Families across our country by providing a tax credit as large as 25 for employers who offer up to 12 weeks of paid family leave. Employees would be able to take this time without needing to choose between potentially falling behind on their bills or spending time caring for their loved ones. Caring for families today does not just mean taking care of children. My proposal helps to ease burdens on family caregivers taking care of aging parents as well. The Senate Special committee on aging recently released a report focusing on americas aging workforce and the opportunities and challenges associated with it. One of its findings is that a growing group of aging workers are also caregivers. In fact, one out of every four employees over the age of 50 serves as a family caregiver. Some employers are implementing strategies to support them, but i believe that this credit will go a long way in encouraging additional employers to take proactive steps to help these workers. This proposal also
We leave a last minute or so of that interview to take you like to the u. S. Senate about to gamble in print lawmakers expected to work on 2018 defense programs and policies. Starting of the session with a moment of silence for the 16th anniversary of the 911 attacks. Will take you life out to the floor of the senate. Here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our shelter and shield, today we remember 9 11. As we recall the tragedy and and heroism of that day, we better understand that freedom isnt free. We remember how the pain united us so that we knew that we were not hyphenated americans, but one people. Infuse us in these contentious times with a similar spirit of oneness inspiring us to work for the wellbeing of all people. Lord, we are grateful for the protection you have provided us for the 16 years since this calamitous day. May we continue to tru
Senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Infinite father, thank you for your providential care. You lead us, as a great shepherd, beside still waters. You restore our souls. Fill our lawmakers with optimism and hope, as they remember that all things are possible to those who believe. With confidence in your strength, may they face the future unafraid. Lord, help them to overcome every obstacle that would discourage them. May they cast their cares on you, remembering that you will keep them from stumbling or slipping lord, lead us all, we pray, to undergo all necessary discipline, diligence, and sacrifice to do your will on earth as it is done in heaven. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will re
Coalition in the fight against isil, australia ready to strike the militants within days. Marriages largest bank j. P. Morgan hit by cyber criminals. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. Another american has been diagnosed with ebola in africa, an nbc news cameraman in liberia. He has written several articles, including for Aljazeera America focusing on the ebola crisis. Several people who came in direct contact with an ebola patient in dallas have been quarantine, including the people he was staying with who are locked inside their apartment by order of the texas Health Democratic. We are in dallas this morning. You were at the apartment complex last night where people are quarantined. What are residents saying . Stephanie, we found this complex in the middle of a threemile district in dallas where there are 24 nations represented. This happens to be an area where many immigrant refugees are resettled. There were contrasting pictures. I saw parents playing w
And for reasons that i have mentioned, they have potentially exposed themselves and it would make it more difficult for the russians to simply sit on the sidelines and watch us get bogged down alone. They own part of the responsibility for the brooks in the middle east for the problems in the middle east. And much the same applies to china. And i would think that the russians would see this as in their own national interests. Well, one would have to assume thats the case because they have a national interest. A second question partially a statement, or partially a question. I was delighted to hear you general scowcroft, talk about the threat of cyber. I sort of feel like were england before world war ii ignoring a threat thats right this front of us. In front of us. We had the sony what if sony instead of a Movie Production Company had been the New York Stock Exchange or the gas pipeline . I have never seen an issue where weve had more warnings and were doing less. I hope you would con