Unless otherwise stated. Okay, thank you. So, before we begin and call these items, well read a script about today. Today is Public Comment day. I want to thank everybody in the audience for coming. The purpose of this hearing is to hear testimony on the proposed appropriation and annual salary ordinances and our mayors proposed budget. Please be advised that as chair of the committee we are going to recognize the following protocols to ensure that all members have an opportunity to speak and be heard. First of all, priority is going to be given to those who may require special accommodation. Such as persons with a disability, the elderly, infirmed or persons with Young Children under age 5. Groups who come up who have brought individuals and want to stand together will be allowed two minutes per group. If you want to speak individually, please line up individually and youll be called up as such. Individuals are going to be called up by rows and we have members of our clerk Clerks Offi
In an average lifetime, the heart beats more than two and a half billion times without ever pausing to rest. This fistsized organ pumps blood to all parts of our body. Its a feat we often take for granted unless something interferes with that heartbeat. The most common form of Heart Disease is coronary Heart Disease, a narrowing of the coronary arteries that feed the heart. Its the 1 killer of both men and women in the United States. David faxon atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, is a disease of childhood. In a recent study on autopsies of children and young adults in the teenager range, a very High Percentage had plaques, had hardening of the arteries evident before the age of ten, and by age 20, the majority had plaques. This thickening, or hardening, narrows the space for blood flow, decreasing and sometimes completely cutting off the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the heart. Hodis and what we know statistically is that if you live long enough, you will get atheroscleros
76 cities across the country, 150 alleged predators captured, 105 children recovered. Well take you inside and talk to child sift safety advocate and crime fighter john walsh and where hitchcock filmed to catch a thief theyre trying to catch a real one. Whoever walked in and walked out with about 136 milliones worth of jewelry in a brazen robbery. Part one of an investigative series were calling rehab racket. You will see starting tonight it is exactly what it is. Were talking about the abuse of a state sponsored taxpayer funded program on paper looks like a noble cause, privately run rehab clinics getting medicaid money by billing for each addict who gets counseling. 1 billing for each addict that gets counselling. But over the past year, cnn has found a system riddled with fraud and poor oversight. From billing to government, to allowing convicted felons to run Drug Rehab Centers. Our investigation found it is all too easy to take advantage of the very people who need help the most.
A partisan altright blogger. I very much look forward to vindicating myself and my family before the House Committee on ethics. I cannot allow these charges to undermine my colleagues and friends on both sides of the aisle. A senior democratic aid tells cnn that conyers decision to step aside comes after days of House Minority leader nancy pelosi working behind the scenes with conyers to lay the ground work for him to step aside gracefully. Before conyers announcement pelosi responded to the allegation against conyers. We are strengthened by due process. Just because someone is accused and is it one accusation or two. John conyers is an icon in our country. He has done a great deal to protect women. Right wing is quoting me as praising him for his work on that and he did great work on that. The fact is as john reviews his case which he knows and i dont. How is it that you dont . He will do the right thing. And shortly after that interview conyers made the announcement that he was givin
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