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Good morning, everyone. My name is nirra tanden president and ceo of the center for american progress, and im really honored to be joined by our esteemed Commission Members for the new report from the Inclusive Commission a commission convened over a year and a half ago. Im very honored to be joined by our cochairs, dr. Larry summers, former treasury secretary, and ed ball shadow chancellor of the exchequer for the u. K. We convened this commission because we at cap are very focused on the challenges the middle class is facing in the United States, challenges of stagnating wages rising costs. What we recognize these were not just trends that the American Public is facing. Its really Global Trends are f ....
Weve done for bringing out examples around the world that other countries have found ways to think about Human Capital in broader and often more successful ways than the United States. Clearly when you think about Human Capital, you need to start from prek. You need to get kids early. You need to invest in them to make the school ready. You need places to provide quality education so they are prepared to go on. Access to Community College and Higher Education clearly play a role. Another things that we dont put much emphasis on but others have is working on apprenticeship. What do you do for the large number of people that are not going to go onto Higher E ....
Role. Another things that we dont put much emphasis on but others have is working on apprenticeship. What do you do for the large number of people that are not going to go onto higher education. How do you give opportunities for them. Those countries have opened up a broad range of jobs that pay off. They clearly raise earnings. About 300,000 increase in participation in it. The return on every public dollar in some cases 23 for every 1 invested in these programs. They play a vital role for those with less than High School Education or High School Education for good paying jobs in the future. Fantastic. I would also like to ask jennifer who provided a lot of good ideas around innovation and innovation clusters in looking how regions can adopt strategies for Economic Growth. Jennifer, can you share your vie ....
Practically with questions from our two guests. So, let me introduce them. Reid wilson is at the washington post. Hes the govbeat reporter. He is following policy details with the states and federal government. James hohmann is at politico, and hes a political reporter there. Were going to start with reid wilson. Reid well, governor, lets talk about federalism for a second. A huge percentage of utah and most other western states are owned by the federal government. What challenge does that pose to you trying to govern a lot of land you do not have control over . Gov. Herbert well, you can appreciate how it would be if someone was telling you how to manage your backyard, sometimes you agree and sometimes you dont. We have the bureau of Land Management land in our state. Nearly 70 of the land mass is controlled or owned by the federal government. That is a lot. You know, it is designed to be multipleuse. We understand that concept ....
The presiding officer are any members wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote the yeas are 52. The nays are 48. Threefifths of the senate duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on s. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain Unemployment Benefits and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that the debate on senate bill 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain Unemployment Benefits, and for other purposes shall ....