this is the latest survey from the national association of manufacturers. it shows worker optimism is up across the board from businesses both big down to small. their highest levels in two years that they're seeing as far as optimism. let's bring in the man who represents more than 14,000 manufacturers across the nation, national association of manufacturers president and ceo jay timmons. welcome, jay, great to have you. as we just listened to the president, how do you see the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill in is it too much, too lit? and how does manufacturing stand to benefit? >> well, liz, i think that the most important thing that comes out of this bill is a focus on epping the pandemic. there's a lot of things in the bill that both political parties support or don't support, but for manufacturers we're really happy to see the focus on the vaccine. production and distribution. and we are part of the army to make sure that we get as many of those vaccines in arms as possible as soon as possible so we can end this pandemic. obviously, there were so many thi

here are the companies that spent the most last year, the national association of realtors spending $84 million on lobbying last year. the u.s. chamber of commerce, $82 million. farmers and manufacturers, $26 million. american hospital association, $24 million. blue cross/blue shield, $23 million. what connections have you been able to draw between that spending on what ended up in the legislation? guest: one thing that stuck out to me was there were massive tax breaks for real estate investors. that was pretty significant for those investing in real estate. the chamber of commerce is also one of the most influential groups. 2020 was the first year in 20 years they were not the top lobbying spender. they certainly pushed for the expansion of private insurance subsidies, and certainly were opposed to the minimum-wage expansion to $15, which democrats ultimately did not overrule the parliamentarian. host: karen in leesburg, virginia. caller: before my comment, it does not surprise me that the national association of realtors is the lobbying firm where the price of housing is out of contro

. ♪ >> where back with the national association of tax professionals.fessionals and she is here to answer our federal tax preparation questions as we move towards spring and tax filing deadlines. that morning. -- good morning. can you hear us? guest: yes, can you hear me. host: we can hear you now. guest: how are you. host: i am doing great. guest: let us set this -- host: let us set the stage, what are the major tax changes from 2019 to the 2020 tax year? guest: i think that so many acts getting past, we have seen so many changes, especially with the american rescue plan act passed this week. some of the exciting things that have come out of that one is that people are asking about the unemployment, the first $10,200 being nontaxable, the advanced premium tax credit being that you do not have to pay it back if you need -- if you meet certain qualifications, those are two of the big things. cobra being extended, the child tax care credit, dependent credit, family and sick pay leave. the employee retention credit, those are the few of the most exciting i

is the old normal which is keep making it up as we go along mr douglas kid who is from the national association of airline passengers thank you for your time thank you let's look at me and now with the united nations has 149 people have now been killed since last month's coup while a political prisoner group puts the toll more of 183 martial law has been imposed in many areas but protesters are defying restrictions to gather on the streets barricades were built and set on fire in the largest city yang gone but thousands of people have fled parts of the city where the military has taken firm control this is after 5 chinese factories were set on fire over the weekend arrests and detentions have continued throughout the country with more than 2084 people remaining arbitrarily detained at least 37 journalists have been arrested of whom 19 remain in arbitrary detention. at least 5 deaths in custody have occurred in recent weeks and at least 2 victims bodies have shown signs of severe physical abuse indicating that they were tortured we are deeply disturbed that the crackdown continues to intensify a

the national association of collars deemed this phenomenon neosegregation. civil rights both aiming to achieve racial deseg re gracious. initially it didn't go welt for a number of reasons we don't have time for tonight. but they said what ensued helped spark the black nationalist movement. school administrators offered major concessions to imlak accept retests -- concessions to black separatists. many state schools receive our tax dollars to do it. the national association of scholars defines neosegregation as the voluntary segregation of students into racially exclusive housing and common spaces, orientation and commencement ceremonies, student associations, scholarships, and classes. hundreds of schools offer all black dorms. wesleyan university has the malcolm x house. mit has chocolate city. the university of las vegas hosts race-based housing. >> schools have segregated dorms for asians, latinos, pretty much every group you can think of. at first i was offends the that other people wouldn't want to live with me. until i remembered way was like in colle

