of the department and mr. perez's actions while at the department. when questioned about members of our health, education, labor, and pensions committee, mr. perez's answers were vague and nonrespoon sivment number two, reserve a favorite legal theory. mr. perez orchestrate add quid pro quo arrangement between the department of justice and the city of st. paul in which the department agreed to drop two cases in exchange for the city withdrawing a case. the mangor case before the supreme court. his perez's involvement in this whole deal seems to me to be an extraordinary amount of wheeling and dealing outside what should be the normal responsibilities of the assistant attorney general for civil rights. to obtain his desired results, mr. perez reached outside of his civil rights division at the department of justice into the minnesota u.s. attorneys' office and into the department of housing and urban development. this exchange cost american taxpayers the opportunity potentially to recover millions of dollars, and more importantly violated the trust whistle-blowers place in the federal government. this testimony

of labor. of all the executive agencies, it may be the department of labor that touches the lives of ordinary americans the most on a day to day basis. the department of labor ensures that every american receives a fair day's pay for a hard day's work. and then can come home from work safely in the evening. it helps ensure that a working mother can stay home to bond with her newborn child and still have a job to return to. it helps workers who have been laid off, veterans returning from military service, others who face special employment challenges to build new skills and build opportunities for a lifetime. and it helps guarantee that hardworking people who have saved all their lives for retirement can enjoy their golden years with security and peace of mind. as our country continues to move down the road to economic recovery, the work of the department of labor will become even more critical. the department will play a vital role in determining what kind of recovery we have, a recovery that benefits only a slight few or one that rebuilds a strong american middle class for everyone who works hard and

advice that was not appropriate... >> smith: to try and hold the industry accountable, the department of laboroposed a new fiduciary rule in the fall of 2010. >> when retirement savings are at stake, advisors should put their clients' interests first. the critical question is, what constitutes paid investment advice? the proposal we're discussing today will amend a 35-year-old regulatory interpretation... >> smith: the rule would require all financial advisors to put their customers' interests before their own whenever dealing with retirement accounts. >> today, there are trillions of dollars in each of these markets. the variety and complexity of financial products have increased and made fee arrangements far less transparent. >> smith: the financial services industry lobbied hard against the new rule. >> it just seems that the financial services industry is really concerned about... >> smith: they got the attention of congress. >> our job here in congress is not to preserve the business model that has existed for 35 years, but if you are going to upset that business model, we had better know

some statistics to be aware have to report to the department of labor on a workplace wellness they have 2 hundred armor employees report some kind of wellness programming so this is very widespread and it's something that needs to happen. and just have a healthier workplace. this is a sum of two slides there's no new information on here. it gives the overall information. and finally to move away from the budget and it up on the competency issue. we're not required because the city employees are expected to have an english competencecy we're not required to have a foreign language program we have people who speak russian and cantonese and other foreign language skills we do respond to. we look forward to the future clearly as argue retire population continues to imagine a and the angle is over 70 but that as people live long-range we want to make sure we can reduce the hearing loss and we understand that. so that concludes the slides it's about 2 more than 10. colleagues any questions for the gentleman. >> welcome back. >> hey, thanks and it's great to have you here. >> i'm here mainly t

labor department. this is the labor department. i am shocked that there are members of my own conference that would be willing to go forward and ahead on a nomination like this that are willing to give 60 votes on a nomination like this on a nominee that is quite frankly flat-out refused to fly comply with a congressional subpoena and answer questions that are legitimate and important. weiner about to make someone the head of one of the most powerful agencies in america, impacting the ability of businesses to grow and create jobs at a time quite frankly where our economy did not sn doing very well, we're about to nominate and appoint someone to chair that agency to head up that agency when that individual has refused to comply with a legitimate request. mowrk we possibly go along with that? -- how can we possibly go along with that? i understand how important it is to protect the rights of minorities here. i understand how important it is to protect the right of the minority party to block efforts to move forward. but my goodness, what's the point of even having the 60

this building is just over 6,000 feet away from the department of labor where the monthly jobs numbersed and the department of energy. where information on natural gas inventories comes from. even closer to the department of kmes, under 4,000 feet away. and closest of all is the department of treasury where they release the fed's fund rate decisions to the press just 2,640 feet away from where i'm standing now. now, the firm that operates this facility didn't want to talk to us for this story. on the market material on the web they say, washington, d.c. collocation facility offers customers interested in receiving low agency economic and government news more than a millisecond advantage over suburbs such as ashburn, virginia. high frequency trading environments a millisecond difference is a major advantage for filling more trades at better prices. guys, i can tell you that a lot of the firms we talked to for this story did not want to talk to us on camera or on the record at all, but nasdaq operates servers in this facility and said the whole effort here is about getting the government

