live is the youngest principal officer in the afl-cio history. [applause] i asked her to lead a program of outreach to young workers as part of the effort, the afl-cio conducted a study of young workers between the ages of eight teams and 34, comparing their economic standing and attitudes and hopes with those of a similar survey that yea ag. the findings were shocking. they revealed the lost decade of young workers in america, lower wages, education deferred. wings were so bad that one in three of these eight teams to 34 -year-olds is currently living at home with their parents because they can't afford to live alone. now the desperation i heard in this or pay in the voices of the proud hard-working americans fills me with a sense of urgency, and urgency that should be shared right of reebok select it official here in washington and across the country. as a country and of movement, our challenge is to build a new economy that can restore working people expect nations and renew their hopes. if you were laid off because of what wall street do to o

remarks now by afl-cio president richard trumka.e talks about the state of the economy and its impact on families as well as is opposition to portions of the health care legislation. from the national press club, this last about an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national press club for speakers luncheon. i am president of the national press club and a reporter for "usa today." we're the leading organization for professional journalist and we provide it informative programming and journalism education and foster a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please web at our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, how well -- i would like to welcome our speaker and the gas in the audience today. i would also like to welcome those of you watching on c-span. for those in our broadcast audience if you hear applause, it may be from the guests and members of the general public to attend our luncheon and not necessarily from the working press. i would now like to introduce our head t

the alf-cio is building new ways for working people to organize themselves. and new models for collective bargaining. we have created working americans, 3 million member community-based union growing in a working-class neighborhoods. this is one of the signal accomplishments of my predecessor john sweeney. i have to tell you i'm very, very proud and honored to have you here with us tonight. please, stand up. [applause] we are proud of our alliance with workers' centers movement that links movements to the alf-cio with hundreds of grassroots workers' organizations around the country. we are also working with community allies to strengthen the voice and bargaining power of low wage workers of los angeles car washers. next week alf-cio executive vice president or lynn baker, who is right over here, will lead the labor movement commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the lunch counter sit-in's in greens were a north carolina. continuing the great work that she has done over so many years on behalf of the most vulnerable in our society. and not far from greensbor

she is the youngest principal officer in the afl-cio history.[applause] i have asked her to lead a program for young workers. as part of the effort, the afl- cio conducted a study of young workers between the ages of 18 and 34, comparing their economic standing and attitudes and hopes with those of a similar survey conducted 10 years ago. the findings were shocking. they reveal a lost decade of young workers in america. lower wages, education deferred, things were so bad that one in three of these 18-34 year old is living at home with their parents because they cannot afford to live at home -- they cannot afford to live alone. the desperation i heard in this survey and the voices of the proud, hard-working americans fills me with a sense of urgency. an urgency that should be shared by every last elected official in washington and across the country. as a country and a movement, our challenge is to build a new economy that can restore working people's expectations and renew their hopes. if you were laid off because of what wall street did to our

live is the youngest principal officer in the afl-cio history.applause] i asked her to lead a program of outreach to young workers as part of the effort, the afl-cio conducted a study of young workers between the ages of eight teams and 34, comparing their economic standing and attitudes and hopes with those of a similar survey that was conducted ten years ago. the findings were shocking. they revealed the lost decade of young workers in america, lower wages, education deferred. wings were so bad that one in three of these eight teams to 34 -year-olds is currently living at home with their parents because they can't afford to live alone. now the desperation i heard in this or pay in the voices of the proud hard-working americans fills me with a sense of urgency, and urgency that should be shared right of reebok select it official here in washington and across the country. as a country and of movement, our challenge is to build a new economy that can restore working people expect nations and renew their hopes. if you were laid off because of what

this is from a key representative of the afl-cio.ur message to represent health care reform that does not tax our healthcare benefits, requires employers to pay their fair share, control health-care costs and the best way to do that is to create a public health care option. pledged to make your call. fight for health care reform has been long and hard and are -- and is just weeks away from a final bill emerging the house and senate. both bills increased the number of people who have health care insurance and the most egregious health-care company abuses. it taxes hard-working families and you need to stick to your guns and boat for health care reform that will work for working families. this is the head of the afl-cio? he says the senate bill is badly flawed. it will allow employers to not pay their fair sure. share. we want to make sure that health care reform works for us. pledged that you will call your representative and urge your friends to call in solidarity. mark leyton, afl-cio. that is a letter sent to their members and you

