] and five years of hard work the united kingdom now has the fastest growing economy in -- [shouting] >> i'm grateful to my right honorable friend to i haven't felt particularly reticent today but what it would cities the economy is recovering. you see that in jobs. you now see that in living standards. you see it in the lowest rates of inflation that we've had for many years in our country. the economy has turned around. we turned that corner. things are getting better and we must let labour racket. -- mustn't let rec it. >> the suffering of constituents of mine who lost their babies, it's hard to imagine they have had years of struggle to get to

the point yesterday where the report put through a host of a condition vote for our local hospital but also for the wider nhs. will be honored their struggle today by saying the government will implement those recommendations in full? >> i think it is a very important report and that's what why the health sector made the statement that he did. we want to see many of these changes put in place. what i would say is where we have problems in our nhs and resolve this in a case that he mentioned, it's very important that we sweep those problems under the carpet -- we don't sweep those problems under the carpet. we have this new post of chief inspector of hospitals which i think brings focus to the whole organization, and we work out how to turn a hospital about put into special measures, how to get things fixed so this tragedy to happen again. but my heart goes out to all those people who lost their children if things that should never happen in our country.

watch anytime at c-span.org. tomorrow the united states institute of peace will hold a discussion on ukraine, public opinion amid war focusing on the results of their views rush versus europe and the type of assistance they want from the u.s. you can watch that live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress.

not only are there 43 new ep cancel and 15 new democrats in the house and 12 new republicans and one new democrat in the senate. the first woman veteran in the senate. keep track of the members of congress using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. there is lots of useful information there including voting results about each session of congress. >> next -- former secretary of state hillary clinton and jeb bush. then a house hearing on u.s. operations in afghanistan.

former secretary of state hillary clinton was honored at the 30th anniversary of emily's list, and she gave the keynote address. other speakers including former u.s. represented a from arizona gabrielle giffords and her husband mark kelly, house minority leader nancy pelosi and others. this is about 30 minutes. -- nancy pelosi. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen police welcome hillary clinton [applause] [applause]

>> thank you all so much. my goodness, that was a walk down memory lane, so many memories, so many hairstyles. it is wonderful being with you tonight. i have to say i'm still in the grandmother glow six months in is better than any spot treatment and i highly recommend it but if there's anything that can compete with it it is a room full of women and men who recognize the importance of

making sure that all of our people have a chance to live up to their god-given potential and if that includes running for office, running campaigns, standing up and being an advocate, then emily's list has been on the track for 30 years and let's hope for 30 -- 800 more until we are no longer , needed. [applause] i want to answer one question at the start before it stirs up twitter. over the years, people have read a lot of different things into my pant suits. so let's settle this once and for all. despite what you might think this outfit actually is not white and gold. i must say that gave us all a little bit of amusement in the

middle of our days and i can't tell you how many people i've been with who have held up the pictures and asked me blue and black, white and gold. you know, i believe in freedom of thought and expression. the internet is a great enabler , but it's nice to be with people who actually see what is before us as a country and that are committed to doing each of our parts to make this day fair, more just, a better place for our girls and boys. i want to start by thinking stephanie. first of all, that was an amazing speech. i am so impressed and proud. [applause] and the fact that she could get al franken, my friend of

decades, elected to the united states senate tells you everything you need to know about what an extraordinary person of patients. stephanie is, but she has led this indispensable organization into the 21st century with such savvy and class. she took the baton and she has ran faster and farther than we could have hoped. growing from 400,000 members to more than 3 million today under stephanie's leadership, emily's list is bigger, stronger younger and more diverse than ever. [applause] so this anniversary is a chance to celebrate how far we have come together and where we need to go and why it matters not just for women but for the entire country. i have to confess sometimes

ideal feel like a broken record saying that. i know that there are still some people who roll their eyes when i or others say that women's issues are america's issues but they just have to get used to it . i'm going to beat this drum as long and as loud as it takes to be part of a course that so many of you have been in for so many years. it's important for us to remember what it was like for women in politics before emily's list. it's not just that the playing field wasn't level. women were barely in the game. they couldn't even get into the arena where the game was being played. and that is the genius that inspired ellen who decided to

, shake things up. on that day in 1985 when she gathered those friends in her basement, none of them could have known exactly what kind of impact they would have. but they did know something very important. they knew that when women participate in politics the effects ripple out far and wide and they knew the country is full of brilliant talented women ready to step up and lead and and who better to prove than a 4-foot 11-inch sparkplug named barbara mikulski. [applause] barbara has great integrity, but 4 feet 11 inches might be stretching it just a little.

but the old boys never saw her coming and with the help of emily's list the voters of maryland not only saw her but they elected her again and again and again. barbara's victory in 1986 was a turning point for this organization, for women in politics and certainly for the united states senate. she blazed a path forward and among her many accomplishments one that i am particularly grateful for, was when she forced the senate to allow women to wear pants suits on the floor. [applause] like so many of my fellow women

senators i will always remember her kindness and wisdom when i was elected in the 2000 election. she was one of the first calls i got. it went something like this. congratulations. i followed it. that was a hard-fought race. now you need to figure out how to be a senator since you've been elected to serve as one. she came over and sat down with me and started giving me a tutorial that stood me in such good stead but she also knew how to cut through all the hot air. she understands that yes, we have to work out macro issues and also macaroni and cheese issues too, and for hard-working families, they are one and the same. it's hard to imagine the senate without senator mikulski.