. >> most recently we had a client with the department of labor, couple months ago. woman who is in her 50s that found her first job ever. she struggled a lot because of her vision and facing some of the attitudes that employers have and capabilities, she found a job. >> cheryl: that is fantastic. before we run out of time. enchanted hills camp. >> enchanted hills camp is in napa. 311 acres, beautiful acres. every summer we have a camp for children, elementary school, high school and we even have an alumni camp session. >> cheryl: this takes money? >> it does. all of our services takes money. it is through generous donations of people all over the country that our services can happen. >> cheryl: you have an convenient coming up? >> we have several events throughout the year. one of which is cycle forsyth. every april we have 2,000 people in napa who get on their bikes, single bikes and tandem bikes and raise money and this year we raised over 40 k. >> thank you so much. we're going to put it on the website. thank you for being here. >> that is all the time we have fo

the monthly jobs report from the labor department is arguably the best and clearest indicator of the economic state of the union and today's numbers suggest the union is reasonably strong and possibly getting stronger. employers added 190,000 new jobs in june, for more than forecast for april and may were revised sharply higher. because so many more americans jump back into the market to look for a job, the nation's unemployment rate held steady at 7.6%. more on the good news about jobs in june and what it might mean for the economy. >> reporter: seth is doing something this month that thousands of business owners across the country are also doing, hiring new workers. >> a qualified person for me is someone whose happy, naturally, someone whose active, someone whose reliable and trustworthy and customer focus understands what the customer is looking for. >> reporter: signs that the hiring surge in store fronts and shopping malls provide testament to the government numbers. a lot of new jobs came in traditional summertime industries. 52,000 hired in food services and drinking places a

investors will be keeping an eye on tomorrow's jobs report from the department of labor. however, on wednesday, adp said 188,000 new private sector jobs were added in june. >>> if you plan on grilling today, you are not alone. about 81 million americans, including dylan, will be joining you at the cookout. on a largely desolate stretch of road in marfa, texas. playboy enterprises puts their logo in an attempt to revamp their image through art and culture. the bunny logo caused quite a stir among residents and a state agency says it is illegal and must come down. >>> well, a time-out in sri lanka. the country has banned this week's issue because of the cover story on violence between buddhist and muslims in myanmar. the concern in sri lanka is over religious fallout. >>> sports is next. first, we'd like to wish all our viewers a very safe and happy fourth of july. enjoy your day and the independence that so many have fought for over the years. >>> in sports, the youth invasion has begun in bean town. the boston celtics have hired brad stevens to be their head coach. the 36

again, before my rival the staff has been working closely with the department of labor staff to make sure and that they understand the broker-dealer business model impact. obviously in terms of considering the fiduciary duty standard are also told of the things so we can do and not to. commission structure remains. principal trading remains. what have done, july 5 was when common closed. our request for additional information. that is fairly recent. i have personally met with senior officials of the department of labor and directed staff to read the engage more actively than they have in the past to try to coordinate, try to make certain that the department of labor understands our perspective and we can provide expertise. there again different roles, different agencies, but that is the status. >> i appreciate you taking that effort. i appreciate that. on asset management study, as you know, responsible for the designation of systemically important non-bank institutions. instituted publicly that it is reviewing what risk if any the asset manager's post to the u.s. financial system. th

we've had cases, which we tried to report to the department of labor and the local law enforcement agencieskers held pretty much in captivity. we found a crew of 50 workers living in three house trailers. only one had a working stove. only two had working toilets. and many of them were sleeping on the floors like sardines. and three of them escaped and came to us for help. workers are afraid to complain. they're afraid to come out and file a complaint because -- >> because? >> -- of retaliation. >> they'll be sent home? or they'll be punished in some other way? >> exactly. or the crew leader knows where their families live in mexico. they're afraid for their families, not only here, but they're afraid for their families in mexico. and it's true, the -- the h-2a workers, not the people in the -- >> h-2a that's -- >> the guest workers from mexico. we know of cases in other areas that -- with other labor contractors that recruit workers in mexico that sure don't do things by the book. >> at one time, you were seeking what you call freedom visas, which simply granted workers the right to move a

