. >> we shift our attention to the peace corps, the volunteer organization's director jody olson spoke about of their mission and operations. this is about 90 minutes.

a little bit later, peace corps director jody olson under her mission and operation. a divided government returns to washington with the convening of the 116th congress. democrats assume control of the house of representatives while republicans increase her majority in the senate. this congress has been described as the most everson history, with over 100 new members coming to washington, including more women and minorities than ever before. thursdayhat known on as the 116th congress gavels into session. watch your member take the oath of office, the election of the new speaker, and the congress begin its work. new congress, new leaders -- live on c-span and c-span2. >> headline in the wall street journal, as government shutdown continues, workers worries and bills grow. government of the shutdown drawing to a close, about 380,000 federal employees continue on unpaid leave or have been furloughed. an additional 420,000 employees were deemed -- or deemed essential are working without pay. the workers are bracing for worse, deferring payments, filing unemployment claims

. >> we shift our attention to the peace corps, the volunteer organization's director jody olson spoke about of their mission and operations. this is about 90 minutes. good afternoon. welcome to the center for strategic and international studies and welcome to us hosting an important dialogue today on the future of the united states peace corps. as many of you know in this room, hundreds of thousands of americans have served as peace corps volunteers over the last six decades. they have changed lives, built lifelong friendships, and i would argue most importantly, they have been transformed themselves. our return volunteers come back better americans. they have a global perspective that can only really be gained after serving for two years in a community that isn't their own. at least not at the start. i see peace corps as both a service and development corporation. -- organization. a soft power tool for our foreign policy tool box, and it's citizen diplomacy at its best. here at c.s.i.s., my job is i'm director of our global food security work. that's included over the last few years