lawsuit filed against zillow, the online real estate company rex now suing zillow and the national associationtel effectively rex accusing them of joining a cartel with the national association of realtors saying zillow zwroind to conceal all non-mls real estate listings on sfwlil o's websites behind a tee fault tabatha they have a problem with on zbril o's display. they say rex's listings are losing significant traffic as a result that have and they allege that the national association of realtors is preserving sky-high real estate fees i talked to mike tim scott, the general counsel of rex yesterday about this, and he explained what he says the national association of realtors is doing wrong here take a listen. >> they brought the biggest real estate aggregator, the biggest portal site under the tent and it caused, from our perspective, what we're concerned about, it caused zillow to segregate these listings from companies like rex, which are operating independent of these old rules at more competitive prices and it put them off to sited of the platform in second-class status where consumers

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the national association scholars defined neil segregation as voluntary racial segregation 85 collegexclusive housing and common spaces, orientation and commencement ceremonies, student association, scholarships and classes, hundreds of schoolsar today offr all black dorms. wesleyan university has a malcolm x house, black students of brown university have around the house. mit has chocolate city. the university of las vegas. ♪♪ >> these are cool. jesse: schools have segregated dorms for asians, latinos, pretty much every group you can think of. at first i was a little offended others wouldn't want to live with me until i remember what it was like in college, total mess and i wouldn't want to live with me either but it's not just where you live.. yale has a separate orientation for nonwhite students. yale has deans for each separate ethnic group. schools have segregated staff training, networking programs. for your college experience from orientation to dorm life to extracurriculars to student centers, graduation to be completely segregated if you want to be. last year, a black student

here to talk about it, the ceo of the national association of home builders, jerry howard. jerry, it's it's great to see you. >> great to see you again, cheryl. it's been a while. cheryl: it's been a while. i've missed you. i want to get your take of what's going on with these new home sales. in particular, i want to focus on lumber prices because what we've seen from starts and permits which came out last week was that lumber prices were the third most expense we've item for any new home build, i think more than double at this point. your members must be really struggling right now with that. >> it's a real problem. it's a problem all over the country, cheryl. lumber prices are at all-time record highs of over $1,000 per 1,000 board feet x. by comparison, during the housing boom the early part of 2000, lumber prices were in 2005, they were $387 per thousand board feet. now they're over $1,000. the demand isn't anywhere near where it was, but the price is just completely out of control. cheryl: and also, too, oil prices is a piece of this too, correct? because that's petroc

my question is what is the national association of manufactures position on climate legislationt and congress today? >> senator, thanks for that question. this is not a this is not an unexpected question you and i have had these conversations before although i haven't actually seen that -- that study that you cite. so look, as you and i have discussed before manufactures are very committed to the cause of climate change and to decarbonizing our environment, in fact, we shared this with you and others the promise ahead. which is our plan on taking, taking action on climate change and cause climate change but we've done so oftentimes inspite of policies that come out of washington, and not because of them. we have really spent far too long ping a portion of blame over climate change and really too little time working on solutionings and that's why we do call for action and that's what this plan is all about. so let's talk about solutions for a moment. >> yeah to do that, sir. >> first of all, do you see a way forward to fill up the climate crisis and avert climate without congress step

and someone from the national parks conservation association will talk about the states of america's national parks since the pandemic. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning, and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. you are watching c-span. your unfiltered view of government. c-span was greeted by america's cable television companies in 1979. today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. >> earlier this afternoon, president biden and vice president harris spoke at emory university in georgia. they condemned the recent shootings at three atlanta area spas and gave an update on the covid response. >> afternoon. over the past week the president and i have traveled across the country to mark the passage of the american rescue plan, to tell the american people about how 100 million checks are on their way about 100 million vaccines have now been administered. big news. good news. and we plan to come down here to georgia to the place that made it possi

