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Lundquist and Safety Community help agencies go through that. There is a Police Accreditation coalition that brings tremendous resources. Some organizations do not have the capacity to support accreditation itself. Those help to help shepherd organizations. Should we require departments to develop a plan to reach accreditation . It is a pretty good the sort of Gold Standard of policing, that they aspire to. But should we rather than just encourage it, should we consider some system where we requ...

Year. The last longterm bill we passed with safetealu in 2005. That was 10 years ago and that bill was underfunded because of the resistance of raising the gasoline tax or identifying new revenue sources. For over a decade we have failed to address the funding challenges necessary to break the cycle of underinvestment and put this country back on a competitive path with the rest of the world. Today we spend about 1. 7 of g. D. P. On infrastructure while china spends 9 , europe 4. 5 to 5 . We use...

A Strong Economy relies on fairness and inclusion. And if we follow this, we will do three things. Create more jobs and deliver stronger education and build an economy that works for everyone. Of course, Economic Growth starts with jobs. Recovery began in january of 2010 and illinois has added 280,000 private sector jobs. Unemployment was at 11. 3 at the height of the great recession. Today it is at its lowest point in almost five years. Since last may billina has led the midwest and new jobs cr...

While were on the subject of Public Safety, im once again asking this legislature to repeal the dangerous law that gives drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. [ applause ] weve seen several fraud operations busted recently. Just last year, an elaborate scheme was uncovered in eastern new mexico where hundreds of drivers licenses were sold to illegal immigrants. The ringleader bragged that he made 30,000 a month. Ive put forward a strong compromise to repeal this law and still allow driving pri...

Expensive programs can be difficult to offer and maintain, especially for Smaller School districts. I cannot overstate the importance of these programs. C t e programs are closely aligned with our states Workforce Needs from welding and machining to health care and Information Technology to engineering in biosciences. These programs give Students Experience so that they understand these are not dirty jobs but opportunities to work with the latest Technology Hands on an even Higher Education oppo...

Mr. President , and you are not in saudi arabia, you are in the United States of america, it is a democracy. I have a pretty good idea of the method of his madness and what he might do to undermine the constitution. Hes trying to have the constitution of the United States swallow clorox. That he is. And his apologists. Its really its fascinating really. You have a president doing what no president has ever done before, and you have his apologists say, at, i dont know, the washington journal edit...

, meaning the Unemployment Rate of veterans since 9 11 is above the number for the average folks and we are making sure that statistic is one we still have years from now as we still Work Together. The considerable challenges Many Service Members in our family face. We know our veterans fought for us and we will fight for them. That is why many states, including missouri, have taken membertees Service Transition to the workforce, such as issues with the state licensure. We have signed bills in t...

[applause] senator goldwaters acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican National convention to move this weekend on american historys tv reel america. On cspan 3. National Governors Association in nashville, tennessee, a session on helping the nations veterans find employment. Speakers include officials from the labor and Defense Departments. This is about an hour and 20 minutes. Losing the battle for talent will lead to diminished homelandair of the nga security and Public Safety committee. I no...

You are providing a powerful example on how states can do with the disconnect. You are helping to show states how to improve the way jobseekers are matched to jobs based on skills and competencies, not just job descriptions and resumes. It is very leading edge. Governor hickenlooper, i would like to recognize colorado for doing a great job with the blueprint that ties together agencies, is mrs. , education, and workforce development. Businesses, education, and workforce development. That will be...

Nominees to serve on the u. S. Postal Service Board of governors. The hearing follows postmaster general patrick donahoes announcement that they will [inaudible] 3 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. We are at the henry a. Wallace Country Life Center which is 50 miles south and west of des moines. And this is the birthplace home of henry a. Wallace. The wallaces of iowa consist of three generations of wallaces. The patriarch was known as, fondly, as uncle henry, and he was the founder of wallaces farmer ma...