Do you and arnie duncan sort of sit down and talk about how you interact and how to change what education means and what continuing education means in the labor front . I would ask the president of conversation. What the president understands, and i think the biggest adjustment we have to do is there are multiple pathways to the prosperity and apprenticeship is one of them. Community college etc. And the workforce innovation and opportunity that is a joint venture between the department of education and the department of labor. But it does is end and that the collaboration between the two agencies. One more quick example weve done a lot of collaboration and redesign in high school for the career Technical Education so the sixyear High School Model that some of you in the audience and twitter may have seen is a remarkable example of how to create pathways to the middle class. At the end of which youve gotten a Frame Associates degree. I went to the academy in chicago and that school is jaime nardi, high poverty, high performing. And ibm is the partner and the model is totally scalable. We gave out 100 or 150 million in grants to catalyze the further scaling of the models with a great opportunity. Other questions or comments . Go ahead. Im with tsg Strategic Consulting because of a passion with helping people create these Career Development skills we launched the exploration series. During the comments that are also very helpful to us i. E. Hear you talking about the twentysomething gentlemen some of the folks that are graduating high school with one of the populations that we are trying to help our folks that are in that junior high school. Go. They can help them maximize the partner associates. We are talking about apprenticeships into those things but this is a cradle in the career enterprise and for too many people the pipeline springs a hole by the time you were in eighth grade. They figure they decided that they are done in math and they are not. And so thats why mentoring and all of those experiences of learning opportunities we need to keep moving of the year and beer and earlier so the lightbulb candle off. Thank you for what youre doing. We have 26 seconds but agreed to administer the clock. Really fast, dont be nice, just a question. I just want to know how are you going to made sure that because if you can model it come you can model it nationally so what youre talking about apprenticeships, life skills, how do we start now . Thats what i call a zinger question. We went to look at what the apprenticeships that. If you didnt have a plan for ensuring apprenticeship was accessible to everyone, then chances are you were not going to get a grant. About doubling down and diversifying the apprenticeship its a great opportunity to do so. It being a notable example. So many partnerships within a year in philadelphia when we announced the grant proposal hes taking kids in the philadelphia publicschool system love their gadgets and partnered with employers that now have pathways to the middle class and the sky is the limit. Working with more like cinder, joe manchin, Chuck Schumer on looking at distressed areas of the country that somehow dont find themselves on the highways for these discussions so i wish we could do a whole conference on us. In the construction of the skill superhighway into the job driven training what is the role of the Data Information in your mind . And what is your assessment of the current state of Data Information helping those structures work and what needs to be improved . When you do the sector in strategies to figure out for the demand needs are as you dont make use of the Labor Market Information that youre nothing to make informed choices about the demand needs are and so it is an indispensable part of what we do and we are constantly asking industry what are the questions that we are asking the Community Colleges in all the stakeholders. People who work parttime, we capture that some people say perhaps you need to capture it in a different way. And so i welcome feedback from you and other stakeholders about data. I apologize. We are just out of time. I dont think to cut you off there is no more time. Consulted with the senior services. What was your voice out to white house on aging and how does what youve been talking about relate to that still low statistic for people over 60 getting into the workforce . I volunteered with age friendly dc which is under the umbrella and showed in the city more data than other places. We have to cut it there. The bottom line is people are working longer because the have to. The recession turned their four o. One 401 k . The longterm unemployed lost there were so many of them told us that theyre having to finding a job because they firmly believe that age was the biggest barrier. We have sister agencies enforcing and we are also working with targeted investments into the workforce system to make sure that folks regardless of their age can have a meaningful opportunity to continue to participate. I want you to secure secretary of labor had off and imagine your self as a journalist at a president ial debate with a republican and a democratic candidate for president of the United States and you are moderating. What would be the question that you think should be posed to the next president i would be most illustrative of whether they have an enlightened approach