On the what. The thing that gets set up and whether it qualify as an exchange set up by the state. These exchanges do qualify. The rope they qualify is because they fulfill the requirement in section 1311 b 1 each state shall establish an exchange. 1321 tells you that. It says to hhs when a state hasnt elected to meet federal requirements hhs steps in. What hhs does is set up the requirement exchange. Such exchange referring immediately to the required exchange, only required act under exchange 1311 b 1. It has to be what hhs is doing under plain text of the statute fulfilling 1311 b 1 each state establish an exchange. For that reason we say it qualifies as an exchange established by the state. Thats reinforced as justice said earlier definition, exchange is established under section 1311. 1311 again 1311 b 1, which says each state shall establish an exchange. It has to be that way. Petitioners have conceded page 22 of their brief that an exchange that hhs sets up is supposed to be the
World is because the fcc was relatively retrained in 2010 compared to what it did now. Time will tell. The best example is europe where europeans have significantly less access to high speed broad band than we do. 82 of americans it only 48 of europeans. And when it comes to wireless in particular, the u. S. Has 50 of the worlds 4g lte subscribers. The reason is because till february 26th, we were relatively retrained and a bipartisan consensus that served so well since the clinton administration. Mr. Chairman, im out of time. I have additional questions id like to submit for the record. Senator sullivan, thank you. Well make sure those questions get submitted for the record. Since i cant see anybody else z coming in senator manchins turn. The chair recognizes the senator from West Virginia. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I appreciate that so much. This is such an interesting topic. I keep thinking back to those who are old enough or grew up basically before there was mobile phones. Cell pho
When i was in seoul and tokyo and when i was in different cities in china, they were all asking how can we get more diversity . They realize this is important for competition in the Global Economy today. We cant afford a conversation that is backwards, saying how do we keep these people in the fringes. Because they are going to be there. We need to embrace that and see our populations continue to grow in the u. S. Two final things and then bring in the audience. First you mentioned the importance. The goal here really is citizenship in the end. Not just legal status. And that will require legislation. Do you think this executive action in the long run is bringing us closer or further away from a legislative consensus on immigration . No question i think it is bringing us closer. And to use the metaphor from before like gay marriage. Civil unions, the sky didnt fall. It was a necessary first step, not the ultimate goal. As i joked with friend, whats going to happen when gay marriage goe
Also district maps a foldout map of capitol hill, and a look at congressional committees, the president s cabinet, federal agencies and state governors. Order your copy today, its 13. 95, plus shipping and handling through the cspan online store at cspan. Org. Tonight on the communicators, at this years Consumer Electronics show we met up with you a Thor Peter Nowak who says were in a new phase of Human Development and through robots and other technology were likely to enhance the human condition. Robots i think is an especially interesting one because 2014 i think was the year of robot angst. I dont know if i could a day went by i didnt see some kind of story about how robots are stealing jobs from humans and were all going to end up out of work. On a daily basis you hear stories about here is a robot thats a better bartender than humidities a better waitress or waiter than humans and so on and so on. The thing that i find the point i think thats missed a lot is that every prior revol
At the same time, weve had a large increase in care in the community, choice hasnt worked as intended. Here are some things were doing to fix it. On april 24th we changed the measure from Straight Line to driving distance. Using the fastest route. This roughly doubles the number of veterans eligible for the 40mile program under choice. Excuse me. But there is much more to do. A followon mailing to all eligible veterans is about to go out. Weve Just Launched a major change in internal processes to make choice the default option for care in the community. Additional staff training and communication extensive provider communications, improvement to the website and ramped up social networking. New mechanisms together, timely feedback. Directly from both veterans as well as from front line staff. These are all, already in place or about to launch. In the longer term, we must rationalize Community Care into a single channel. The different programs with different rules and reimbursement rates