with a union using their political action money to run an ad, along as it says "paid for by the afl-cio," or whoever. at least i don't see how that violates the constitution. people -- he goes on to say, quote, "people who associate, who pool their financial resources for purposes of economic enterprise overwhelmingly do so in the corporate form and with increasing frequency in corporation is chosen by those to associate to defend and promote particular ideas, such as the american civil liberties union, the national rifle association, parties to this case" -- in other words, these are entities that file briefs in the case before the supreme court at that time. and so, again, what we have the spectacle of in essence was an attempt to promote a film, a so-called documentary -- i don't know how wonderful it was or how bad it was -- and they said it couldn't be shown because it was near an election time and corporations had given some money to putting it on. and i think that's not healthy. in fact, the whole approach to constricting and limiting people in pooling their money and running ads

the president of the afl-cio along with other labor leaders pressed his argument at the white house today. he also made his case in a speech to the national press club. >> instead of taxing the rich, the senate bill taxes the middle class. by taxing workers' health plans. not just union members' health care plans. in fact, most of the 31 million uninsured or insured employees who will be hit by the excise tax are not union members. >> ifill: house leaders support a plan to raise taxes on families earning a million dollars or more and individuals who earn $500,000 or more. for more on the pros and cons of the so-called "cadillac tax," we turn to jonathan gruber, a health economist at the massachusetts institute of technology. he is also a paid consultant to the obama administration. and josh bivens, an economist at the economic policy institute, a think tank that receives some funding from labor groups. welcome to you both. jonathan gruber, why is this a good idea? >> well, thanks for having me on, gwen. i think it's a good idea because we need to look at what happens currently when people

he had been preaching that for years, usually the black audiences, but he preached it once the afl-cio convention, all of these george meany and these burleigh union ethnic types are not big as we know from obama's experience on lofty language. they like practical and king is like really soaring with them but i think what happened at "i have a dream," even before jackson thinks she said told them about the dream come martin, because she had been with him in detroit had a very black locust march better read the franklin, c. l. franklin and i guess, is that was fresh in her mind, and i think what happened is right before that king turned to to the black civil rights movement for the south and right before he goes flying and he says -- and it isn't in his prepared remarks i believe. he says i know some of you have come here from trials and tribulations. there was something about the biblical language and the return to the veterans of creative suffering which were his people. they were the people he thought was like jesus and i know you're asking how long. usually that is king doing a soci

. >> today on c-span, the afl-cio 's richard trumka talks about benefits for working families.pend. -- c-span. martha: clique, joe kennedy, and others need for a debate. live coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. in congress, the house returns tomorrow. members will double in at noon eastern. voting will be postponed until 6:30 eastern. on january 20, the senate considers a bill. in the meantime, health care negotiations set to begin this week. democrats also discussed the jobs and health care. president obama and former president clinton will be there to talk about his experience with health care legislation. the aim is to get a final bill to the president before the state of the union address. >> i am always concerned about the potential unforeseen unintended consequences of new regulations. regulations of any kind act as a tax. when you regulate something, you tend to diminish it. >> today, the fcc communicator robert mcdowell on the efforts to create a national broadband plan. host: our guest is david masci, senior researcher at the pure form. -- pew forum. this morning in

i had a conversation with the federal cio, and when he was in washington, he put up a number of thought prevention measures to ensure that dmv workers cut only do a check against the database. that was the security in the privacy protections put in place to limit the amount of information that the worker could find out. those same types of rules to go into effect for those that want to use driver's licenses. >> mr. baker, your testimony asserts that pass id will return us to pre and 9/11 standards for the issuance of identification documents. the act actually contains many of the same security requirements as real id. including requirements of federal identity documentation showing the person's date of birth, proof of the person goes to social security number, documentation showing the person's name and address of principal residence. and prove that the individual is in the country lawfully. under passivity, social security numbers would be checked electronic -- underpass id, social security numbers would be checked electronic flea -- electronically. rather than verified with the issuin