that's the information we got from people who ought to know, the national association of real estaterds. >> well, maybe. but i've always heard that negroes buy shoddy, poor quality merchandise. >> no. it's just the other way around. according to leading researchers, in proportion to population and income, negroes buy more quality products than any other comparable united states group. you see, there are a lot of confused notions about the negro customer. when you dig right down and find out about them, they just don't hold water. negroes own homes, they meet their payments faithfully, they buy good brands of merchandise. why let a lot of hold fashioned ideas hurt profits? take a look at the real facts. here in washington, d.c., the nation's capital, some amazing facts and figures about this new market have been uncovered. for a firsthand report, we'd like to take you directly to the united states department of commerce to hear this story from the secretary of commerce himself. here is the honorable sinclair weeks, the secretary of commerce of the united states. >> in the department o

but my question is what is the national association of manufacturers position on climate legislation in congress today? >>. >> this is not an unexpected question. we've had these questions before. i have not actually seen that study that you cite. as you and i have discussed before, manufacturers are very committed to the cause of climate change and to the carbonate using our environment. we share this with you, the promise ahead which is taking action on climate change. we've made great strides to reduce omissions we have done so often times in spite of policy we have spent far too long to push blame over climate change and too little time working on solutions. that's why we do call for action with this plan is all about. >> first of all do you see a way forward with the climate crisis to avert pandemonium without congress stepping in some significant way? >> i think we need a global solution that is binding. and we talked about this before as well that the foundation of the us response to climate change to prevent carbon leakage and that is where we need to go. >> then congress nee

attorney paulette brown, 45 year member of the bar, former president of the national bar association and the american bar association. bernadette d'souza, chief judge, orleans parish civil district court. the honorable eva guzman, justice on the texas supreme court. the honorable barbara the honorable jacqueline nguyen, circuit judge u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit. colonel tara osborn, retired, former chief judge of the united states army. and finally, the honorable patricia timmons-goodson, retired, former justice of the north carolina supreme court and former judge of the north carolina court of appeals. i would like to start by asking each of the panelists to take a few minutes to name a female historical figure who has influenced their life and tell us how and why. and we will start in alphabetical order as they were introduced. start in alphabeticl order as they were introduced. so attorney brown. >> hanky. thank you, judge gray. it is a pleasure, real privilege to be on a panel as the loan attorney with all of these amazing jurists, so thank you so much and thank y

who was a leader of the nassau national association of women's suffragists the national american woman association. sorry. she was on their congressional committee. so i made a list of all the congressmen that they were really targeting and then i would look at those congressmen's records, but what i found was most congressman's files, you know, if you go to their collections most of which our library of congress, you know, they'll be by theme and also by year, but for many congressmen women's suffrage doesn't rise to the level of you know, thematic category. it's not like world war one or treaty of versa, which would have like its own separate box. so then what i did was i would i looked to see like every time congress voted on the 19th amendment or when the committees had debate throughout the 19th, and then i would look to the chronological files so buried in these chronological files is where i found really what members of congress were saying about the 19th of them, which was that they didn't this was for both parties and all regions. they didn't want to increase the black vote. s

let's hear from the presint of the national association for the advancement of colored people. >> youe able to navigate what we call a dire and identified 12 members and identify any devices that could get in the way of jurors being objective. he really cannot read the minds or intent of any individual so you have to navigate the process very carefully. ros: ideally, jurors would not have any knowledge of the case so they can base their decision on only what they hear in court. instead, the prosecution and the defense are questioning each juror, and to try and help speed this up, each juror has already had to fill out a 16 page questionnaire. within the questionnaire questions like county times did you see the video of george floyd's death, did you participate in marches against police brutality, do you believe our criminal justice system work today, the court has seen further questions of the jurors. they can ask the judge to dismiss a juror because of attentional bias and this is a complex bias. >> the jury selection is being shown live on television. it is unprecedented, because in

later, rhonda collins of the national association of tax professionals will answer tax preparation questions. we will take your calls. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: good morning and welcome to washington journal. the covid-19 pandemic adding devastating -- pandemic having devastating effects on american education, with many students suddenly forced to be online learners. while a few have thrived, many have struggled to adapt as schools try to figure out how to educate and innovate at the same time. with coronavirus vaccines now throughout the country, it is time to look back. what lessons did we learn about public and private education? how do we help those students who fall behind? what do you have to say about the pandemic one year later and its impact on schools and learning? we will open up special lines. parents, we want to hear your experience. your line will be (202) 748-8000 . students, this is about you. students watching, we want to hear from you at (202) 748-8001. educators, you have been on the front lines, teachers, ad

