Performance award, whatever you want to call that, do you is not sending veterans to the outside to private care, is that part of the metric . And no one has answered that question. Is it yes or no . Congressman, i dont know. And ill take that for the record. Okay. Thank you for that. You mention, at least its in the evaluations that you have, the elements outlined for as leading change, leading people, business acumen, building coalitions and results driven. Those are the metrics that you go by. What are the specifics in there . I mean, how they set up. Thats fine. I mean, all that sounds good. But what do you actually have to do to get a 10,000 or in some cases 60,000 bonus . Congressman, in each of the performance plans, there is a template that goes out that says the guidance for the strategy of v. A. And what the employees must do to tie their organization and individual performance to the strategies of v. A. That is how it is determined. And if they exceed, there are different cr
It so requires. Dont be fooled, she said. Only the Supreme Court so required. The federal arbitration act was never meant to produce this outcome. In the hands of todays majority, arbitration threatens to become more nearly the opposite, a mechanism easily made to block the vindication of meritorious federal claims and insulate wrongdoers from liability. The court thus undermines the federal arbitration act no less than it does the sherman act and other federal statutes providing rights of action. So, commissioner wright, in your written testimony you argue that the courts should set the rules of the road for internet openness through antitrust law. But how could a complaint of anticompetitive behavior even reach the courts if its lawful to force every consumer, Small Business and employee to arbitrate their claims in a foreign venue that is secret, thats for profit. Youre familiar with the arbitration process . No jury trial, no right to appe appeal. How does your opinion about how th
Meritorious federal claims and insulate wrongdoers from liability. The court thus undermines the federal arbitration act no less than it does the sherman act and other federal statutes providing rights of action. So, commissioner wright, in your written testimony you argue that the courts should set the rules of the road for internet openness through antitrust law. But how could a complaint of anticompetitive behavior even reach the courts if its lawful to force every consumer, Small Business and employee to arbitrate their claims in a foreign venue that is secret, thats for profit. Youre familiar with the arbitration process . No jury trial, no right to appe appeal. How does your opinion about how the internet should be regulated fare in comparison to, or in light of that Supreme Court ruling . I appreciate the question. Im going to give you two quick answers. One is there is nothing in that decision that would preclude the ftc or the doj from bringing in a case. We are not in arbitra
Gentleman from washington. Mr. Hastings thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Hastings i yield myself as much time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Hastings thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, s. 130 directs the secretary of the interior to convey to the powell recreation district approximately 322 acres of land located in park county, wyoming. The powell recreation district will continue to use the land for public recreational shooting complex as it has since 1980. The bill would have no cost to the taxpayers since the powell recreation district is required to pay for any administrative costs associated with the conveyance. This is a noncontroversial bill, mr. Speaker, and i urge its adoption and i reserve the balan
Roaring tonight, lester holt. Good evening. The st. Louis county police chief is calling last nights shooting of two Police Officers in ferguson missouri, an ambush. Nbc news was there as the shots rang out striking and wounding the officers just hours after the citys Embattled Police chief agreed to resign. It happened near the end of a protest. Tonight, the hunt for the shooter goes on. And ferguson itself which has ridden a wave of anguish, mistrust and change since the Michael Brown killing, faces an unsettling future. Ron allen is back in ferguson for us tonight. Reporter without warning gunfire, at least three shots shattered the calm evening outside Ferguson Police headquarters. Shots fired. Officer down. Reporter a potentially deadly moment. Is he hit . Yeah, in the face. Reporter two officers hit. One took a bullet through the shoulder. The other hit in his face. Rushed from the scene. An nbc news team right in the middle of the chaos. The police said get down, get down and gu