Facility is loathed in a district that i represent and it is part of the Savannah River site and i represent a portion of the site and so does jim clyburn. This is really bipartisan support of the m. O. X. Facility. This facility is really crucial for environmental cleanup and very crucial to fulfill the Nuclear Nonproliferation agreement that we have with the Russian Federation. The site and its over 60 completed. 3. 9 billion has been spent. The site has such a positive impact by reducing what is already there, 34 metric tons of weaponsgrade plutonium and made into green fuel. This is for Nuclear Production for our country. Additionally, it will fulfill the agreement that we have with the Russian Federation to do with weaponsgrade plutonium and will encourage them to do the same. This is proven technology. There has been a facility built in france already that has work. Ed that this will and other things, we have asked nor a study that its very clear that the most efficient and most
Im delighted to be here today to talk with all of you about the most Critical Issues we face as a nation. That is the battle for talent. Governor fallin, thank you for your leadership on the ngas initiative on workforce and education and congratulations on the progress you will have made in oklahoma. With your dashboard, you are providing a powerful example of how states can address the disconnect between supply and demand. With ok job match come youre helping show states how to improve the way job seekers are matched to jobs based on skills and competency, not just on job descriptions and resumes. It is leadingedge. I would like to recognize colorado as well for doing a great job with the blueprint that ties together agencies businesses, education and workforce development. That kind of approach will be crucial to attacking the workforce challenges ahead and t is exciting to see the progress being made. I want to wish you a bit further today on the topic of talent and workforce develo
Support the historical practice and you have this substantial historical practice. The hyster practice accelerated over time and you can see examples going back to george appointments that would not qualify under the court of appeals ruling. As time has gone on, there has been more and more. How much weight do you give history . How can you allocate authority between the residents and the senate . It will be an interesting case to follow. Let me make one tiny little point. What is old is new again. Most of the work done on the question of intercession and when the recess has to occur was done by democrats, including me. I wrote to senator canty challenging recess appointments by president bush. The republican judges rejected our argument. Now the shoes have been completely reversed. Do you have an opinion or if theur brief address court agrees with the dc circuit , then what is the effect on going backwards . I think one of the appointments challenged i senator kennedy was a judge sitt
Colleges. They can ask the board of trustees. They can ask the admissions office. They can go to the legislature or seek a constitutional amendment. But minority groups, the only way they can get a preference enacted is to teamed states constitution and that violates this by depriving them of the same way to influence state policy that other groups have. When that case so the case is not one that i it deals with affirmative action and whether a state can abolish affirmative action on a statewide basis. Its interesting in a number of ways because it says that a measure that on its face is completely race neutral. It says no one should receive any preference or detriment based on race is unconstitutional because it prohibits some people from seeking a preference based on race. And again, as allison said, we cant ever be sure what the Supreme Court is going to do but it seems that the opponents of proposal two, in other words the coalition of affirmative action has an uphill climb to pers
Line to the president , is now facing specific public allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. Allegations concern steven rhinebolt who attended high school in illinois where hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach. Tonight, a friend of a classmate of rhinebolt tells nbc news that rhinebolt told him in 1974 about sexual contact with hastert that occurred while rhinebolt was still a student. He started to talk about his relationship with Denny Hastert and told me that they had been sexual and i was flabbergasted. I said, what do you mean . And he said well, we would do things sexually and it would sometimes start with a massage. Rhinebolts sister said that rhinebolt told her that hastert sexually abused him throughout his high school years. She said she first learned of the alleged abuse when rhinebolt told her he was gay eight years after his high school graduation. I asked him, stevie when was junior first samesex experience. And he just looked at me and said, it was with Dennis Hast