just recently in colorado, a crucial case involving the national rifle association?lving the national rifle association? ., �* , , association? that's right. they mana . ed association? that's right. they managed to — association? that's right. they managed to get _ association? that's right. they managed to get a _ association? that's right. they managed to get a judge - association? that's right. they managed to get a judge to - managed to get a judge to overturn a local ordinance in boulder city which basically would have banned assault weapons. this is whatjoe biden wants to see. you mentioned the anniversary of department shooting in florida. he called, on that day, for background checks on all gun sales in the united states and a ban on assault weapons and high—capacity magazines. a short while ago, colorado's democratic senator michael bennett called for more, as he put it a new national conversation about gun violence in this country. time had, he said, to take some sort of meaningful action. said, to take some sort of meaningfulaction. senatoramy klobuchar,

today the national association of realtors reported a bigger than expected drop in pending home salesn more than 10% in february that comes as home prices are climbing and quickly, up more than 11% from a year ago low supply, high prices, mounting frustration, and as cnbc's diana olick reports, it's also hurting millions of real estate agents. >> reporter: at a condominium in boston last weekend, potential buyers were lining up outside. >> this is gorgeous. >> reporter: and lamenting the competition inside. >> have you guys had a lot of people come through today? >> we have >> reporter: for real estate agent jeff strobeck, it may be an easy sell, but finding listings in the leanest market ever. >> there's not a magic bullet for it. >> reporter: has been incredibly tough. >> for me it's this house in your neighborhood sold with 11 offers on it or it sold x amount over asking, and i think we can do that with your house, too >> reporter: there were just about 1 million homes for sale at the end of february, according to the national association of realtors. that's the leanest supply on r

during those years, organizations such as the national americans will be suffers association, and national women's party would form. creating a national movement. yet, it was women and every community that led the efforts in their towns and states to demand rates. through the work of c-span city tour, we will introduce you to some of these women who dedicated their lives to this cause. from a pro suffers newspaper -- to a 23-year-old montana rested for protesting on the white house lawn. you will learn why western territory and states were on the leading edge of the movement. you will hear how the letter from a mother to her son would help lead to the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. we begin in syracuse, new york. where author carol faulkner talked about how one of the movements lesser-known figures lucretia moaned. lucretia is one of the most white female abolitionist -- one of the most important females in american history. yet, she has not received the same amount of historical attention as someone like -- for example. she is not a household name. my

six of them, the ymca, the national catholic community service, and the national association of jewish called j.w. be, the white w. see a, the salvation army, the travelers aid. these join together in 1941 for the purpose that hasn't changed. in their own words, to help serve the religious, spiritual, social welfare, educational, recreational and entertainment needs of the men and women in the armed forces. that is now this kind of surface is kind of needed the armed forces themselves to a lot to provide for spare time recreation on poster on base. but they recognize the obvious. for service people with free time, on poster on base is not where it's at. when i had a spare moment, i don't spend it hang around the studios or why could see why gi's first move, when he's got time off is out the gate. luckily, he's got some place to go. wherever they are based is pretty certain, there is a uso club nearby. a good place to check into for a cup of hot coffee or relax and chat with the guys. or maybe two something were more substantial without spending a fortune. play a game of cards. shooting

service organizations, six of them, the ymca and the national catholic community service and the national associatione ywca and the traveller's aid. in their own words, to help surge the religious, spiritual and entertainment needs of the women and men in the armed forces. the armed forces themselves do a lot to provide for spare time recreation on post or on base, but they recognize the obvious, for service people with free time on post or on base is not where it's at. when i have a spare moment i don't spend it hanging around the studios, and wherever they are based it's certain there's a uso club nearby. a good place to check into for a cup of hot coffee or relax, chew the fat with the guys. or maybe chew something more substantial without spending a fortune. play a game of cards, or shoot a game of rotation. listen to some stereo, or just sit and read, or on nights when it's not in the program, dance with a pretty girl. it sure beats walking around the streets wondering where everybody went. all this is typical, but it's not the whole picture by a long shot. take a big city like new york. talk ab

