And let us know what you think about the programs youre watching. Call us at 2026263400. Or email us at comments cspan. Org. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. The Senate Budget Committee Held a hearing recently on Student Loan Debt which, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is over 1 trillion. Lawmakers examined the impact of Student Loans on borrowers, career choice and the larger economy. Witnesses included the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus student ombudsman, a recent graduate and economic scholar richard vedder. This is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. I want to thank Senate Johnson senator johnson who is filling in today for my ranking member, senator sessions, welcome to you and all of our colleagues who are joining us today as well as a room full. Welcome to all of you on a really important topic today. We are going to be talking about a challenge that 40 Million People ar
And usually the last is a product of the first four. We can now begin to focus specific treatments to address each of those factors. They are treatable. They are medical conditions. We are a Large Health Care system. And in the process, create a database for Predictive Research so we understand what causes homelessness and what we can do to prevent it. So we can and the rescue phase of getting people off streets by preventing them from ending up there. In 2010, we established the National Registry for Homeless Veterans that captured facts and information on individual Homeless Veterans. It reduced a trove of data, which we will use to support Research Well into the future. The registry now includes 750,000 veterans who are, have been homeless, or are at risk of being homeless. In 2010, we launched the Homeless Veterans call center, which has referred nearly 200,000 veterans for help. In 2012, we begin screening veterans seeking health care, asking if they have a home or if they are at
Programs. Rising income inequality has been associated with more federal Student Financial Aid Assistance and i dont think that is coincidental. In my written testimony i shall concerns about several Administration Initiatives including the College Rating system and gainful employment regulations but i want to briefly comment on the proposal of senator warren to lower Interest Rates on loans to pass borrowers. I think this is a bad idea for several reasons. Beginning with the fact that it does utterly nothing to address College Tuition inflation. Conscientious payers and debt obligations end up getting punished relative to nonpayers who get lower Interest Rates, a bad message. It will also add tens of millions of dollars to the deficit and national debt. There are other objections as well. We may be a senator johnson hinted over investing in some ways in Higher Education. The advantages of getting a degree are actually starting to decline not increase particularly for young graduates.
In august of last year directed the u. S. Attorneys in the Criminal Division and he was talking about title 21, the safety valve, how you could not charge if certain elements were there and he said if these elements are not there, you do not have to charge. One element that had existed before that was cooperation. But he dropped that one. You can deviate even their unwillingness to cooperate. So that is not even taken into consideration. Were you aware that there was a change made . He also elevated a number of points. Congressman, i am aware of the august 2013 memo. Prior to that time, prosecutors were authorized to file what is called an 851 enhancement in every drug case. If a drug dealer is arrested and he has a prior drug felony conviction, the notice is filed with the court that doubles the mandatory. That tool has been a very effective in gaining cooperation. That is one of the tools we have used. Now that has been greatly modified for assistant United States attorneys, and only
This is an hour and five minutes. [applause] [applause] these welcome margaret spellings. [applause] thank you for joining us today. As the announcer said, i am margaret spellings, the president of the bush president ial center in dallas, texas and i am so glad to see so many familiar faces with us for a special announcement. We would like to thank our supporting founders without whom we would not be here. The moody foundation, our friends are sitting on the front row is leading the way and their gift is making this possible. They are joined by two other foundations and the representatives from those organizations are with us today. Thank you to my partner and best friend Bruce Lindsey of the Clinton Foundation and my friend who is the ceo of the Library Foundation and the chairman of the lbj Foundation Library board in austin. Our National Archive partners are led by the affiliated libraries are here with us. And smu, Clinton School of Public Service at the university of arkansas, tex