The state of college word. And handling pizza with care. We will talk about the companys expansion in the face of the recent bankruptcy filing by competitors. All that in more over the next hour. But first lets begin with General Motors. Lawmakers want to know why it will take a decade to recall automobiles with a defective part has been linked to 13 deaths. She said she does not know why it took so long but said she will get answers. Not turn back the clock. As soon as i learned about the problem we acted without hesitation. We told the world we had a problem that needed to be fixed. We did so because whatever mistakes were made in the past we will not shirk from our responsibilities now or in the future. Todays gm will do the right thing. Testifying before Congress Today about a recall involving automobiles that were made from 2005 did 2011. Typically they are either cobalt or various types of automobiles. The defect had to do with an ignition switch. The defect has been linked to ne
Week i hope this body can come together and reverse this provision which unfairly changes the terms of retirement for our veterans. Our veterans have stood up for us as a nation when theyre overseas and we must stand up for them here at home. The second, madam president , i want to express hope in the bipartisan spirit that just led to an agreement to debate the bill regarding restoring emergency unemployment. Ive had eight town halls over the weekend and i can tell you that it strikes people as fundamentally unfair that in states with high unemployment like the home state of oregon that these weeks of emergency unemployment which were a deal hammered out in a bipartisan fashion under a republican president , president bush, that this deal should be sent asunder. Indeed on december 28, 18,000 oregons families fought a lump of coal in their stocking. And in the course of this coming year another 58,000 oregon families will be thrown out in the cold, if you will, due to this action of fa
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The issue of wait times, when it comes to emergent care, canadians are not waiting substantially longer than our peers in other countries including the United States. Unfortunately, it was true that has not been the case for medical care such as nondiagnostic imaging. A great deal of work was underway to address this challenge. And indeed, waits have been decreasing over the last decade. It is important to note that moving away from a single payer model would likely exacerbate our wait time challenge rather than alleviate it by drawing Critical Health Human Resources out of the public system. This is bourn out by International Evidence from other jurisdictions such as australia. The canadian system is proof that Public Health Care Insurance need not be provided federally in order to achieve the benefits of the single payer model. In canada, each province provides Public Health Care Insurance to its residents with minimum standards set at the federal level. Furthermore, moving to single
Monet davis is such a big star she cant walk around philadelphia anymore. The Little Leaguer is in philadelphia. She spent a few days you in chicago and today shes in minnesota for wnba playoff game and beforehand shaking whandz britney grinner and teammates in phoenix locker room and a copy of the Sports Illustrated cover and standing ovation. After all her success in baseball has she exchanged her mind about which sport to focus on. I still want to play in wnba. I have not about doing basketball because of all this attention but soon enough ill start getting ready for basketball season. Tony stewart returned to nascar in atlanta for the First Time Since dirt track car hit and killed a driver three weeks ago. He sat out of respect for the family. Stewart starting twelfth tonight and can make the chase for the cup with a win or win next week. Tonight does not last long. Stewart hits the wall twice. He blows a right tire. Ending his night. Stewart drove to the garage and drove off witho