Get this you know a caste system where there is a Different Group so students. Having to adhere to you know more and more difficult problems regarding the visa processing and. Jennifer let me bring you into the conversation im just looking here at the refusal rates for u. S. B. Visas and these are freezes that allow you to consult with Business Associates in the u. S. That you can actually work with these visas and say just looking back just over a year ago 2 years ago you can see the countries that are popular for allowing people to come in hes in this particular kind of visa into the u. S. Somalia iran to pity them in syria United Kingdom france germany so france and germany are more popular in terms of allowing people when do you notice that theres a hierarchy of who eventually gets into the country on a visa thats involved in science or technology of research and who doesnt make it i think with those particular b. Visas its actually difficult to know what from the statistics what t
You got quiet so quickly. Good afternoon and welcome everyone. We are in for an important discussion. I am liz schrayer the president and ceo of u. S. Global Leadership Coalition usglc . We are honored to cohost todays event. And i would like to welcome our special guest ivanka trump and usaid administrator mark greene. Todays program is the first public event in the United States of the u. S. Global initiative. This is an opportunity to highlight a Game Changing initiative. Unleashing the full potential of women in the world. And to hear about innovative activity. For the men in this room no offense to you but a topic like this, to go wrong . U. S. Global Leadership Coalition usglc has been pleased to be part of this initiative. I remember early on when the board had the opportunity to meet with ivanka trump your unwavering commitment to bring the idea of womens Economic Empowerment to the center stage has been extraordinary. And everybody in this room joins and thank you for that. An
Mark, we have been pleased to join you in discussions with you and your team for bringing your expertise on Global Development to the table. I know i was pleased to join both of you at the oval office at the signing of w gdp and we were very proud to work with capitol hill on the passage of the womens entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment act and we have some members of congress who will be talking about that shortly. The truth is there are a few agendas that bring together people and that are as compelling and as unifying as the one we are going to talk about today. In this town it is quite nice that we have a topic that does that. Gathered here is a wide array of stakeholders that have come together because they believe in the initiative we will be talking about. I see friends from the administration, from the white house, state department, friends from capitol hill from both sides of the aisle. The leaders are also known as the strange bedfellow coalition because we bring togeth
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God our father, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Bless the members of this peoples house as they gather at the end of another week in the capitol. Endow each with the graces needed to attend to the issues of the day with wisdom. That the results of their efforts might benefit the citizens of our nation and the world. We also ask your blessing leading into this weekend upon fathers throughout our country. May they be their best selves and may their children appreciate fully the blessing they have been to them. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. New england journal of medicine pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman
[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 311, the nays are 110. The amendment is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 67 printed in 116109 house report offered by the gentlewoman from california, ms. Porter, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 67 printed in part b of house report 116109 offered by ms. Porter of california. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will rec