to these labor issues or not, how would you set up the question into the challenge to whether they get it or they dont . Everybody shares the education is a great equalizer. For me, i learned at an early age that budgets are well documented and they reflect the values and priorities of a community. Im frustrated right now. I have to be honest with you. The Senate Republican bill cut funding for apprenticeships on the heels of the workforce innovation and opportunity act, which is an overwhelmingly bipartisan bill. So you cant say on the one hand apprenticeship is good and on the other hand when someone tells me i like the issue. The first thing i do is look at the budget because it tells me whether you like the issue. Now a generation ago we were on top of the world in education. We are now 13th or 14th among the nations and thats how we maintain our competitive edge. We know what the data shows. What do you do for the 58yearold lost her job and beat some of scaling . What are you going to do in the apprenticeship and in the residence for whom thereve been chronic opportunity gaps. We cant afford not to and when you say its costly that the cost of doing nothing because that is what happens all too frequently. The return on investment in this conversation is off the charts and you cant have a rule that says i dont invest in anything. We cant have fairy dust from a series of growth where they come down and build the roads and bridges and educate our children. That doesnt work in the wizard of oz and it doesnt work in alice in wonderland and it cant be our strategy. Thats like dust and pray. I dont go out of the journalist would be to debate about that i think that it would be a hell of an answer and a person on the stage in the debate. So ladies and gentlemen, thomas perez. [applause] [inaudible conversations] all persons having business before the Supreme Court of the United States give their attention. They boldly opposed the internment of these americans during world war ii. 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We will explore the mood of america and the u. S. Government policies during world war ii and we will follow mr. Korematsus life before coming after editing the decision. Thats the landmark cases on cspan and cspan radio. For background on each case while you watch order your copy of the cases companion book to read its available for 8. 95 for shipping on cspan. Org landmark cases. Conservation groups and Firefighter Union leaders talk about wildfire threats and the aftermath and the budgetary concerns about preventing, managing and fighting forest fires across the country. They testified last week before the house agriculture and forestry committee. Good morning. I call this meeting of the committee on agriculture and attrition and forestry to order. Today the committee turned its attention to a topic that is quite timely coming off the end of a disastrous wildfire season. It is my hope that this hearing adds to the Public Record about the need to address significant policy issues regarding catastrophic wildfire in Forest Management on federal, state and private lines, let me emphasize that our committee as the oversight responsibility for the u. S. Forest service whose primary mission is to sustain the overall health, diversity and productivity of the countrys National Forest. Often thought of as a western issue on public land, this hearing serves as a reminder that the Agricultural Committee has a Critical Role in the larger wildfire debate. National forests unlike National Parks and refugees are supposed to be administered and managed in a manner to provide multiple uses and benefits. The Forest Service readily admits that nearly half of acres of the forest system are at high risk of devastating insect infestations, disease and catastrophic wildfires. As a result of the policy decision from decades decisions from decades ago, we are now witnessing a significant decline in timber harvest lawsuits going active Forest ManagementRestoration Projects leaving the consisting of overstock stands simply as more fuel for more fires. Coupled with other threats such as chronic drought and an director and done characteristic outbreaks are National Forest hazardous fuel stockpiles susceptible to damaging wildfires. Todays wildfire season generates larger hotter and more dangerous wildfires harder and more dangerous wildfires which unlike the occurrence of natural wildfires that have restored abilities, these catastrophic emergencies devastated landscapes of ecosystems and communities. In response to this, the 2,014th farmville provided valuable tools and authorities to the service. Theyve made positive strides in implementing the provisions but we have to see more progress and work on the ground this summer. The administration warned congress that wildFire Suppression caused with cause and annual appropriated budget in the coming years. While the preparedness and suppression account for nearly half of the agencys annual discretionary budget thats up from 1. 6 billion in 1994 to 3. 