. Since i have a captive audience i will digress from my normal talk in address of the university of georgia board of regents. About ten or 12 years ago armstrong was a commuter college it with no residence halls. As i recall the board of regents said Georgia Southern is a little too large lets make armstrong a Residential College and turn it into another Regional School and we will take some of the pressure off of Georgia Southern. Armstrong has beautiful residential halls. The school is growing and now here is this phenomenally incredibly stupidph decision to somehow merge these two schools that are an hour apart. T. If i may tell the board of regents this is neck and be costeffective more effective than that we are the south. In history do not merge the schools. Ar
Bill is a crushing blow to the middle class. Ultimately, the republicans have taken what they call a once in a Generation Opportunity on tax reform and squandered it on corporate welfare and tax cuts for the rich. Reporter lawmakers still have work to do before heading home for christmas. A funding bill still needs to get passed this week to avoid a government shutdown. In washington, griff jenkins, fox news. At t said today that it plans to invest an additional 1 billion into its u. S. Networks following the passage of the gop tax bill. The company also said it would give 200,000 employees a one time bonus of 1,000. The company says the provisions were a result of the tax bill which slashes the Corporate Tax rated from 35 to 21 . At ts current effective rate is 32 . Wells fargo says they will raise their minimum wage for employees to 15 an hour as a result of the bill. Wells fargo says they plan to donate 400 million to nonprofit and Community Organizations next year. We have a tax ex
Noon eastern. Oklahoma senator James Langford chairs this twohour hearing. Good morning and welcome. Sub Committee Hearing entitling the work force and the Sub Committee will work to find solutions to the recognized challenges from effectively serving the american people. Federal agencies employ some of the best and brightest individuals this country has to offer. Every day federal Civil Servants help protect our communities and keep our airports running safely and smoothly and military running extremely effectively. We are grateful and interested in their ideas and concerns. The important work of our federal employees is often obje obstructed by a culture. A culture does not differentiate between those who excel. They often complain harm workplace moral and raise concerns that compensation is not related to ones job performance. The office of federal Employee Viewpoint survey found 22 of employees agreed with this statement. Pay raises depend on how well employees perform their jobs.
Noon eastern. Oklahoma senator James Langford chairs this twohour hearing. Good morning and welcome. Sub Committee Hearing entitling the work force and the Sub Committee will work to find solutions to the recognized challenges from effectively serving the american people. Federal agencies employ some of the best and brightest individuals this country has to offer. Every day federal Civil Servants help protect our communities and keep our airports running safely and smoothly and military running extremely effectively. We are grateful and interested in their ideas and concerns. The important work of our federal employees is often obje obstructed by a culture. A culture does not differentiate between those who excel. They often complain harm workplace moral and raise concerns that compensation is not related to ones job performance. The office of federal Employee Viewpoint survey found 22 of employees agreed with this statement. Pay raises depend on how well employees perform their jobs.
And booktvs live coverage of the savannah book festival now continues. Heres author and former cia agent William Daugherty talking about in the shadow of the ayatollah. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. We have a few more people coming in, but were going to go ahead and get started. How are you enjoying the book festival so far . [applause] great, great. My name is diane thompson, and were delighted to have you join us at the tenth annual anniversary of the saw van a that book festival presented by Georgia Power and the Sheehan Family foundation. We are blessed to have such celebrated authors in Trinity United Methodist church today which has been made possible by the generosity of kurt and leba anderson. Wed also like to extend special thanks to our literati members and individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. Before we get started, i have a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediately following this presentation, William Daugh