. ♪ >> where back with the national association of tax professionals.ionals and she is here to answer our federal tax preparation questions as we move towards spring and tax filing deadlines. that morning. -- good morning. can you hear us? guest: yes, can you hear me. host: we can hear you now. guest: how are you. host: i am doing great. guest: let us set this -- host: let us set the stage, what are

knowing that much of that comes from groups that are very well known like the nra, naacp, national association of realtors. finally, mr. potter, i can't believe he would make this mistake, but i thought him say that newspapers had a political ad filed that they had to keep, and of course that is not true. and indeed the type of political ad filed that's promoted in this bill was recently held unconstitutional by the fourth circuit in washington post v. mcmanus in 2019. and i thought those were three points where people should not be left with an incorrect impression about what the reality is and the full story. thank you. >> thank you. mr. potter -- >> i'm not entirely sure i heard mr. smith correctly. but my point was that current law requires disclaimers on paid advertising in newspapers, radio, tv. radio, tv are required to keep public files of those. any one of us can go and look at a newspaper and see who paid for it. none of that is true for paid advertising on the internet. it disappears. and it isn't widely available. there is no way once it has occurred to go back and see what was adv

foreigners who have the chinese made vaccine to enter the country but douglas kid is some the national association of airline passengers he says there needs to be a realistic approach to vaccines that if it's. one aspect that's not being looked at is that ok if you're going to have a vaccine passport and if you're going to be requiring passengers to be vaccinated against called it was one of the approved vaccines what about the hundreds of other diseases that are out there. you could have the average passenger say you know becoming more like a pin cushion where you've got to have a vaccine against this that you know something else something else you know maybe a dozen different diseases you might have to have a vaccine against some of which you may never heard of. that's going to have to be the way things go but certainly i'm not looking at the looking forward to having to have a dozen different vaccines on my vaccine passport in order to travel. say from one state to the other in the united states or from one country events developed country in the united states to say the far east like japan or

joining us now for more is national education association president becky pringle.t a hotly debated topic, becky, because so many people have skin in the game here. is it safe for teachers to go back now? becky: hi, matt, it's good to be back with you again. you see this smile on my face? i have to tell you that as a science teacher for over 30 years, all educators across the country are so encouraged by president biden doing a couple of things. first of all, for him to put forward that $2 trillion plant that includes $170 billion for schools to reopen safely, and then for him to say that we need to prioritize educators for vaccination, and it is getting done. he didn't just say it. he actually went about making sure that we are not only upping production of those vaccines, but also trying to organize and clear up any confusion about where to get vaccines. so many more of our educators have been vaccinated. we did a second survey, matt -- the first time we surveyed our members commit 19% had been vaccinated, and now it is almost up to 70%. it is quite amazing. we ar

that gift to women and to men by the men of wyoming territory. >>> while the national american women's suffrage association would continue to focus on gaining women's suffrage at the state level, the national woman's party wanted a constitutional amendment ensuring women's suffrage throughout the u.s. their strategy would include a two-year protest in front of the white house. from 1917 to 1919. one of these protesters was a 23-year-old from billings, montana, hazel hunkins halanan. >> 87, a tiny, gray haired woman with a feminist vocabulary, a notorious arrest record and a surprisingly sharp tongue. hazel hunkins grew up in colorado, came to billings in 1903 and welcomes one of the better students at billings senior high. she was actually voted most popular, second smartest and third most conceits, in 1908 she makes her way to college, gets a chemistry degree and works in chemistry labs for a period of time until 1916, she comes back home to care for her ailing mother and when her mother starts feeling better, she starts applying for more jobs for chemistry labs, and she's told several times you're qualif

in the spring of 2020 the national association of manufacturers had a plan for strength during the supply chain and it had the opportunity to discuss it directly with some of you. our goal is your goal to ensure the next dollar invested in manufacturing is invested right here in america. the plan is comprehensive taxes to workforce in the central premise is that incentives, not punitive measures will allow us to achieve our shared goal. let me call out three key recommendations. number one, you must recognize the importance of predictability and stability in the tax code. tax reform made manufacturers more competitive driving wage growth and productivity. let's not undo that progress. number two manufacturers in america can only remain at the cutting edge if our tax code supports innovation. you already heard this from two other panelist. unfortunately, it will do just the opposite starting next year and that change to the tax credit will make it more expensive to perform research and development to cost america its innovative edge. number three let's recollect - - recognize the simple tr

