of health and human services committee i am delighted to moderate this panel with my colleague asa hutchinson. thank you everybody for joining us today how we can better serve our nations greatest and that is the young people. we have a really difficult transition and challenge we cannot afford either as a society or and economy to leave any young people behind so as many as 5 million young people between the ages of 16 and 24 are currently not enrolled in educational programs or participating in the workforce. i believe very strongly as governor we have a responsibility to do everything we can to reach the youth and give them avenues of opportunity to reconnect and engage them with continuing education and in a lot of cases of course there are many barriers to making that happen including economic mobility and providing them with the opportunity for their future. some of the barriers include help homelessness violence in poor health how - - outcomes in the criminal justice system. we are tackling these barriers one by one and a great example is the bill that i signed literally just this week

so thank you again for joining us, i will turn over to governor hutchinson. >> thank you governor brown and thank you for your leadership and organ. those are good illustrations of progress that can be made. in arkansas just like many of the states that are represented by the governors here we have a low unemployment rate. which is 3.5% we do want anybody disconnected we need to move people into the workforce and give them opportunity and this probably more opportunity today than at any time in terms of employment if we make the right decisions in preparing our youth and making sure everybody has a connection. i'll be introducing our panelists soon but grateful for their leadership on this challenge an issue that we face. when i became governor, one of the areas of dis disconnect wasa foster care children. in arkansas, we had so many children in foster care and yet we did not have foster homes for them. we had an extreme crisis, shortage, the nonprofit community and created an initiative call restore hope. as a result of that, we have been able to increase foster care parent participati

as hutchinson rousseau work shows us, so clearly, this is what engineering does. it takes tools that were once unattainable expensive and impractical, makes them available for everyone to use to make a practical difference in the world. printed books, light bulbs, airplanes, automobiles and artificial intelligence algorithms all were written off in their time before going on to transform our world. my final story is about imagination. it takes place in the 19th century as engineers were building ever more efficient steam engines. the power produced by these machines was up ending the established social order, and building prosperity and opportunity that would eventually ripple through society. these engineering advances were also unleashing the imagination of some of the era was best scientists the french physicist took a particularly interest in these new engines, using what he saw to elucidate one of the fundamental principles of the universe. the second law of thermodynamics first formulated by him is what gives time it's a row. states that the universe as a wh

governor hutchinson and i were together month ago. he co-authored an op-ed that appeared in the south carolina papers in support of united states mexico canada trade agreement. it's good for america. we need to be interconnected. trade is good for jobs and our competitiveness so all of us whatever role is whatever state legislatures congress or elsewhere need to show that effort. the other message from this week in its remembrances trusting the people. government closest to the people representative democracy is creative to protect our natural rights to freedom of religion and freedomn of expression for men and women ownership of property the rule of law where you have fair adjudication of disputes as well as protection of our natural god-given rights. the states are those laboratories of innovation and democracy that is closest to the people. we can learn from mistakes. everybody talks about washington's dysfunction. everybody talks about the 49 states that have a balanced budget requirement. the other thing is the folks who are publ

what we should do what the senate did in 1995, with the hutchinson precedent. the senate came back and changed it by more than 60 votes. we should do what we did in 2011, 12, 13. when i a republican volunteered to help president obama, a democrat and democratic majority to make it easier for presidents to confirm nominees and unlike what the ranking member said, we did it immediately. i didn't say it should be we should wait until the next president. we abolished secret holds immediately. we reduced the number of hours to read legislation immediately. privileged nominations, 272 of them in 60 days. streamlined confirmation for 3,000 noncontroversial nominations and 163 nominations in 60 days. the rules changed to speed up closurer immediately. going to conference immediately. speed up four amendments immediately. standing order like the one we're discussing today at senator reid's request, eight hours for subcabinet members, his request, two hours for judges. that's what we should do. we should do it the right way and i'm waiting for my democratic friends to sh

governor hutchinson. >> thank you governor for drawing attention to the serious issue and cindy welcome and thank euros well. you mentioned that the super bowl in arizona is what drew attention to your standpoint. arkansas has not had a super bowl recently and we do hope we will have a super bowl soon. [laughter] we don't identify the same issue but it's important even in a rural state like arkansas that we have truck stops and i want to applaud our general assembly the reckoning the need to address sexual trafficking, this area and it can happen in rural states as well and we passed a law act 922 that addressed training for truckers and energy place to any person reapplying that they must complete a human trafficking prevention course. i think this is a good practice that we sign this into law, but it's also near hi now mandatoryo have annual education for 30 minutes jerk to raise human trafficking and have a response to it. you don't want to put words on educators and unnecessary mandates but i think this is helpful to draw attention the challenge of human trafficking and sex traffick

