Particularly as they pertain to not something you just happen in the past . Thats right. This has been going on a long time. This is nothing new. Only the cost of doing it has been lessened. I would add that the use of cyber, social media significantly increase the. Mpact and capabilities obviously, this has been done for years and even decades, but the ability to use the thatconnectedness can all provides, they have up to their game where it is having a significant impact. For my perspective comes cyber is enabling them to access information that was not quite obtainable to the same level previously. Other times, actually dumping raw data which we saw during the last election cycle. Senator feinstein. Thanks, mr. Chairman. Onees obviously more than threat to our country, i would argue the greatest danger to the United States is north korea and im one of those who have been worried in trying to follow this as close as possible. In the statement for the record, you say north koreas miss
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Bipartisan working group. To work on legislation to dress these issues. That working group spent many months listening to stakeholders. In october last year we issued a draft. Soon after that, weve finalized a fee schedule role and two provisions from our discussion draft were included in the 21st century cures act which president obama signed into law this past december. Several of the working Group Policies have already been enacted and we are working to get the rest signed into law. Toward that end, we introduced the latest version of the chronic care act, the bill that encompasses the working group puzzles in april. Legislation currently has 17 bipartisan cosponsors and has been endorsed by numerous entities in the health your community. Today is the latest step in our efforts. The next step will come later ais week, as we noticed marked up for thursday morning. I want to thank my colleague, ranking senator wyden for his matter. This his work has been a driving force behind this ef
Trump and why. Were joined by jordan allot hes executive producer, and daniel allot. Good morning gentlemen. Daniel allot. Tell us about the project. What it is and what sparked it. Guest trumps america is generally an effort to repair a bit of journalististic malpractice. It became clear after the election most of the media did not anticipate Donald Trumps rise or his victory. Frankly, most journalist were not all that interested learning about what motivated his voters. This sort of prompted us to say we want to get out there and learn who these people are and what they care about and track that. Host tell us about the journey. What has it taken you and who you talking to . Jordan we gone to couple of different counties. I think really the goal is to give a voice to people throughout the country who felt left behind or ignored by the media, by what they would look at as a political elite. Our goal is to give them a voice and not editorialize it. Give them a voice through the prioriti
Rise up to meet you, as the day rises to meet the sun. Humble our lawmakers in your presence that they may delight in the power you provide. Help them to remember that before honor comes humility. Give them also the wisdom to know that their sufficiency comes from you. Teach them your wisdom, as you infuse them with the spirit of reverence for you. May they make the commitment to faithfully serve you and country with their whole hearts. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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 under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the branstad nomination which the clerk will report.