department of labor, and before that was on our help committee. was the senior counsel for chairman kennedy when senator kennedy was chairman of our committee. and again, she is a ten-year veteran of the nlrb. again, i -- i have yet to hear one senator question their qualifications. question their qualifications. indeed, even the ranking member on the help committee conceded at the hearing that these candidates are exceptionally well qualified, that he admired their qualifications and their distinguished backgrounds. they've been thoroughly vetted. they've met with any senator who asked. they've answered more than a hundred written questions each. they've come before our committee in a public hearing. not typical for all nlrb nominees, i might add. they produced every document requested, answered every question they've been asked. so, again, if we concede they're all exceptionally well qualified, thoroughly vetted, why can't we vote on them up or down, majority vote? yet some time ago my friend senator graham when speaking about the senate's role i

that they need to be put under pressure an a program of the department of labor called gainful employmentat we are trying to evaluate each program in each school to identify those programs of successful and the education and the placing of the students and that would be a way to get rid of those that are not fruitful. gerri: in the meantime, let's talk about what people are getting out of these programs. will conserve areas are they studying so what are those jobs? >> obviously in the i.t. field. if you are an i.t. person you will make more than a lot of people with a ba degree. but the more certificates are kind of more manually oriented and airplane mechanics and so forth and so on. machines of different sorts. then there is office management. gerri: and skill, even though it is specific, that is not something that will go away. it seems seems like pretty good deal to me. that is the kind of thing that you want to do. particularly if it's what you dreamed of doing. >> really want to build on your own life and then he will be most happy. you can bring more joy to it and you will get bett

ext and we're also waiting on the administration to finalize a regulatory change at the department of labor which could be really game changing bringing one point eight million home care providers and caregivers for the aging under minimum wage and overtime protections remaining a very outdated exemption in the law so there's lots of opportunity for change here there's a lot of avenues to pursue this and i don't i know that the u.s. doesn't ratify that international labor organization convention so hopefully we can pressure them to do that as well thank you so much for ground breaking down some of the issue and for jim at a time i didn't director of the national domestic workers alliance i really appreciate your time thank you so much. that's it for us tonight you guys come back again and says tomorrow will be great in the set all over again. this will go on so no two updates and you try to transmission makes for a smoother ride bush's scientists comes up could see it's crystal the e.u. says he's laser sight sometimes on one of the takes giants comes to town. on a. cold. live. live. live. l

just to give you an example, we've had a 3-year contract with the department of labor for job placement and retention, and our 3-year retention rate has been about 85 percent. very impressive. and what's great about that particular statistic is that that's been with ex-offenders. very good. gary? if i could respond to a couple of points that neli made. i certainly agree that services need to be individualized, and you need to look at the whole person, and you need to look at housing, and you need to look at the family situation. but in our supported employment model, the model that's been adopted around the world i might add, we have looked at the timing of employment, and this is counterintuitive, many people wouldn't think this would be true. but we have a score of studies that show that when a person says i'd like to go to work, that you help them, that, what's called a rapid job search approach. you don't wait until they stabilize, but you move ahead in looking for that search. and that employment can be part of the recovery process for people with dual disorders, with mental illnes

department of labor the unemployment rate in two thousand and twelve was seven point two percent but among african-american populations it was thirteen point eight percent income levels also vary by gender as well and the u.s. males earn almost thirty seven percent more than women overall factors contributing to this include work preference since women are less likely to travel or relocate for their jobs women are also more likely to work for the government or nonprofits than men now there are several explanations and arguments for why income inequality has continued to widen during the post civil rights era access to education is one of the obvious but one of the less obvious like homeownership and taxation in our post industrial economy education plays a significant role in income inequality and the upper income tax bracket earners are more likely to have a college education than the lower quintiles and the rising cost of an education creates a barrier to entry for students from low income families to attend college now a less debated factor of income inequality is homeownership st

the next and we're also waiting on the administration to finalize a regulatory change at the department of labor which could be really game changing bringing one point eight million home care providers and caregivers for the aging under minimum wage and over. time protections remedying a very outdated exemption in the law so there's lots of opportunity for change they're good there's a lot of avenues to pursue this and i don't i know that the u.s. doesn't ratify that international labor organization convention so hopefully we can pressure them to do that as well it is far from down breaking down some of the issue in fortune at a time i didn't director of the national domestic workers alliance i really appreciate your time thank you so much. that's it for us tonight you guys come back again and says tomorrow will be great in the sun all over again. nobody chooses to be homeless nobody chooses to me and now sorrow. is the world for the show to. get in the six pm get out six be the six. day war room. during school day. to me the class people in the. days the word against the word. it's time to thin

