Recall that moynihan was complaining primarily about black families and his these is was that because of weakness in black Family Structure, blacks would not be able to seize the opportunities that were coming available to them as a result of the Civil Rights Movement. And i can tell you that what i am going to say to you is moynihans concerns now apply to hispanics and to whites, to the whole country. And here are the numbers. I got these by i recently analyzed the censuses. This is representative of the whole country. Here is what happened with family composition. First, marriage rates declined for every age group and every ethnic group every education group, with one exception thats quite fascinating, declined in 1970 and 1980 for College Educated women, but have been stable and risen a little for College Educated women. I think theres a lesson in that. For every other Group Marriage rates have declined. Now im going to tell you a fact demonstrated by social science. This fact will
To for the agency to meet statutory obligations. As dr. Sullivan fully described, i will not duplicate that discussion. I will close, though, speaking to results. Results afterall, what matters. The centers for Disease Control analyzed illnesses from all foods. Over the fiveyear period ending in 2010, cdc found that 141 of 122,000 that is 0. 001156 or 0. 12 illnesses caused by imported seafood. Most of us love baseball. Great day to be out for the nats game. But we recall going to the games with our dads. Hoipg to clutch that mitt and catch that foul ball. Unfortunately, we often came home crest fallen because we rarely ever did. The chance of catching the foul ball. 0. 001156 or 0. 12 . As an example of effectiveness of fda and while this is the hearing focus not only the fda captures program, i did want to acknowledge the leadership of senator shaheen and ayotte and others on this committee working in a bipartisan manner to eliminate a program that usdas own risk experts said will no
Wellfunctioning Charter Schools, there is still an issue of teacher burnout in those schools because we require a lot of Charter School teachers. These are teachers that often put in 10, 11, 12hour days. And theres issues there with still being motivated to continue to put many years in teaching. Weve had issues incompetence in Charter School management. Sometimes we have had issues with financial corruption with people who are misusing Charter School funds. And then of course, you always have issues with curriculum and standards that are not carefully thought through. And as a result, charters are closed down. But what id like to talk to mostly here is i come from the university system. And i can talk all day about barriers at the state, city, and school level but there are also barriers that are just as entrenched and formidable in our universities and colleges. This is the site where we train School Administrators social workers, School Psychologist and speech and language therapist
There is a lot going on. We have been having different hearing and have been active. There is big issues out there like the spectrum option. And there are Different Things out there. But it doesnt make all of the news. But the subcommittee has been active. I want to ask you about the fcc brand new members coming in and what the is importance of that . It is important they all appear before us in the committee and they can ask questions to find out where they are going. Especially if we are talking about the reform and what the future holds. What their thoughts and philosophy is. We have had the commissions before us, but it is important the chair is bringing in the fcc right now. What do you mean by fcc reform . There are Different Things out there. Transparency and predictability and moving things along. It took the chairman ten years for something to get done. Having something out there is like having a cost base analysis of what they do. Making sure they understand, like any regulat
Tonight, there are signs that maybe, some responsible adult became may prevail. Joining me now, what is the latest what are you hearing . They are a long way from a deal. They did speak to each other on the phone. This is the first time they talked in a week. Im told though, that there is no Real Progress in the negotiations. As you know, president obama insi insists there is no deal to present on the top 2 of earners. It doesnt involve the rates going up on the top 2 . All of those americans too get a tax cut on that finramework. In some sense it is a tax cut for all americans. Bottom line, we are talking today but we are still at stalemate. A phone call is big news between these two. We are hearing about Senate Republicans, what are you hearing, how significant is it. It is significant for a couple of reasons. These three republicans in different ways suggested that they would be okay with what most republicans are saying that they are not okay with. Raising tax rates for the wealthy