Likely to continue indefinitely. I am joined from washington. Welcom. E. Size up those terms of battle. Lets begin there. Terms of battle that are likely to continue indefinitely. Size up those terms of battle. Dan well, its an extension of the campaign that we went through, charlie, and i think that everything that has happened since the election through the transition and particularly in the opening weeks of the Trump Presidency have reinforced the divisions that we saw in the election. Donald trump has come to washington determined to shake it up. He promised that he would do that in the campaign. Im not sure everybody took him as seriously as they should have but hes determined to do that in his opening weeks. All of his moves, in part, are designed to send the signals that hes going to keep the promises that he made in the campaign, that hes going to offend the establishment. It. Out worrying about be true togoing to the people he knows put him in office. He will alarm a lot of pe
Good afternoon. Thank you ladies and gentlemen, for turning out on a cold, late fall day. I can assure you its going to be worth your time. Im daniel disalvo, an associate professor of Political Science at city college of new york and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute here its my pleasure today to introduce our speaker, beth akers. So first things first id like to welcome beth to the Manhattan Institute wishes result become a fellow. Prior to joining us she was a fellow at the Brookings Institution center on children and families. And before that she was a staff economist at the president s council of economic advisers, and worked extensively on Higher Education policy. Second, i like to welcome beth back to new york. Beth received her ph. D in math excuse me, her ba in math and economics from suny albany at a ph. D in economics from columbia university. So beth is here today to talk about her book, game of loans the rhetoric and reality of student debt. Recently published by
Justice sotomayor spoke to law students at stanford university. See her remarks tonight on cspan. Consumer of america later, experts on food policy priorities of the Trump Administrations. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome. My name is thomas today is the second day of the jewish pass over holiday. I would like to say happy pass over. Many of you know Consumer Federation of america is an association of 300 profit organizations. We expand our research and advocacies. We focus on a lot of Consumer Protection topics but particularly relevant to this conference, we do food safety and nutrition and agriculture policies. So this Conference Provides an opportunity to hear from some of the key policiymakers and playes and opportunity to explore policies from a diverse range of perspective. I hope that you will agree that we have a Great Program for this years conference and that program reflects the work of our Advisory Committee. I dont have the packet with me but if you look of our packet y
None, Public Comment is closed. Executive session. Motion . So moved. Second. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . We are now i move not to disclose anything in closed session. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . Madam secretary . Pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pledge which is such an accomplishment because the cruise terminal delivers public trust and Public Benefits to us and to our community. Im also very excited to announce that we have earned cruise Critics Award for the best destination in the u. S. And in canada. This is a vote of cruisers sailing between august 1, 2015, and july 31, 2016. Cruise critics is a leadi
Of state for two reasons. The first of which i know, kentucky so excited that we are the 31st state in the nation that got online voter registration. Argue . [applause] we had thousands of votes, over 20,000 votes that utilize the service but now begins the hard part. And that is actually turning people out to vote. So my question, my question to you, kentucky, is are you ready to go vote . Let me hear you say yes. Yes. Depression is backstage and he needs to know youre going to go vote. Let me hear you say go vote, kentucky. Unita say it loud does yesterday i told the president that looked like maybe only 20 of kentuckians registered voters would show up. So are you ready to go vote . Go vote, kentucky. The second reason im here today, folks, this is someone who is close to my heart come economic that is literally seen it go up since i was but a weak teenager. Proud to welcome them at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in frankfort. He asked the president , she as the first lady and ho