national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> tomorrow afternoon, remarks by the newly electedç head of e afl-cion. ç>> the house is back in sessin tuesday, january 12. live coverage on c-span. the senate returns january 20. they plan to consider judicial nomination and increase in federal debt. off the floor, house send senate leaders are debating the health care bill. the senate passed its bill on christmas eve, but it did not include the public auction. . exported history, art and architecture of the capital. 83 disc cd set. >> coming up next on c-span, juan zarate about national security issues. this is just over two hours. >> it is my time to welcome our first guest speaker of the day, juan zarate to the weeklong seminar>> congress and the obama presidency. this program is one that brings students from all over the united states. i have been associated with this program as a factory director for about 10 years. this is a program which is very dear to my heart. we have consistently had some of the best speakers available and certainly this is true of juan carlos zarate. there is a scene in t

more influential than an endorsement by president clinton, by president bush it is first and the afl-ciowinfrey or barbra streisand. when the nra gives its "good housekeeping" seal of approval to a candidate it's votes and boots on the ground for candidates. before we get into some of our legislative strategies and our job at the national rifle association in engaging citizens to become active is not altruistic. my job is not to ensure that 100% of all americans are engaged in the process. my goal is that 100% those who support the goals of the national rifle association is engaged in the process. that's why targeted outreach is so important. so let's talk a few moments to talk about activating our base and keep in mind when we talk about legislative activism we're talking about either passing legislation or defeating legislation. we're talking about bills that may be pending in congress or in a state legislature or even right down in the city or town council. we run the gambit in our level of involvement. what i think we have found that works best at the nra and what more and more organ

a consortium of groups from the afl-cio to common cause to now once again focus on our problems with allowing the budget commission to change social security, and here's what they wrote -- "an american public that only recently rejected privatization of social security will undoubtedly be suspicious of a process that shuts them out of all decisions regarding the future of the retirement system that served them well in the current financial crisis. the idea of excluding social security from fast track processes is not new. congress already excludes social security in the fast track reconciliation process. the text of my amendment is very similar. it's very similar to a provision that appears right now in section 310-g of the congressional budget act. that budget act section prohibits using reconciliation to make cuts in social security. that's in the law today. my amendment would do the same. the same for the fast track procedures in the conrad-gregg amendment. the senate added the budget act section on which my amendment is patterned to the law in 1985. senator hawkins from florida o

. >> this morning the head of the afl-cio said that it would be a recipe for disaster if the final health care bill includes a tax on high-end insurance plans. what is in the senate bill. senator obama says he is for that hat -- tax on plans. where do you come down? >> the president said he thought there was room to determine what is going to be in this plan spread may be the broad -- the net could include a couple of toyotas. i do not agree with that and there are different ways we could pay for that plan. >> this is not about cars, it is about health care. the plans we're talking about here -- is going to be taxing those cadillac plans for those union members who have fought to get those plans. how are you going to pay for this? cutting half a trillion dollars out of medicare and you are going to be taxing people at a time they cannot afford it. we can do better. we can go back to the drawing board. it will not take 15 years. not on my watch. i will make it a priority to have coverage that states can rely on and have the flexibility. not a one-size-fits-all for the country and the hurti

. >> this morning the head of the afl-cio said that it would be a recipe for disaster if the final health care bill includes a tax on high-end insurance plans. what is in the senate bill. senator obama says he is for that hat -- tax on plans. where do you come down? >> the president said he thought there was room to determine what is going to be in this plan spread may be the broad -- the net could include a couple of toyotas. i do not agree with that and there are different ways we could pay for that plan. >> this is not about cars, it is about health care. the plans we're talking about here -- is going to be taxing those cadillac plans for those union members who have fought to get those plans. how are you going to pay for this? cutting half a trillion dollars out of medicare and you are going to be taxing people at a time they cannot afford it. we can do better. we can go back tohat states can rely on and have the flexibility. not a one-size-fits-all for the country and the hurting states. >> i am going to turn to you and you can -- all of you have talked about the economy. voters put

on a more functional level we look at the cio council, the group from the inspector general's office. there's a wide array of government functions that are taking place that had key responsibility in this space. so the ability to work with them and be a part of their teams i think is very important as well. let me sort of move on to what presumably might have been another question and that's the cyberspace policy review. because there's been a lot of discussion about here we've got another one. we've got security strategies before and sort of what different is this combo what is different about this. and sort of word all these things come to play. first from a risk management perspective. i think that's one of the things we look at from the cybersecurity review, and how do we do and overall cyber risk reduction? and as i've said before and i think you'll recognize first hand, there's no absolutes that will never have 100% security and still have an open society. you know, we have to protect the privacy. we have to do the things that we need to do from a cybersecurity perspective, but

