On behalf of ccyj, i would submit that whatever efforts which we undertake to address the proliferation of sex trafficking of our former and current foster youth should be researchbased, collaborative, coordinated, datadriven and sustainable. These efforts should focus on identification and support of the victims, and must recognize that this is a crime of mobility which requires a unified and consistent response, response that does not merely move the incidence from one neighborhood, one county, one state to another. And the beauty of the federal leadership on these issues. Thank you very much. I would also like to introduce another friend from Washington State, ms. Giovengo, who has over 27 years of experience developing and implementing re engagement programs for out of school and Homeless Youth. She is the executive director of youthcare, which helps Homeless Youth, and operates the only program in Washington State providing Residential Services for sexually exploited youth. Youre
Wealth going to those at the very top, not just the top 1 , but the top. 1 or the top. 01 of the population, has risen sharply over the last generation. Some are calling it a throwback to the gilded age of the robber barons. Now as secretary of state, i saw all the way extreme inequality has corrupted other societies, hobbled growth, and left entire generations alienated and unmoored. From guatemala to greece to pakistan, i urge them to pay their fair share, to provide services that would be the base on which more of their fellow countrymen and women could climb out of poverty. I addressed governments to address their people and include positive visions for the future. In the middle east and north africa, we saw the explosive results when opportunity and potential are denied for too long. But one could ask him what does that mean for us . We are not like them . Imagine a young single mother trying to raise a family today. After all, there are some 10 million single moms working hard to
What were doing is collecting the best data and Research Available on the Progress Women and girls have made in the past two decades, both gains and gaps and making that information accessible to a broad audience. We are also Building Momentum for the 21st century policy agenda for the full participation of women and girls, including youre in the united states. There have been big changes in our economy and our society and in our institutions, policies, and attitudes have not caught up. Women make up half the u. S. Labor force, but they are largely concentrated in lower wage positions. Women hold three quarters of all jobs that rely on tips, like waiters, bartenders, hairstylists which pay even less than the average minimum wage. Across the board, women are paid less than men for the same work. Here is part of what is happening below the surface, as a result of this slowdown in progress. American women, with the least education, less than high school education, and the lowest incomes,
I had the opportunity to here that of the 32 billion of being spent on this, nearly 1 billion of that will be going to an individual that should not receive it. What you have instituted at the Community College to discourage and present waste fraud and abuse, could you expand upon that and could we reauthorize the student education act . Yes, one of the was and it permitted daily attendance process and we tide that process so that if a student is but a circle time right now, before that money will the process goes over to check to see that student has in fact started attending the class that the aid is going to be paying for. If they have not had an attendance record, the Financial Aid does not go through so we have closed the loophole between students eligible for class. And the students are fully aware of that . Yes, they are. And every semester him as you might imagine, we do have a faculty that does not record attendance and a student comes in wanting to know where their money is.
Theyre also saying if the organization is if deep trouble why did we just close 22 embassies and consulates in 17 different countries. And i think both statements are true. I mean an organization that is in deep trouble can still talk to each other and make threatening statements that we pick upment does it mean that theyre operationalizing something, does it mean they have the capability, thats a whole different question. And as a factual matter the last time they attacked successly in the west was july 7th 005 in london. Rose we conclude with dr. Atul gawande who wrote an interesting piece in the new yorker magazine about innovation. The most intriguing question in my mind is health care has been about the individual doctor and their brilliance for the last half century, where weve had knowledge and capabilities. But now the knowledge and the capability has outstripped what our own, any one of our brains as doctors can hold in our head any more. Our own skills will never be perfect e