President obama thats great. Thank you. [applause] thank you, its an honor to be here. When i was growing up in rwanda, i used to be in the forest collecting firewood for my parents. Other children in africa are facing the same challenges, they are involved in a number of activities to help their parents just to prepare their meal instead of going to school. So as i was growing up, i kept thinking about something that i can do to help these families have access to alternative fuels they can use to replace charcoal wood that they have been using for many years. So i came up with an idea whereby we collect wood and turned turn them into an affordable, environmentally Friendly Product that people can use, its a great cooking fuel which can improve health and sanitation in homes. Its been two years and we have employed more than 25 people, giving them jobs and we are trying to expand to other areas of the country so that we can continue to improve sanitation as well as providing alteshtive
House caucus participated. Host how many guest there were eight fewer. There were 188 at that time. A couple attending to family emergencies. A couple out of town for scheduled trips for other reasons. Only a handful of members who are democrats who are also aligned with the n. R. A. Ncluding the only two members, linda from texas on our ndependent line. Host your piece was titled inside the house, houses first social nonfilibuster. Why isnt there a filibuster procedure available in the house . Guest it goes right to the very heart of the civics lessons we all took in high school. The fundamental difference between the house and the enate. All the rules you and i think about every day when we Pay Attention to the house are designed so the majority can get what they want unless they misunderstand what they want and the vote goes against them. They have designed it to be a regular routine march through the legislative process. They organized how many amendments are going to be offered. I
Call to action and i said you know what can you do, ill tell you. You can pay your vendors within 15 days of getting a valid invoice from them. That would show your commitment back and he accepted that challenge and im very, we theed path finders like this in corporate america, so that is one of the, it opens the conversations we had and im seeing results and am grateful for that. Is there an argument beyond listen, that you can point to your supply chain and say this is a really brilliant business decision thats going to help you make a lot of money. First data as a supplier, general actually declared were going the hire 30 of new hires spouses. I turned that to our supply chain and said not only do i want you to do it, im not writing you out of the contract, but id like you to do that as well. Not because youre a supplier of usa, but it makes good business. I found almost every supplier said we want to do that as well because we see the value of doing it. But then the question was ho
Littleknown aspects on the lives and leadership of Union General ulysses s. Grant and then on real america a 1965 Progress Report on nasas projects including the manned Space Program and the mariner 4 flyby of mars and just before 9 00 writer and awardwinning documentary filmmaker rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and tell vision. American history tv, all weekend, and on holidays, too, only on cspan3. We have more now from the recent u. S. Chamber of comerlss daylong summit called Mission Transition creating Employment Opportunities for post9 11 veterans and military families. Up next companies such as Jpmorgan Chase, uber, usaa and others took part in a series of discussions on the Job Opportunities available and how to help veterans transition to civilian life. This is about an hour 40 minutes. My name is susanne clark. Im executive Vice President of the u. S. Chamber of commerce, and let me be the officially the 12th person to welcome you all here to thi
Even when they say it is not, it is always about money. Melissa first night we follow the money around the world to track the cost of sanctions in iran. What is the price we are pying to not do business in iran . Right now a lot of talk about whether or not president obama will actually meet with iranian president at the United Nations this week. Of course at the center of all of it is money. We have figures you have never heard anywhere else. Just to keep iran feeling cut off. Is it worth it . Here with the amazing stats is the military expert. Great to have you back on the show. One of the stats that really caught my attention was about the loss of Business Companies like boeing are suffering as a result. 25 alien they and others could be doing in revenue if they were allowed to sell aircraft into iran, instead russia is getting that business. Is it worth it . I would say 25 billion per year is on the low side of the estimates i come up with in terms of what American Business could b