Investments made in infrastructure cannot be outsourced
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) says that although improving U.S. infrastructure will be a costly investment, it is one that cannot be outsourced (0:44).
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$1 billion investment in public transportation yields 20,000 jobs
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Eric Lotke, Campaign for America’s Future director, said that investments made in public transportation would yield an impressive amount of jobs as well as other economic benefits (0:33).
Dodd blames CEOs for auto industry’s failures
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Christ Dodd (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, describes the recent financial problems facing the auto industry as self-inflicted wounds (0:17).
Obama’s attorney general must withdraw torture memos
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Anthony Clark Arend, Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service says that whoever Obama appoints as attorney general must withdraw the Bush administrations memos regarding torture and detainee treatment (0:17).
Obama must immediately signal foreign policy change
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Anthony Clark Arend, Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service says that as soon as President elect Obama is inaugurated, he will need to signal to the international community that there will be foreign policy changes (0:35).
Congressman Kanjorski wants specifics from auto industry
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008In a hearing on a bailout for the auto industry before the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-Penn.) asks Richard Wagoner Jr., chairman and CEO of General Motors, for the specific amount of money needed by GM and how long GM can last without government aid. Kanjorski says he wants the numbers so that Congress can take the appropriate amount of time to weigh whether or not to give the money. Wagoner gives vague answers, and Kanjorski presses him for more specifics. (2:46)
Barney Frank: Bias against blue-collar aid?
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008In a hearing on a bailout for the auto industry before the House Financial Services Committee, Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) points out a distinction between reaction to proposed aid for white-collar jobs and proposed aid for blue-collar jobs. When the AIG and financial-industry bailouts were being debated, there was no discussion of the salaries for the employees, yet in the current debate there has been significant discussion of salaries of auto workers. Frank says people seem to be more willing to accept aid to the white-collar industry than to the blue-collar industry. (0:43)
Solis makes case for energy change
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) says what it will take to create energy change, and why she believes energy change can be so beneficial. (1:28)
Transportation better under Bush
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008President Bush describes some of the ways transportation in the U.S. is “safer, cleaner, and more effective.” (1:15)
Tomorrow is World Toilet Day
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Ellen Ratner interviews Patricia Dandonoli, President & CEO of WaterAid America, about World Toilet Day, November 19, and about the global water and sanitation crisis. (5:46)