[inaudible] i hear you. Punctuality. Man. We have everybody . Do we have folks on the phone again . Yes, sir. Ok, i will just let you know ,ho is here, Ryan Mccarthy chief of staff of the army, surgeon general, director of operations and plans, director of the Army National guard bureau and Sergeant Major of the army. The chief will make some opening remarks, and then we will open up to your questions. I think we have a hard stop at 1400, right . Ok. Thank you, mr. Secretary. The army has 288 confirmed cases of covid19 as of this morning. 100 of soldiers. 64 department of the army civilians. 5 are dependents nine are cadets. 50 are army contractors. This week, the secretary of defense signed orders for three Army Hospitals to deploy to new york and Washington State. Fortive 31st hospital for campbell, kentucky, and the night hospital for fort hood, texas, will deploy to new york city. An advanced party is on the ground as i speak. The main party will arrive at joint base mcguire, dix,
John pistole, just weeks before this event. I am pleased that the tsa is undertaking a review to see what lessons to be learned from lac and i look forward to the results. I encourage them to bring in stakeholders. They have a significant role to play. And in addition to the hearing is an opportunity to also exam some of the findings in gaos report on screening passengers by Technique Program. Referred to as spot. I had the opportunity of observing this on 911. I am a fan of the program. I have seen it work firsthand. I have been a strong advocate of this. But the studies have shown less than favorable and show they limit the funding until an accurate study is included and use behavioral indicators to identify behavior. It will be three years before we can begin measuring the effecti effectiveness of spot. I look forward to hearing the argument and the argument that spot is riskbased. I think that is a good premise. I would like to hear the explanation used to support this. I am disapp
After this experience. She has been able to find a plan that helps her avoid all six of her doctors including a five specialist in the primary care physician. Here is the catch. The new plan . Its out of pocket costs are now going from 4 ,000 to 45 00 range. Its now going up to an expected 5,900. It was a tough decision for her to make. She ultimate decided to pay more money in order to keep seeing the doctors that have been treating her for the past four to six years. Its a real live story of a Medicare Advantage recipient in the country whose out of pocket costs are going up because of obamacare. Its wrong. It is unfair. It should not stand. I yield the floor. Mr. President . Senator from New Hampshire. Thank you, mr. President. I came to the floor yesterday to share so many stories im receiving from my constituents about them receiving cancellations for policies they wanted to keep, higher premium under the law. Each story is very sad. I feel badly for the people of my state and acr
Reality. They provide thousands of paying strangers with public ordinances Public Performances over the tv. Thank you. The case is submitted. Following the oral argument, attorneys representing both abc ereo spur brief spoke briefly to reporters. Clement, paul clement. I just want to say we are very glad to get before the court filedon the case that we trying to seek review of the second circuits decision because we thought the second circuits decision was profoundly wrong and was a real threat to the nature of the broadcast industry. We are very happy to be in court today. We are very pleased with the way the Court Considered the arguments. They understood the technology. They understood the stakes. Obviously, they were focused on the interpretation of the statute and we convey to them are relatively straightforward position which is that a service can not provide live tv over the internet to thousands of paying strangers without engaging in a Public Performance. It is really as simpl
Get rates that corporations get. They were paying nearly 20 more for insurance. Thats the simple idea behind the exchange as we have learned the implementation is not that simple. And the hope is these improvements will be made so people can sign up for their health care. I have to respond a little bit because i think were going to find that the problems with the website are the least of the problems with the Affordable Care act. Ii was in maine the past weekend. And a Small Business man called me, whose insurance had been canceled because it does not comply with obamacare. Hes facing a 54 increase in his premiums. Another constituent contacted me because her insurance also had been canceled. Insurance that she liked. She has a 19yearold son with Cystic Fibrosis who has been treated his entire life at boston childrens hospital. Under the new plan that the exchange is offering in the state of maine. She can no longer take her son to the doctor who is treated him his entire life at child