CHAIRMAN HASSETT: Sure. You know, I think that watching all of the governors talk about the great things they've done, one of the things that wasn't mentioned that I know they've been paying attention to, as well, is the importance of childcare in helping single moms reconnect to the labor force. Something that Ivanka has emphasized for the last couple of years.
And, you, sir - you might recall emphasized block grants to states so that the states could experiment to providing childcare and development to single moms. Well, I pulled the data right before the meeting this morning, and the labor force participation rate for single moms aged 25 to 34, over the last couple of years - three years - is up 4 percentage points.
And so it's not just - you know, basically, the way you get growth like this is you solve a whole bunch of little problems. And so it's not just setting the top rate; it's finding the little problems and working to fix them.
And then, finally, sir, one of the things you charged me to do, you might recall, about two years ago, was to look at all the training programs everywhere in government and evaluate them at CEA - to have our staff do that - and to issue a report that we'll make public in about a week. And so the report is going through Staff Sec right now. I brought a copy, right here. We've actually really done it.
But the sign of how much this effort has pulled everybody together is that - Ivanka will smile; she gave me a whole bunch of comments this morning of like - (laughs) - of things that she wanted changed in the report because there was literature that we didn't cite that we should've, and so on. But the point is, it's really been a massive effort of this White House and it's really been successful. Thank you, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Great job. Thank you very much, Kevin. Really, a fantastic job that you've done. And I know you'll just keep it going. Maybe from a different little location, right?
CHAIRMAN HASSETT: Yeah. (Inaudible) D.C.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Very, very talented man. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN HASSETT: Thank you, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody, very much. Appreciate it.
Q Mr. President, Lindsey Graham said nobody should ever accept assistance from a foreign government. Any comment on that? Any comment on Iran?
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everybody.
Q Do you think we should return to the gold standard? (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible) think about it.
Q Talk to me later. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: I'll talk to you later. That's an interesting question.
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