we will speak to john boyd, a fourth-generation farmer and founder of the national black farmers association. then we go to steve donziger, the environmental lawyer who sued chevron for ecological devastation in the ecuadorian amazon. after chevron was ordered to pay billions, chevron went after donziger personally. he has now spent nearly 600 days under house arrest in new york. >> chevron committed what probably the world's worst envinmental crime ever by mping deliberately dumping, causing anpplicant cancer. rather than pay r cleanup, they spent billions of dollars to try to attack the lawyers who tried to hold them accountable. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the biden administration has instructed the federal emergency management agency to help process the increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving in the u.s. as of this weekend, some 4200 children were being detained in overcrowded border patrol facilities were some of them reportedly have been held for a week or longer, forced to

now that was a case brought by the national rifle association, which remains one of the most powerfulcountry despite the fact that it is in recent months riddled with scandal over misplaced funds and so on. it remains an extremely powerful organisation here and the nra warned that the principles behind that ruling in colorado will apply to other localities that are considering similar ordinances. in other words, if they are looking to ban these assault style weapons, than the nra will step in with its lawyers to try to prevent those laws from being passed, mike. david, ou made from being passed, mike. david, you made a _ from being passed, mike. david, you made a point— from being passed, mike. david, you made a point in _ from being passed, mike. david, you made a point in your - you made a point in your coverage as we from outside the us in such circumstances always tend to say sure this will mean a change in the gun laws. just days since the shooting in atlanta, georgia. it is usually unlikely given the events you've just been describing and the activities of the art —— nra that an

the national education association the nea after de-emphasizing dr. seuss is pushing more progressive books to young students wow listen to this. julianne is a mermaid is about a little boy who cross dresses. the prince and the dress maker is another book about cross dressing. american eyes rebel without a green card is about an illegal immigrant from iran. we are here to stay voices of undocumented young adults is also about illegal immigrants. so i'm fiend with having a wide range of authors and issues. but not at the expense of wonderful authors like dr. seuss. and not for partisan political and doctrine all of this seems to be about destroying cultural and historical frames of reference. wiping the slate clean and building a liberal culture that they control entirely and profit from, of course. we give into the liberal mob because they're annoying. we don't feel like listening to them whine, shut yum it is how weak parents deal with complaining children. but good parents know how to say, no. and the children usually knock it off. america needs to

joining me now is patrick corcoran, vice president of the national association of theater owners.it in context for us.- industry. just put it in context for us. ~ , ., context for us. los angeles and new york _ context for us. los angeles and new york together _ context for us. los angeles and new york together account - context for us. los angeles and new york together account for l new york together account for about 14—15% of the box office market in the united states. it is key that we have our full market open in the us. many theatres are local. they are in individual markets. but the actual market for movie theatres is a national one and to some degree an international one. it to some degree an international one. ., , , , ,, to some degree an international one. .,, ,, one. it will not be business as usual. there _ one. it will not be business as usual. there will _ one. it will not be business as usual. there will have - one. it will not be business as usual. there will have to - one. it will not be business as usual. there will have to be . usual. there will have to be soci

the chairman for television for the national association of broadcasters. ms.was most recently named 2020 broadcaster of the year by broadcasting and cable. ms. barr received her ba from and master's degree from george university. in 2014 mr. greenwald co-founded first look media the intercept, an online publication where he served as an editor. he left the publication in 2020 and currently operates a substack newsletter. mr. greenwald's work was featured by the guardian and salon. he received a number of awards including the park center if stone award for independent journalism in 2018 and the 2010 online journalism award for his coverage of the abusive detention conditions of chelsea manning. awarded the 2014 pulitzer prize for public service. he's written four "new york times" best sellers including "no place to hide." prior to his writing career, mr. greenwald is an active litigator specializing in civil rights and first amendment cases. mr. greenwald received his bachelor degree from george washington university and jd from new york university school of la

