Internet education foundation. It is three and a half hours. [chatter] hello. Alright, lets get going. He has a long day ahead of us. Welcome everybody. So, i am the executive director of the internet a dictation foundation which coordinates the state of the net conference. Welcome to the 20th annual date of the net which seemed to need to be insane because i didnt think we would get to the second annual. But there is a totally different story. I would like to make a profound Statement Today about what 20 years needs, where we are at what point in time, internet policy we are in time now looking back over the 20 years of internet policy, the ebb and flow. Something certainly new. We are we talk of internet policy because we feel like something is happening in the next 20 years will be even more exciting than the last 20 years. That said, a lot of the issues we dealt with 20 years ago are still in play today. We are at an incredibly important Inflection Point in history when it comes to
Operation managed to save everyone on board of two boards distressed in libya. The recent humanitarian and medical assistance. The coast guard has saved more than a thousand migrants in the past week. European commission chief says that the offer is still on the table for the United Kingdom to remain in the eu, even after both sides have entered the second phase of their divorce talks. Addressing the eu legislature, he said that we are not throwing the british out, would like them to stay. The exit of Great Britain is a catastrophe. That we all have to deal with the consequences of. Says that even if article 50 is set up for the u. K. To leave, theres an article that would allow them to a seat again, and i would be happy to facilitate that. Proposedr says that he new puzzles to settle a 25 year dispute involving greece and macedonia were progress can be made. With the core shares of both countries today, he is very hopeful that this process is moving in a positive direction. Leadership
Mr. Hatch mr. President. The presiding officer the president pro tempore. Mr. Hatch mr. President , the final pieces of obamacare care were signed into law a little over seven years ago. Since that time republicans not just in congress, but throughout the country have been united in their opposition to the law and our commitment to repeal it. This hasnt been simply a political or partisan endeavor. Were not just trying to take a notch out of president obamas win column. The simple truth is that obamacare is not working. The law was poorly written and the system it created was poorly designed. Even a number of obamacare supporters have come to acknowledge that it hasnt been working the way it was promised to work. As a result, millions of americans have suffered astronomical increases in their Health Insurance premiums, and fewer and fewer Insurance Options to choose from. That is obamacares great irony. The law requires people to buy Health Insurance while also making it impossible to
Political or partisan endeavor. Were not just trying to take a notch out of president obamas win column. The simple truth is that obamacare is not working. The law was poorly written and the system it created was poorly designed. Even a number of obamacare supporters have come to acknowledge that it hasnt been working the way it was promised to work. As a result, millions of americans have suffered astronomical increases in their Health Insurance premiums, and fewer and fewer Insurance Options to choose from. That is obamacares great irony. The law requires people to buy Health Insurance while also making it impossible to do so. For . Efn and a half years for seven and a half years republicans fought to expose the failures of obamacare and have pledged time and time again to repeal it. Every single republican member of the senate has expressed support for repealing obamacare. Most of us have made promises to our constituents to do just that, and those promises coupled with the obvious
Efficiency of federal employee background checks. The Oversight Reform Committee questioned office and management of budget officials to protect federal employees personal information. This hearing is about 2. 5 hours. Committee on oversight government reform will come to order and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Appreciate you all being here. We have very important hearing. We have a number of members that im sure will be here, but it will be late. There is the National Prayer breakfast and getting across town at this point of the day is a difficult task. Nevertheless, glad to have you here and look forward to this important hearing. Two years ago, the office of Personnel Management suffered one of the most damaging data breaches in the history of the federal government. This went on for some time and we still, there are still Additional Details that need to be learned. But the counterintelligence value of the data that was stolen will last