the next and we're also waiting on the administration to finalize a regulatory change at the department of labor which could be really game changing bringing one point eight million home care providers and caregivers for the aging under minimum wage and overtime protections remaining a very outdated exemption in the law so there's lots of opportunity for change here good there's a lot of avenues to pursue this and i don't i know that the u.s. isn't ratified that international labor organization convention so hopefully we can pressure them to do that as well they do so much for some of the issue and for jim at a time i didn't director of the national debt us. workers alliance really appreciate your time thank you so much. for us tonight you guys come back again and says tomorrow will be great in the south all over again. after costing chile and some dollars to china for fighting personal freedoms and ingratiating rent seeking corporations can anyone claim the us in the world is any safer from the insidious plans of terrorists and what is the difference between an act of terrorism in western style

department of labor the unemployment rate in two thousand and twelve was seven point two percent but among african-american populations it was thirteen point eight percent income levels also vary by gender as well and the u.s. males earn almost thirty seven percent more than women overall factors contributing to this include work preferences women are less likely to travel or relocate for their jobs women are also more likely to work for the government or nonprofits than men now there are several explanations in arguments for why income inequality has continued to widen during the post civil rights era access to education is one of the obvious but one of the less obvious like homeownership and taxation in our post industrial economy education plays a significant role in income inequality and the upper income tax bracket earners are more likely to have a college education than the lower quintiles and the rising cost of an education creates a barrier to entry for students from low income families to attend college now a less debated factor of income inequality is homeownership studies

. >>> the latest employment numbers from the department of labor and factory orders from the month oft's your look ahead. >> thank you, everyone so much for joining us. before i go, keith boykin, i love the piece you wrote on bet.com. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i've always wanted to get as far away as possible from the place that i was born. far both geographically and spiritually.

of the u.s. labor department, which tracks child labor violations across the globe. its latest report lists burkina faso among 19 countries engaged in the worst forms of child labor, and biel says the mines there present considerable challenges. >> it's a multi-faceted situation. you've got these boom towns that are being set up where both children from burkina faso are leaving school and being employed there, but also children are being trafficked across borders. >> sreenivasan: it's illegal to employ children under the age of 16 in burkina faso, and biel says its government has shown it wants to stop the practice. but with an estimated 200,000 artisanal miners working at some 200 sites, many in remote areas like these-- and a strong economic pull-- enforcement has been difficult. the average worker in burkina faso earns less than $2 a day. meanwhile a family employed in artisinal mining can earn between $5 and $40 a day, depending on the mine. that's led to many parents pulling their own children from school to help in the mines. >> ( translated ): they say if gold

they use their personal time for their benefit and, yes, two years ago the arkansas department of labor audited us, and we received a favorable ruling. and then the u.s. department of labor audited us this year and several weeks ago they told us that our cooperative effort with our moms who are volunteers, they're also our consignors and our customers, that our cooperative effort with them is out of compliance with the fair labor standards act. we disagree, jenna. we feel that we are in compliance, and the law is on our side. jenna: it's interesting. we reached out to the labor d. because we were hoping to learn more about the law. the argument is that if you wanted to volunteer for a nonprofit, that would be one thing, but for a for-profit company, you have to get a wage. you can't go in and volunteer and get a discount or get first dibs on the items, and that was the issue they were having with you. we haven't received a response back, so we're waiting for that. in the meantime, how are you going to navigate the years going forward, and what is the impact on your company with that mes

one of the members of the board came from the labor policy department of the chamber of commerce. what i heard center war and -- senatort at the worthen said is a lot of the are unanimous. is that correct? >> yes. >> that would suggest to me that once you are a member you maybe theo set aside issues are clear-cut enough or are such that people had a to pro-an come together act. that is a combination of all of those factors. click that has been our experience. while you work there, a number of board members served from 2-5. they received over unfair labor practice charges last year alone. tell me about the different eight old ford makes in terms of handling the case volume? it makes a huge difference. that is precisely the reason 1947 congress increased the side of the board from three to five members so that -- boarddashboard could process it more efficient late. it does make a tremendous difference to have a full complement of board members. it will also make a big difference to have a fully confirmed complement of board members because recess appointees are therefore very short