she's a member of the national association of county and city health officials. florida public health association. health leadership council. advent health kissimmee advisory board, and osceola council on aging board. for this and more miss bianca, we honor you. in honor of women's history month i would like to recognize rhonda wilson. miss rhonda wilson, who has her m.s., m.b.a., and m.s. is a victim services administrator with over 32 years of professional nonprofit criminal justice and military experience. she's earned three graduate degrees, a master of human services with a criminal justice specialization, a masters of business administration, and master of administration justice and security. since 2009, rhonda has been a leader for the victims service center of central florida where she has worked as a victim advocate and crisis counselor. community education coordinator, and most recently as an advocacy services supervisor where she oversees 10 masters level crisis counselors and interns. prior to her work with the victim service center, ms. wilson proudl

the record letters of endorsement of vanita gupta from the fraternal order of police, national sheriffs' association, the president of the national sheriffs' association david mahoney, sheriff of dane kenneth wisconsin, the major townships of america, the chief of police, major cities chiefs association, 53 current or former police chiefs or sheriff's, the police executive research forum, the federal law enforcement officers association, the hispanic american police commanders association, the national organization of black law enforcement executives, national association of women law enforcement executives, the president of the iowa state sheriffs and deputies association tony thompson who's a shift of black hawke county iowa. without objection i will add those to the record. i understand senator hirono is prepared. >> yes, thank you, mr. chairman. >> take it away, senator. >> ms. monaco and ms. gupta, welcome. as part of my responsibilities i ask the following two initial questions of every nominee who comes before any on the committee of which i set. so i will ask you the questions. since you bec

the record letters of endorsement of vanita gupta from the fraternal order of police, national sheriffs' association, the president of the national sheriffs' association david mahoney, sheriff of dane kenneth wisconsin, the major townships of america, the chief of police, major cities chiefs association, 53 current or former police chiefs or sheriff's, the police executive research forum, the federal law enforcement officers association, the hispanic american police commanders association, the national organization of black law enforcement executives, national association of women law enforcement executives, the president of the iowa state sheriffs and deputies association tony thompson who's a shift of black hawke county iowa. without objection i will add those to the record. i understand senator hirono is prepared. >> yes, thank you, mr. chairman. >> take it away, senator. >> ms. monaco and ms. gupta, welcome. as part of my responsibilities i ask the following two initial questions of every nominee who comes before any on the committee of which i set. so i will ask you the questions. since you bec

. >> miss goes to national association of student professional administrators.logizes for keynote speech by the foreman we. she had given a speech on wealth building and not pointed out systemic barriers for black people indigenous people transgender people on and on, so this is what kowngts as empowerment these days. telling students that they have over their financial future. >> jason. >> paul, i'll give a hit to washington, d.c. federal judge amit presiding oh criminal cases arising from the january 6th capitol riot this week he took the government to task over stoking the media frenzy around case by speculating about possible future charges. he said, let me be clear that these defendants are entitled to a fair trial, not one that is conducted in the media. judge was appointed by president obama and his approach shows that even in the most politically charged cases in the united states, the rule of law must prevail. >> here, here, kim. >> paul, a miss to house democrats for again being the process of giving the district of columbia state he'd ask yourself whi

we have seen the national association of homebuilders confidence down a little bit.gher mortgage rates are starting to dampen enthusiasm. refi's have really fallen off a cliff. they are down 39% year-over-year. tom: are you going to get three or four questions this afternoon at the press conference? >> i hope so. tom: michael mckee, thank you so much of course. driving forward the intellect at the press conference. he made his name at goldman sachs with a strange phrase called mortgage equity withdrawal. he figured out the flows of our housing market long ago and far away in a boom. he is the goldman sachs chief economist and head of global economics. i need to go to you on this boom economy you and i have never seen. how do you perceive at goldman sachs that 8% gdp fades away. will it be abrupt or will it be far more gradual and prosperous than we can imagine? >> the it percent forecast is for the fourth quarter number in 2021 and that's the way the fed looks at these numbers as well. we think they will obviously upgrade their forecast shortly as well. and our forec

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