we over so much. but i'm glad she's going to stay out there raising hell like she always has and inspiring even more people to consider public service because of the rewards that despite all of the challenges come to you. so, thank you for everything barbara. we love you. we are grateful to you. emily's list has gone on to help elect 19 women to the senate more than 100 as you heard to congress and 11 governors. emily's list with your help has recruited and trained more than 9,000 women from every background to run for every office at every level. [applause] aren't you proud to see governors like a wonderful maggie from new hampshire and

gina rolando leading the way don't you love seeing nancy pelosi stand up against efforts of politics with the security . nobody fights harder for middle-class families day in and day out than nancy does. didn't it make you want to cheer when it was a coalition of the women senators that finally broke the log jam during the last government shutdown. [applause] or when patty murray showed that it is still possible to build relationships in washington when she worked out a budget deal with paul ryan. emily's list helped make all of that happened. it's because of because of you that kirsten gillibrand can lead the fight against sexual assault in the military. [applause] it's because of you that we can work to hold wall street accountable. [applause]

it's because of you that barbara boxer can defend the rights of women to make our own reproductive health care choices . [applause] and of course it's hard to believe we are losing both of the barbaras. i hope inspire more women to run to follow in their footsteps. i will always be grateful that i got to serve alongside so many terrific pro-choice democratic women senators. the least emily's list was there. as exciting as the past 30 years have been, think about the future. wasn't it amazing to hear from my on a presley and stacy abrams. [applause] they are both true rising stars,

to kind of leaders we needed to know how to find common ground when they can but to stand their ground when they must. [applause] and even in 2014, a difficult year for democrats. you saw as nancy pelosi introduced them the nine new democratic women now serving in congress. so all of these women certainly fill me with hope about what we can accomplish together and also remind me that we are not just standing up for women but for all people and for our families , our communities, our country, and indeed the kind of world we want for our children. we are fighting for an economy that works for everyone and includes everyone.

that is the only way to achieve broad-based growth and prosperity in a world that is growing more competitive and interdependent every day. we can't leave talent on the sidelines given the pressure and challenges we face. not women not the millions of young people who were out of schools and out of work. not the long-term unemployed or every day americans who work hard for years but find it tougher and tougher to get ahead. as secretary of state i spoke around the world about a new participation age and that's what we need here at home as well. next week as part of our no ceilings project at the clinton foundation i will be joining chelsea and melinda gates to unveil a sweeping report full of

evidence about how women and girls have opportunities to participate fully they lift up , not just themselves but their families, their economies and their entire society. we know that women moving into the workforce in large numbers helped america's economic growth over the past 40 years. the average family in our country would be earning $14,000 less, and our gross domestic product would be about $2 trillion smaller if those women hadn't gotten jobs and paychecks. but unfortunately today there are too many policies and pressures. they make it harder for the

parents, men and women alike to , work while also raising a family. many don't have access to sick days or paid medical leave. it's hard to find the quality affordable child care. work schedules are too often far from predictable or flexible and sometimes simply unfair taking advantage of the low wage workers. and it is still an outrage that so many women are paid less than men for the same work. [applause] now these are not just problems for women. they are problems for families and the entire economy. let's be honest here our , families look different than they did decades ago, and so do our jobs. many families today depend on to incomes to make ends meet and 40% of mothers are now the

sole or primary breadwinners. that is a fact of life that we have not yet fully embraced. so when any parent is shortchanged, the family has shortchanged. if you go all the way up the ladder our economy is shortchanged. when i talk with men about this, i ask them to think about if their wife or sister or daughter or mother is getting taken advantage at work, then they are suffering because of that. this is everyone's fight. we have to fight it together and win it together and that means making sure women have the legal tools they need to demand fairness at work and real transparency that makes accountability, enforcement, and negotiation possible. [applause]

as a nation we know that the american middle class was built in part by the right for people to organize and bargain on the -- on behalf of themselves and their colleagues. [applause] this is one of those important issues that isn't just for the labor union members. this is important for everybody who works because if there is , not a balance of power in the workplace, everybody will suffer. so we have to get our economy to reflect the realities of 21st

century america and we are not , doing that. we are not doing that when the hard work of women and men across the country is not rewarded with rising wages but ceo pay goes up and up. it's not happening when the biggest corporations can exploit tax havens overseas but small businesses are held back by outdated redtape. it's not happening when the workers have to jump from job to job in a dynamic market that -- but often have to leave benefits they have earned behind. it's not happening when so many young people worry about no matter how much education they get, no matter how hard they work, they won't be able to afford to pay for college or the middle-class lifestyle that their parents and grandparents enjoyed.

across our country, americans feel the ground shifting under their feet. so many of the old jobs and careers are gone or unrecognizable and certainly the old rules don't seem to apply anymore, and the new rules are not at all clear. thanks to president obama, we have fought our way back from the crisis and recession but there is still so much anxiety and uncertainty and the games -- games that we've made our real but fragile and we have to , regain a sense of security and confidence. if we want to find our balance again we have to work together , to build a 21st century economy. creating more and better jobs with higher wages that will make it possible to afford a middle-class life. helping more people start growth

-- start and grow small businesses and investing in the innovators and entrepreneurs who will create the new jobs of tomorrow. providing our kids and our adults with the education and skills they need for lifelong learning in order to compete. changing the way we do business so that americans have the flexibility and support to be both great workers and great parents. and making washington work again not just for those at the top who have access and influence but for everyday americans whose grit and hard work drove our comeback and have come back and have always been the backbone of the prosperity. we have to get back to investing for long-term in the things that matter most. human beings, first and foremost . if we remember how to work and

grow together, we can help more families find their footing in the middle class and make sure every one of our kids has a fair shot to climb that ladder of opportunity. emily's list has always supported pro-choice democrats but if you look at the agenda of those pro-choice democrats from city hall through the congress, we can see that they also stand for the kind of positive prosperity that has made it possible for so many of us to leapfrog our grandparents and parents. recently we have heard republicans try to sing out of the same hymnal, talking about income inequality, like watching the end of casablanca. [applause] [laughter]