9 billion in 2014 last year. Meanwhile to address the rising cost of the service redirects other modified your account Program Resources to cover the cost for wildFire Suppression. This redirection of the Program Funding or fire borrowing if the will is disruptive to the Forest Service and its ability to conduct other vital activities like preventive active court Artist Management and hazardous fuels reductions. The Agricultural Committee has a long history of working on an advancing legislation that forestry matters most notably with a passage of the healthy restoration act of 2003. Our committee is a resource if we want to work with you as we try to tackle this wildfire issue. My hope is the message shared with us today reinforces and necessitates the status quo is unacceptable and congress was focused on this issue. Before a shuttle can break ground, or even a chainsaw can enter the forest not obviously on its own as a former chief once said there is a crazy quilt of laws that the Forest Service must comply with which is timeconsuming and costly. The Forest Service must comply with well over 50 separate walls like the clean water act and the endangered species act to name a few. The entire process averaging at least three years per Agency Review of approval from the projects original inception three years. Not to mention the threat of plus lawsuits to stop this kind of restoration work is certainly cause some delay is. If these are fundamental and systemic problems are continuing to the degradation of the National Forest system. It is time that congress and the administration into stakeholders advocate. They approved the management of the forest and tough decisions will have to be made on a bipartisan basis to promote greater streamlining and agency deficiencies of the service. Forest service in the bureaucratic red tape is a significant contributor prohibiting the necessary viable work if nothing changes, everything goes up in smoke. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses and with that i recognize the distinguished Ranking Member for any remarks she might have. This is a very important hearing and we appreciate all of our witnesses coming and giving their time into perspective and expertise. I particularly want to give a special welcome to chris with trout unlimited which was founded in my home state of michigan in 1969 and so we are so happy that you are here and look forward to your input on these critical issues. This summer was hit as we know another recordbreaking wildfire season that we felt more than 9 million burned acres into structure that thousands of homes and properties and tragically they took the lives of 13 firefighters. We all know our thoughts and prayers are here today with the families of those brave men and women. This devastation is a stark reminder of the challenges we face when dealing with the issue of wildfires. A warming climate coupled with record drought and increased Residential Development in fire prone areas has made this problem worse and more complex to deal with. There are several measures that we can act now to help make a significant difference and i hope we will talk about this today. In july, the committee occurred from the undersecretary Robert Bonney who oversees the Forest Service about the urgent need to fix the Fire Service Budget. Fixing the Fire Service Budget is a paramount importance and needs to be a top priority for this congress and for our committee and others. The Forest Service is now routinely forced to transfer funds away from key projects like timber sales to help alleviate the threat of wildfires and use the funds to help pay. This is known as fire borrowing as a huge problem is the chairman talked about. The transfers can cause what is essentially a stop work order. An ongoing project which only place much of our forests at risk to everything from fires to Invasive Species when the work cannot be completed. For example, a grave to protect the michigan forest against the species would pullback by the fire service so they could spend that money on fighting fires. The stories are similar to this i know that colleagues have across the country. Its time to stop these transfers. The senators introduced my partisan legislation. The wildfire disaster funding act which would end the fire transfers by allowing the worst one or 2 of the firefighters retreated to get treated like Natural Disasters. Under this plan the fire service would be able to fight the most severe fires more effectively by using disaster funds to read certainly these are disasters like any other disaster in our country. Rather than having to transfer funds from other accounts as they are now doing. Im pleased to be a cosponsor of this legislation and i appreciate the bipartisan approach and i hope that we will pass the. Also, the 2,014th farmville as the chairman said, made significant reforms to the way that we manage our National Forest as we discussed building on these changes something im hopeful that we will talk about this morning and i suggest we also continue to prioritize the full implementation of the reforms enacted last year. Just last you for the state of michigan and thus for service entered an agreement which we expanded in the farm bill are a great way that states the states and federal government can pirner to help sustain the more than 26,000 jobs that depend on healthy vibrant forests in michigan. I hope the committee will continue and i know we will build a consensus around restoring and protecting our natural forests. I hope that we will start by supporting the wildfire disaster funding act which will free up the needed resources to carry out policies or committee as a whole has long champione