according to the department of labor statistics the unemployment of teens is three times of that among teens and unemployment in the black community is double that of whites. what do you think the relationship is between gun violence and jobs and are there relationships between gun violence and other socioeconomic factors? >> when you think about gun violence in city of chicago and other urban areas they are concentrated in few unstabled communities. communities that have high unemployment rates and lack of education and destabilized communities. unemployment rate upwards of 90% for black youth you create twofold issue. on one hand you have youth that are hopeless and willing to use whatever means is necessary to get material and get money. then about just the depression in growing up in these households without food when you're not sure your water is turned on or off and lights turned on or off. when the kids are faced with these issues in the communities and streets, it's a perfect storm for bad things to happen. >> now, ahead of today's summit, congresswoman robin kelly is disappoin

i worry more about the department of labor. out the litigious about hours and wages and frivolous litigations. the law of the land. it was passed two years ago. i suspect it won't be ready to go for at least another two years. david: but the bottom line is, that you are not, you're only dealing with things day by day which affects your business. >> exactly. david: this is too far out. in effect the administration were delaying this beyond the election and i'm now politically speculating they have succeeded because it will not affect your business plans at all? >> no, it won't affect our business plans. i think it's a black eye on the administration frankly they weren't able to do that they committed to one more time. david: zane, apple metro. good to see you again. >> thanks, david. david: cheryl? cheryl: all right. new questions today about the government search for evidence against sac capital's billionaire founder steve cohen in the biggest insider trading case in history. that is next. >> i'm jo ling kent with your fox busin

and now republicans have eased back a little bit on the epa pick and the department of labor pick, butd makes a lot of threats, we're going to have weekend work, and i think that's part of the pressure on him, because the left is you are finally going to do this and then he doesn't. and i think this time he finally does. >> bill: if republicans approve the seven, there would be no change to the filibuster. >> yeah, that's a choice they could make. where they say listen -- i don't think they do -- >> bill: i think they block some of them. >> i think they block some of them, not all of them and then it's up to reid. so i think this meeting is almost window dressing. i think reid is at the point of no return. >> bill: now let's talk about the house for a second here. i am very proud of the fact that on tuesdays i write a column for "the hill," your newspaper, so here is what i'm working on for this week, and i just have got to test you. looking at house republicans, i am really puzzled by what their strategy is. >> uh-huh. >> bill: two big issues for example, immigration -- >> yeah. >> bi

or his professional integrity or moral character, or his ability to lead the department of labor. i am particularly disappointed that republicans continue to raise concerns regarding mr. perez's involvement in the global resolution of two cases involving st. paul, minnesota, the case is called magner and newell. i spoke about that at length, we've heard the republicans talk about it, it's been debated exhaustively and quite frankly, there is no "there" there. there's nothing there. this is an issue that the help committee and the judiciary committee have both thoroughly examined and found no cause for concern. the house oversight and judiciary committees have also thoroughly explored the underlying facts and, in fact, both the majority and minority staff on the house oversight committee has released reports on the matter. and with reports -- what the reports reveal is the evidence is clear that mr. perez acted ethically and appropriately at all times. indeed, he had clearance to proceed as he did from the appropriate ethics officers at the department of justice. noted experts in le

mitch mcconnell, senator mcconnell was talking about, cpa, consumer financial production board, department of laborge. nlrb. a range of agencies that protects consumers against large special interests. i think the issue here is really that the congress is really unpopular because it's not dealing with the country's problems. i think people really want a functioning senate. >> if it can't function, even though past immigration reform, we see another area where we get nothing done and it gets to the issue of immigration, rich, as i referenced to reid. is it going to be killed in the house? will it die a slow death? will they do nothing? >> it's definitely in trouble in the house. i wouldn't say it's dead, because there are still powerful interests in the republican party that want this to happen. >> president bush didn't approve the particularities of it, but certainly wants something done. >> i think the senate bill is fundamentally flawed. if you believe the cbo analysis and believe there are optimistic functions that the bill happened the way it's written, which never happens, depending on your es

we have other more controversial nominees like thomas perez to the department of labor. 's in part due to his activities as head of the civil rights division of the justice department where he was harshly criticized by the inspector general for politicizing that what should be a nonpolitical position, enforcing the civil rights laws of the united states. so we're going to have plenty to talk about and a lot to do. but this should not be used as an excuse by the majority leader to break his word when it comes to changing the senate rules through this nuclear option process. that would be a disservice to the country. it would certainly damage irreparably the united states senate as a deliberative body. it would poison the well when we need to work together as much as we can to try to get many other important things done. and it would be extremely shortsighted, because majorities can be fleeting. and those who are the majority today will find themselves in the minority in the future. and i think that recognition would caution prudence and temper the political ambitions of th