speakers include commerce secretary gary locke and a panel of business owners.ion kauffman foundation hosts this event. it is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. if i can grab everybody's attention for just a moment. thank you very much. i appreciate that. first of all, good afternoon to everybody. i am honored and thrilled to be here. this is my favorite city. i love coming to washington, d.c. i always get so excited coming down on that train, this morning on my way down i turned around and looked and said is that dan rather. dan, how are you? we had a terrific conversation. that's the great thing about coming here. you meet all sorts of people from all walks of life. i'm alexis glick. i just departed fox business just a short while ago. i was the vice president over there and helped launch a business network that i hope you guys will continue to watch. i have many good friends over there. i'm about to embark on a new venture. i can't announce it yet but i'll be announcing it in the next month or two. anyhow, i am so pleased to be here today. and the fou

on february 4th we have secretary gary locke of the u.s. department of commerce.will be discussing back to basics. a blueprint for exports-driven jobs growth. on february 8th, thomas vilsack the u.s. secretary of agriculture will highlight the obama administration's priorities for reauthorization of the child's nutrition act. and on february 12th, admiral tad allen commandant of the u.s. coast guard will deliver his final state of the coast guard address. our second bit of business we would like to present our guest with the traditional national press club mug. the full extent of national press club gift-giving. [laughter] >> is there any reason to come to the press club other than getting this mug? i ask you. >> there are thousands, congressman hoyer. thousands. i'd like to thank you very much for coming today. and our final question deals with the situation in haiti. there has been talk of granting refugee status or some sort of work status to haitians who currently are homeless because of the crisis. given the u.s. unemployment situation and given the controver

secretary gary lock discussing back to basics. a blueprint for exports driven job growth.the reauthorization to have child nutrition act and on february 12, admiral of the coast guard will deliver his final state of the coast guard address. our second bit of business, we would like to present our guest with the traditional press club mug. >> is there any reason to come to the press club other than getting this mug? i ask you. >> there are thousands. thousands. ilt like to thank you very much for coming today and our final question deals with the situation in haiti. there has been talk of granting refugee status or some sort of work stat us to haitians who are currently homeless. given the the u.s. economy, how feasible is opening our borders to displaced haitians before congress this year? >> well, i certainly think we're going to be discussing that issue so that we can engage and try to help the haitian people who have experienced an extraordinary calamity of historic proportions. a loss of life that is stunning. the quality of life that exists today is tragic and the mor