senator you urban and the person is a big executive from her state or you send in the head of the afl-cioe teller. and so those are kinds of private persuasion. over you go talk to the staff. those sets of direct contact with with either the decision maker or the staff. optimally, it's best in my view for micro issues, small things that don't effect the larger economy or other major parts of american life. for example if you're trying to get a provision inserted into a tax bill, the benefits of one or several companies using the inside game going to talk to the senator or her staff quietly is probably the most effective way to do it. now, the best lobbyists to do this are former members of the body former senators or representatives, or their very senior staff. so, for example trent lott, the former senator from mississippi made sure that he retired from the senate, he actually resigned his seat in midterm in order to make sure that he only had a one-year ban on lobbying his colleagues ready or than a two-year ban that was about to kick in had he resigned a few weeks later. and now he's p

network management, an effective security programs, none of this has anything to do with privacy and many cio will say i do that stuff all day. it is worth noting as i think we have this discussion that many of the techniques of all enforcement need and many of the techniques the security professionals use to protect their networks have nothing to do with personal information and nothing to do with privacy so when we're talking about security and privacy, it is just worth focusing on all those things we can do without looking it personally formation now haven't really dodged the question i will pass the baton. [laughter] >> i will take the baton and build on that a lot of things chris talked about were the policies of running a secure network, and i think from a law enforcement perspective one of the challenges that we have is finding the artifacts to compromise within the system. and when you design your network and when you decide how the network reports into a security council or some other security measures that you implement with the network and there's a compromise law enforcement needs

or you send in the head of the afl-cio to talk to buy -- to a representative.e are private persuasion to rid our you go talk to staff. those are direct contact with either the decision maker or the staff. optimally, is best in my new -- it is best in my view for micro issues. for example, if you're trying to get a provision into a tax bill, the benefits for several companies using the inside game, going to talk to the center or her staff quietly is probably the most effective way to do it. the best lobbyist that do this are former members of the body, former senators or representatives, or they're very senior staff. for example, trent lott, the former senator from mississippi, make sure that he retired from the senate -- he actually resigned midterm -- in order to make sure that he only had a one-year ban on lobbying congress rather than dtw-year ban that was going to kick in. -- that two-year ban that was going to kick in. the key element of the inside game, to make it work, are two things. direct access to the decision maker -- the senator, representative, or

among the organizations signing this letter were the afl-cio, campaign for america's future, common cause, moveon.org, political action, the national organization for women, people for the american way, and the seiu, and many others. this broad consortium of organizations wrote, quote diagnoses -- we write with the strong opposition to conrad and gregg and others to create the commission to override the normal legislative process and replace it with expedited procedures prohibiting amendments and limiting debate. if the conrad-gregg proposal were to become law, it could dramatically change by self-critical measures benefits and services so vital to american families." end quote. the consortium of groups continued about the need for responsibility, and they wrote -- "americans, seniors, women, working families, people with disabilities, youth, young adults, children, people of color, veterans, communities of faith and others expect their elected representatives to be responsible and accountable for shaping such significant, far-reaching legislation." end quote. the consortium of groups con

i guess i volunteered for the obama campaign through the afl-cio, and i have had a congressional sbrnship. i am taking this place because i enjoyed your last class, campaign elections, and i am hoping to get some practical experience for when i graduate. >> i amored. i am from southern california. i am a democrat and i am taking this class because i heard it was a great experience. >> my name is caroline. i am a second year master student. i am from martinsburg, west virginia. i have some volunteer experience, state and local elections. i am a d, and i'm taking this class because i have heard good things about you and i need to try to graduate. >> honesty at last. >> i am maggie. i am a second year masters stuned. i am from virginia, also a d. i have taken the other two, so i am rounding out the third. >> great. >> my name is jared. i am from long island, new york, a democrat. i interned in then senator quenton's office last year and did some field work from the obama campaign. i have heard nothing but good things, so i stopped by. >> my name is gretchen. i am a first year applied politic

president is meeting today with labor leaders, and before that, afl-cio president richard trumka talksabout unemployment and the economic future or working families. we will have that life in the national press club at 1 p.m. eastern, and that also on c-span. >> while we wait for this panel to resume, a conversation on the attempted bombing of or a passenger jet headed to detroit on christmas day. this is it's about 45 minutes. we will show you as much as we can before the form on school spending resumes. >> brian michael jenkins senior advisor with the rand corporation, former captain with army special forces has testified numerous times on capitol hill about counterterrorism international and homegrown terrorism. wanted to start by looking at 2009 with major hasan, the somalis who have converted or recruited from minnesota the five young man from northern virginia that went to pakistan. of course most really, a flight 253 incident, the alleged bomber there. what does that say about recruitment efforts by al qaeda and other radical jihad groups both here in the u.s. and abroad? >> al

