And the Edward Kennedy institute for the u. S. Senate, the Young Leaders network aims to promote in the next generation of leaders the spirit of Public Service as embodied for decades on capitol hill by ted kennedy. Our goal is to provide students with programs that enrich their experience while interning in washington, d. C. And to help them create a network of peers as they lay a groundwork for a career in Public Service. Tonights program, uncovering the treasures of the library of congress will focus on the importance of collecting physical information and materials in the modern digital age. Our distinguished speakers will discuss the work of the Nations Library by providing Public Access to some of the most valuable treasures and documents in the nation. Please give a warm welcome to the librarian of congress, dr. Carla hayden point by broadcast joined by broadcast journalist and nyu alum, ray suarez. Ray i figure the applause is my cue. [applause] carla hayden, welcome. Dr. Hayde
Independents 202 7488002. If not by phone, you can use your phone to give us a text. 7488003. Comment ono post a social media. You can post a comment on facebook. We look forward to hearing from you. Here is an article we found recently that starts to highlight all of this. Can policy make it more affordable to have a family . They write that the annual American Family survey has been released recently. It suggests that while most americans considered cultural concerns the most important problem facing families, they now see economic concerns the most pressing issue. Not surprising that young couples report having fewer children than they would like for economic reasons. Last year, a morning consul parents said they expected to have fewer children than they considered ideal. Three of the primary reasons were child killed expenses, financial instability, childcare expenses, financial instability, and the general state of the economy. Families need to raise about a dollars,f a million 23
New survey on credit card use and consumer debt. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host the house and the senate come back into session today after a 5 week after a 6week break. This is the washington journal for september 9. Several state attorneys general will announce they will investigate google over antitrust concerns. This as another group of attorneys general plan to investigate facebook over its practices and congress expressed concerns over these two companies and discussing more regulation of these companies. What do you think about this new round of investigations . Do you think larger tech firms need more regulation. If you say more regulation of these companies needed, 2027488000. If you say no new regulation needed, call at 2027488001. If you say less regulation is needed, 2027488002. You can post on our twitter feed at cspanwj an facebook, you can post there, too, at facebook.
Thank you for having me. Tell us about theis organization and how you are funded . We are owned by lending tree and a credit card market place where people can come in and get credit cards but also learn how to use them wisely what to know when you are shopping for one. Basically we get a bounty every time someone signs up for a car through our site with relationships so we also have a church and state divide in our newsroom like any newspaper and my goal is to be the person who goes out and tells the truth and helps people make smart decisions about cars. When it comes to the overall topic of Consumer Debt how is the residents of the United States doing generally on that front particularly when it comes to Credit Card Debt . They are still handling their business pretty well right now. Delinquencies are climbing up a little bit right now but there is stillit generally low historically but there are definitely signs that we are starting to run into issues but that is to be expected. It
Into the digital age. The Center Hosted the program. Good evening, everybody. My name is tom mcintyre. I am the Deputy Director of the nyu center. I am pleased to welcome you all to the auditorium. This is our second installment of our Young Leaders Network Series for the summer. 2014 by the center and the Edward Kennedy institute for the u. S. Senate, the Young Leaders network aims to promote in the next generation of leaders the spirit of Public Service as embodied for decades on capitol hill by ted kennedy. Our goal is to provide students with programs that enrich their experience while interning in washington, d. C. And to help them create a network of peers as they lay a groundwork for a career in Public Service. Tonights program, uncovering the treasures of the library of congress will focus on the importance of collecting physical information and materials in the modern digital age. Our distinguished speakers will discuss the work of the Nations Library by providing Public Acces