Congress and nonfiction books. Here is what is happening on cspan2. Janet yellen tells lawmakers the outlook for in the rates part of her second day of testimony on capitol hill. Then democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton talks about her corporate Profit Sharing proposal at a town hall in dover, New Hampshire. And Congress Asks us soccer officials why they didnt expose the scandals in fifa. Janet yellen was back on capalitalol hill today saying it is likely the fed will raise Interest Rates. She highlighted improvements in the Labor Department as well. This is an hour and 45 minutes. These hearing are among the new opportunity we have for public discussion with the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve. They manage the supply of money and monitoring the health of the system. Through the special programs the feds Balance Sheet expanded to an unprecedented size of 4. 5 trillion trillion. 20 of all treasury securities are hailed on the feds Balance Sheet. Furthermore, rather than
That. Some people suggested recently that american works need to be willing to work longer hours. I dont think Many Americans work fewer hours by choice unless there are Health Issues or child care limitations or other responsibilities. I think Many Americans working part time would like to work full time. The slack in the labor market seems to indicateu kateicate we have a ways to go. Discuss the concern for the number of workers working part time but would like to be in the workforce. We have a larnl share of the workforce, believing it is around four and half percent working less hours than they would like to work. The broader measure is the measure of the Unemployment Rate we normally look at is 5. 3 . Broader measures that capture that part time for economic reasons a measure like you six. We have a picture in the Monetary Policy report and we show how high that is and of course it is always higher than the narrowing concept of unemployment it is very much higher than you would ex
Of individuals like the clintons, who worked hard for the middle class throughout their entire lives. [applause] hillarys here today to talk about economic growth. She is here to talk and take your questions regarding our economy. We had this promise here in america. That promise is if we all work hard and we play by the rules we can get ahead. You folks who dont know me, i have run a business here for 40 years. Im in the boat business in dover. I can tell you that they are saying a rising tide floats all boats. I can tell you that the greatest expansion in peacetime since world war ii is during a time that the clintons from arkansas occupy the white house. [applause] and i dont know about you but we are still here in dover we are still members of the working class, middleclass families, and we need an ally. We need an ally in the white house. That will not forget where they came from. I can tell you and you have my word that the clintons never forgot where they came from. Ever. [appla
Of the Smithsonian Museum of african art on the 50th anniversary. And aaron wolf on his documentary king corn. Monday night on the communicators, we will speak with the wall street journal Information Age columnist on why he thinks that washington is a danger zone for innovation. If you go back to earlier technologies like railroads the telephone monopoly, those were regulated as common carriers. They set terms, visit rules. Very set rules. The was very little innovation until they were deregulated and the common carrier statutes essentially unbound by congress. When it was clear that innovation was being suppressed and the u. S. Was falling behind, that was the backdrop for the bipartisan consensus in the 90s that the internet was going to be different. This was during the clinton administration. A clear consensus, democrat and republican, but unlike earlier technologies the internet was going to be largely unregulated. Monday on the communicators, on cspan2. Next, David Cameron takes