Capital accumulation in the middle. One of the important steps that your administration signed into law was just making it easier and more automatic to save in your 401k plan. Now the majority of Companies Default people into savings and default into auto escalation in saving policies. Next step is take nearly half the population that doesnt have savings accounts at work and give them access to automatic ira. Thats an idea that came out of the Heritage Foundation working together with brooking. Theres a lot we can do to focus on a positive story to create well. For most families, homes are principle source of wealth. We have a bipartisan efforts to put people in houses from the tax codes and regulatory. How do we go back look at housing policy in a more reasonable way . We want people in homes. Its an important asset for most americans. How do we rejuvenate the Housing Market without creating the same we had before . First of all we should be reforming Housing Finance system, should be
They want to come here and Work Together to solve problems and move the country forward so that the future is bright for american citizens. All right, are there any questions . Several new women were elected. Number offairly small republican women. Are you satisfied with the results . First of all, i would say that the women who are coming in are a very talented group. They will help us grow the women members we have in the next cycle. That is why i said we have only just begun. There is a lot of work to do to diversify our party and grow our party. We have just won seats from maine to american samoa. We may pick up san diego and florida. We are making big progress. But we have to focus on recruiting good women candidates to run, helping them get into , and building that up. It will take a couple of cycles. Mentioned that after the next election there is always another election. You worried about a danger point . Reach at any down votee, and up or on obamacare that would invite a ano,
Couple of years. You can get that as well which kind of looks at the issues that we are now going to be looking at as we look to revise our model. We have set up a subgroup which is currently doing regular phone calls. They are open phone calls, anybody, anybody in this room can sit in on them if you have nothing else better to do with your life. I always picture a 40yearold man in his mothers basement. I dont know why. You can provide comments anybody and everybody can provide comments, suggested changes, however you want to do it. Weve gone through a series of calls now where weve had all the stakeholders, the carriers, provide providers, consumers, of course, others that have come in and brought us their ideas. Were going to soon start the process of updating it. There are a couple of areas we are clear we need to update. One is essential Community Provider. Thats not something we were really looking at before. Are those now included in your networks . Theres also issues in the new
Agencies in the federal government. Im confident that the commission will continue to function effectively after my departure, and i wish my colleagues all the best. Their work, together with our dedicated staff, will enable the n. R. C. To remain an effective, independent and trusted regulator. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to speak with you all today, and im happy now to answer your questions. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much, professor macfarlane. Do you think the United States Nuclear Energy industry will ever recover from fukushima and start growing again . Hat will make that happen . Well, i think that i would separate that out. I wouldnt say that the Nuclear Industry is suffering necessarily because of fukushima. I think there are larger issues at play here, mostly economic issues. What would help that would probably be some price on carbon, my view. Most u. S. Nuclear facilities are more than 40 years old, and most want to extend their lives to 60 or even 80 years
Region. While the administration cites a drop in the children, the fact is that the conditions in el salvador, honduras, and guatemala continue to be very grave. I convened the second hearing because my colleagues and i are mindful of the high levels of Gang Violence and the lack of opportunity right here in our hemisphere, not only affects the lives of millions in Central America, but affects the United States too, as weve seen. Indeed, the pursuit of peace and prosperity throughout the western hemisphere should be a Key National Security objective of the United States. As round reagan said back in 1984, Central America is a region of great importance to the United States, and it is so close. Since salvador is closer to houston, texas, than houston is to washington, d. C. Ive consistently been supportive of u. S. Efforts to assist the region to build capacity to strengthen their Respective Police forces so they can build better confront the high levels of criminality brought on by gan