coakley, this morning the head of the afl-cio, richard trumka, said that it would be a recipe for disaster if the final health care bill includes a tax on high-end insurance plans. what is in the senate bill. senator obama says he is for that tax on high plans. you got a labor support, you've got your president beyond the position. where do you come down? >> the president also said he with thought there was a lot of room to determine exactly what was going to be in those cadillac plans. maybe the broad net should include a couple toy iotas or something. so it would not be as the current definition. i don't agree with it and writing there are different ways we can pay for the plan. >> brief intervention. >> this is at about cars it's about health care. at the plan we are talking about here -- it is going to be taxing those cadillac plans for good union members who fought so hard for good faith bargaining to get the plans. in addition to that, how are you going to pay for this? cut in half a trillion dollars out of medicare and also going to be taxing people not on my watch and wait to get a

senator you un and the person is a big executive from her state or you send in the head of the afl-cio to talk to representative teller. and so those are kinds of private persuasion. over you go talk to the staff. those sets of direct contact with with either the decision maker or the staff. optimally, it's best in my view for micro issues, small things that don't effect the larger economy or other major parts of american life. for example, if you're trying to get a provision inserted into a tax bill, the benefits of one or several companies using the inside game going to talk to the senator or her staff quietly is probably the most effective way to do it. now, the best lobbyists to do this are former members of the body, former senators or representatives, or their very senior staff. so, for example, trent lott, the former senator from mississippi, made sure that he retired from the senate, he actually resigned his seat in midterm in order to make sure that he only had a one-year ban on lobbying his colleagues ready or than a two-year ban that was about to kick in had he resigned a fe

the national clean energy smart grade -- smart grade includes the afl-cio, the council of competitiveness, and the energy solutions campaign for advocates and environmental groups that are not usually prone to supporting you can -- new capacity. what brought these groups to the table and ultimately to agreement was the imperative of action to address the urgency of the glowing climate crisis. time is running out for the world. mr. chairman, you understand the challenge. we are grateful for your leadership in advancing the bill, the american crop -- clean energy and security act. long-term targets for facilities reduction. the changes in the system needed to reach this goal are found. we need to not deliver low carbon energy without changes to the grid. it will be expected to our homes, businesses, but an increasing portion of the vehicle fleet as well. decisions made today. our discussions with the renewable energy transitions companies have quickly focused on the obstacles of planning cost allocations today. this planning turned out to be the linchpin as the group concluded that that are

coakley, that had of the afl-cio, richard trumka said it would be a recipe for disaster if the finalalth care bill includes a tax on high-end insurance plans. senator obama says he is for the attacks on high-end plans. you've got labor support. it's not your president and the other position. were you, not? >> the president also said he thought there was a lot of room to determine what exactly was going to be in this cadillac lance. maybe the net should include a couple toyotas or something. and so it would not he as the current definition. i don't agree with it and i think there are different ways that we can pay for that plan. >> reasoner mission. this is about cars. it's about health care. the plan were talking about here is going to be taxing this cadillac ran so-called for good union members who thought so hard through good-faith bargaining to get those plans reared in addition to that, how are you going to pay for this? you're cutting half a trillion dollars out of medicare. girls are going to be taxing people at a time that they just can't afford it. we can do better. we electe

i work for the cio currently detail with office of law enforcement and safety. i've been here 11 years. and specifically what i'd like for you to answer with a little background -- next month is black history month. notable time. your recent comments in politico is about harry reid and that situation. i applaud you for that. however, i'm curious i've been here 11 years what specifically have you done to -- to promote diversity in this department? and what do you plan to do the next year to do that? >> that's a very appropriate question. you know, the president and i very much share the view that we need to have a government that is an inclusive government and one that is reflective of the face of america. and so within this department, if you will look at the diversity of the hundred or so people that i have hired in the political leadership team, you will find that diversity there. if you look what the departments are doing in terms of performance plans, we are including diversity there as a performance factor to make sure that we do move to having a department