the scottish school of moral sense with hutchinson as opposed to the human smith type. i think it is hard work. to the extent to which the founders were not influenced by those thinkers. they're even more aligned with christianity. it was based on christian principles. why wasn't it built sooner. they ruled for 1600 plus years. why wasn't built in 789. instead of 1789. why were we founded earlier why did have to wait until the scientific revolution was up and running until we actually saw these ideas put into practice. in a large part they are not christian. they are not religious. the lady in the second row here. see mac this question is for mister hall. we talked at the beginning of this why the question of whether or not america was founded on christian principles was important. why is it important for you to prove that it was. what does america look like in a nation that say you found out it wasn't. why is it important to you to prove that. especially when the answer of the question is we see it reflected in laws and discriminatory laws. >> that is a good question y

question there are many like that summer radically fundamentally opposed but then on the other hand like hutchinson that it is fundamentally compatible it is hard work to the extent to which they were enlightened by the thinkers were to be more friendly or even compatible with christianity. >> but the faith on christian principles christian entity ran industrial for 1600 years why were we found it earlier why didn't have to wait for the revolution and the enlightenment was up and running before we saw these ideas put into practice? because a large part they are not christian. >> one final question. >> we talked at the beginning where the christian principles is important and why is it important for you to prove that it was? what does america look like in a nation if you found out that it wasn't founded on christian principles why is that important to you especially when we see that reflected in the discriminatory laws that almost always. >> that's a good question and don't thank you meant like that but that i had my conclusion trying to prove it but i came out it with an open mind and came to the c

and hutchinson and to be fundamentally compatible with christianity it is hard work they even to be compatible with christianity. >> part of that answer to be drawn again by secularism that built soonerat that rules for over 1600 years why wasn't america built then why did you have to wait until the scientific revolution was up and running until we put these ideas into practice? because a large part they are not christian they are not religious. >> we talked about whether or not america is founded on christian principles but why is it written for you? what does america look like that it wasn't on christian principles especially if it is important to see that if it is reflected with discriminatory laws? so that's a good question i would like to think while looking at the evidence that if i would start a new part of my career i can begin with the assumption and then with respect to practical implications so to understand constitutional order it matters because the court says that matters. >> we now come to the final portion of the program each has five minutes to give closing remarks spin i than

governor hutchinson. >> i wanted to follow up on thatlast point, rural broadband .it's like a good nerve in my world and the state of arkansas. so i understand that in virginia they use a small monthly fee to help pay for and fund the middlemile . >> the electric utility has been authorized as part of its franchise, given the right of eminent domain to a fiber cause we have, the local utilities will have domain authority for electric lines, they don't have it for fiber. already in your statute, it would be unusual if it was. so an essential piece of legislation in virginia, this year. it got so it would make sure it's working right. per year. we are authorized, we have to have a partner is in the telecommunications business, internet business to work with us. where we will lay the fiber from one of our urban, more urban or suburban substations , to a more remote rural substation. then, the third mile we are not gettinginto the last mile business .we're just providing middle mile. >> utility collects that the. >> becomes part of the monthly fee for your utility. >>. >> any other governors

on the other hand, the scottish world of sense in particular hutchinson and reading type, smith is fundamentally compatible christianity. it's hard work. i would say to the extent which american founders right influence by enlightenment thinkers tend to be enlightenment more friendly and even compatible bowl with christianity. andrew: religion being dragged in a secular. america was based on christian principles then why was it built center. christianity rules for 1600 plus years why wasn't built in 789. why was an american bill that instead of 1789. why were we counted earlier. why did you have to wait till the scientific revolution in the indictment were up and running until we actually saw these ideas put into practice. he is in large part they are not christian. colin: one more question. >> this question is for mr. hall. we talked about why the question of both of or not america is founded on christian principles is important. but what i want to know for me was why is for you to prove that it was. what does america look like in a nation that say you found out it wasn't. so you came to a beli