Child, that would be the best thing that could happen for our country. To me, its absolutely the marriage rate. Brad wilcoxs article in the index makes it screamingly clear. Theres been a 10point reduction in the marriage rate in the last decade. What astonished me looking at the numbers again is that its been 50 since the era of the 19 physician. We all talk about out of wedlock childbearing. The childberg is not the problem. We are below replacement rate birth rate in the united states. Only two years of the last 42 have we been above replacement, even with the influence of immigrants to the country. Its the out of wedlock thing. And ill add one last point to that out of personal experience. I imagine theres some in the audience too. When young people come out of college, and theyre doing what we consider pursuing the American Dream in the right way, and their initial experience is a debt thats larger than the mortgage of their parents, we have a problem. It is its not the only reaso
Working on 15 bills under suspension of the rules. The 2015 student cam bit of competition is underway. Create a five to seven minute documentary on the same very three branches and you on policy, law, or action by the executive, legislative or Judicial Branch of the federal government has affected you or your community. 200 cash prizes for students and teachers totaling 1000. With a list of rules and how to get started, go to studentcam. Org. Live today on the cspan networks from our remarks but the chair of the nicaragua trade commission at 1 00 on cspan2. Also, criminal defense lawyers and a report from their National Association on our companion network cspan3 at 1 00 eastern. This weekend, president obama wrapped up his weeklong tour of the asiapacific region with a stop in brisbane, australia. He spoke for about 40 minutes. [applause] thank you. Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Please, take a seat. Hello, brisbane. It is good to
One in five americans never expect to get out of debt. How can you keep your money issues from spiraling out of control . Mo tonight on nightly Business Report for thursday, december 11th. Good evening, everyone and welcome. Stocks sprinted out of the gate this morning spurred by good news about jobs, the dip in oil prices and better than expected retail sales for november but then, like a horse that ran the first furlongs too fast, the market slowed. Though it did cross the finish line with modest gains. After being up as much as 225 points, the dow finished 63 points higher on the day. Nasdaq added 24 and the s p was up 9. Oil moved lower again. Domestic crude fell another dollar closing below 60 a barrel for the first time in 5. 5 years. Foreign brent crude fell half a buck finishing at 64. 24 a barrel. After that pickup in spending last month, retail sales rose 7 10 of 1 , nearly double forecast led by autos, clothing and electronics. Jobless claims fell by 3,000 last week, so what
One in five americans never expect to get out of debt. How can you keep your money issues from spiraling out of control . Mo tonight on nightly Business Report for thursday, december 11th. Good evening, everyone and welcome. Stocks sprinted out of the gate this morning spurred by good news about jobs, the dip in oil prices and better than expected retail sales for november but then, like a horse that ran the first furlongs too fast, the market slowed. Though it did cross the finish line with modest gains. After being up as much as 225 points, the dow finished 63 points higher on the day. Nasdaq added 24 and the s p was up 9. Oil moved lower again. Domestic crude fell another dollar closing below 60 a barrel for the first time in 5. 5 years. Foreign brent crude fell half a buck finishing at 64. 24 a barrel. After that pickup in spending last month, retail sales rose 7 10 of 1 , nearly double forecast led by autos, clothing and electronics. Jobless claims fell by 3,000 last week, so what
One in five americans never expect to get out of debt. How can you keep your money issues from spiraling out of control . Mo tonight on nightly Business Report for thursday, december 11th. Good evening, everyone and welcome. Stocks sprinted out of the gate this morning spurred by good news about jobs, the dip in oil prices and better than expected retail sales for november but then, like a horse that ran the first furlongs too fast, the market slowed. Though it did cross the finish line with modest gains. After being up as much as 225 points, the dow finished 63 points higher on the day. Nasdaq added 24 and the s p was up 9. Oil moved lower again. Domestic crude fell another dollar closing below 60 a barrel for the first time in 5. 5 years. Foreign brent crude fell half a buck finishing at 64. 24 a barrel. After that pickup in spending last month, retail sales rose 7 10 of 1 , nearly double forecast led by autos, clothing and electronics. Jobless claims fell by 3,000 last week, so what