Cspan as a Public Service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Announcer next undersecretary of state for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland talks about the russiaukraine wore a mid the two Year Anniversary of russias fullscale invasion. From the center for International Studies in washington d. C. , this is just over 45 minutes. [indiscernible chatter] good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. I am max bergman, director of the europerussiaeurasia program. Today it is my honor to introduce ambassador Victoria Nuland, the under secretary of state for Political Affairs, and as everyone knows, here she has a long and distinguished career as an american diplomat and Foreign Policy practitioner, including serving as former assistant secretary of state for european affairs. Serving as fort secretary of state for european affairs. She has worked with president s on both sides of the aisle and we are thrilled to have ambassador nul
The Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Let me get to the point of this hearing. Today in our country, over 60 about where people are living paycheck to paycheck. And millions are working for starvation wages. Unbelievably, despite an explosion in technology and huge increases worker productivity, the average American Worker is making 50 a week less then he or she made 50 years ago after adjusting for inflation. Unless we change the nature of the way our economy works, it is all too likely that our Younger Generation will have a lower standard of living then their parents. What this means in reality is that workers throughout our country are struggling to pay for housing, struggling to pay for health care, and prescription drugs, struggling to put food on the table. Struggling to pay off their student debts and to deal with other basic sensitize of life basic necessities of life. And while that is the reality for the working class of this count
Pharmaceutical ingredients, of which 95 of imports of ibuprofen are from china. I just want to lay that out for this administration to consider. I think it is another opportunity for us when we talk about nearshore rain and friendshoring, that could be a good strategic partnership. The committee stands and recess. Thank you. The committee will come back to order as you know, ambassador, trade policy is incredibly important to me and my district and my constituents. I represent the heavy agricultural district and Manufacturing District whose jobs and economic success rely on Market Access account of the building and opportunities to send our Great American products all across the globe. Knowing that, i dont think it should be a surprise to anyone here that ive been incredibly frustrated that another year has passed without kind of a proactive substantive policy on trade and progress on the an enforceable trade agreements from the Biden Administration. I know you, ambassador tai, you are
glad to be here i m griff jenkins and this is america s newsroom. cheney is one of 10 house republicans who voted to impeach the former president and she conceded early last night and gave a concession speech comparing herself to abraham lincoln. rich edson kicks things off with us from the teton village in wyoming. good morning, griff. also in that speech she compares the times and divisions of the united states today to the divisions of the civil war back in the 1860s. congresswoman liz cheney will launch an effort to oppose any donald trump run for president. that s according to a spokesperson telling fox news that information this morning. that effort likely be ultimately be from outside the united states congress. she lost her primary last night. polls were barely closed an hour last evening and cheney called harriman to concede. cheney says two years ago she won her primary with 73% of the vote. that path was clear for reelection if she went along with the stolen 20
Coming up, a conversation on International Trade relations with chair Jared Bernstein. It is hosted by the council on Foreign Relations. , i am Matthew Goodman , the director of the greenberg i Matthew Goodman, director of studies and as of two seconds ago im the director of the real econ initiative that we are rolling out today here at cfl r. Welcome to those of you in the room and those of you online as we look at reimagining American Economic leadership. Brainchild of mike roman said he wanted to emphasize a number of costcutting and this is the first we are rolling out. Make will have a chance to explain this in his own words, but i think we would agree there were two fundamental premises. It matters for americans and advancing u. S. Interests, but second ramos is a lot of things have changed in the world after world war ii, and American Economic leadership is going to look different over the years and decades ahead. I think of really, as a platform about what the challenges are wh