Correspondent annual dinner and watch our live coverage tonight at the columbia eastern 6 00 p. M. Eastern. The Export Import Bank held single conference in washington dc. The event included opening remarks from fred hochberg. This is 20 minutes. [applause] chairman hochburg good morning. Welcome once again to the 2015 Export Import Bank annual conference. April 23, 1910. Exactly 105 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt traveled to paris to deliver a message to the world about the character of the american people. Roosevelt had just finished his presidency and he was invited to reflect on his time in office and speak about citizenship. They wanted to hear from him what he thought set americans apart and he delivered one of the most iconic speeches in our history and one which i think perfectly captures the american spirit. He said, it is not the critics who count. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena who strives valiantly. Who knows that triumph of high achievement and w
For d. C. Dysfunction. Its down 481 points since the Government Shutdown started. President obama will nominate Jessica Yellen to replace ben bernanke. Theyre denying the death benefits to fallen soldiers. Im embarrassed. All of us should be. A natural gas line in oklahoma. Homes have been evacuated. No one has been hurt. An nooind detective is cue in court. Hes the latest biker arrested in if road rage incident. Were not bad parents. We thought he was at a friends house. Were hearing first from the father of the nineyearold who managed to stow away. Anne an arrest for several Congress Members as they rally out of the capitol building. Theyre base jumping out of hot air balloons. All that the Boston Red Sox are moving on to the American League championship sere rus. Some controversy in the motor city. Obama care its the law. Unconstitutional. Even though the Supreme Court deemed it constitutional. They still dont know whats in the bill. The Supreme Court didnt read the bill . I feel th
Been successful in reducing the rate of growth in costs. We have a lot of demographic factors putting it higher, but im very proud of the business were in, and the job that hospital its doing as part of the Healthcare System in america today. [applause] well, all these people are really smart. I dont need to ask them probing question. I prefer to let them talk. But i want too ask you i want to take the next step here. And if youre basically the only layman here, and okay, were sort of stumbling in the right direction. Lets posit that. And science is out there, as patrick said, but we have to figure out a way to make it accessible and usable to all of us. Given where we are, either in Public Health or in the Healthcare System itself, the Delivery System, concisely as you can, what do you think the greatest challenges we still face are, and what are the greatest opportunities, one or two of each. I will just give you an example. You mentioned we needed to do more with primary care. There
Trust you and each other, turning the stubbornness of impossibilities into the blessings of creative possibilities. You are our god, and we refuse to entertain fears about our nations future, for we remember how you have led this Great Republic in the past. Make a way out of no way, answer our prayers, and use your powerful arms to keep our nation safe and secure. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , october 13, 2013. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable heidi heitkamp, a senator from the state of north dakota, to perform the duties of the cha
They hope that this will soon be the way of delivering your packages right to your front door. You will even see it here. It is a pretty high. Right this somebodys doorstep. And then of course somebody some. Somebody is always on. The guy comes running out. He comes. Amazon admits a lot of hurdles to this kind of delivery. Several years away. Company ceo, is a very good thing. We believe this is going to happen at some point. The stock today nearly unchanged. Down just a penny. The announcement not really doing much. Shares of amazon up about 10 percent over the last month alone. Drugmakers. Soon it will be our time. The company is already making delivery drums not really widespread because the faa has to look and all of this. Children with bb guns might be a problem. Deliveries may be on the rise today, but how big retailers very aware of the busiest shopping days of the year . Lets go to Nicole Petallides on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Looking at a large e commerce powe