His family and also looks at recommendation of how the treat it, and also looking at Insurance Fraud schemes with witnesses from the government and the Addiction Treatment centers. I usually dont start these meetings until the Ranking Member comes, but because of the service that we have for congressman cummings plus the fact that we had to change this meeting to adjust to that schedule, i wanted to get going, and it is going to be kind of erratic sort of operation, because i have another meeting that i have to attend to make a quorum down the hall here. So, i am going to start out, and then, i know that you want to introduce one person, and are you under a time constraint . Because if you are, i will give you the courtesy of going ahead. Mr. Chairman, i can wait until the regular. Okay. So i welcome our panelists today to our hearing on the oneyear anniversary of the support act. This landmark statute which many of us had a hand in developing responded to the Opioid Epidemic on multip
Bill also works to lower the compliance burden on Financial Institutions, most of which are Community Banks, by establishing several tools to allow for more targeted sharing of b. S. A. , is bsaamlrelated information. Studies kes modest and waste ways to reduce the cost associated with researching and writing suspicious activity reports. The bill also creates a new privacy and Civil Liberties officer, as well as an innovation officer in each of the federal financial regulators. And importantly, the bill imposes new penalties on Financial Institutions and personnel that violate the law and creates a Whistleblower Program to encourage and protect those who identify such bad acts. R. 2513, as amended, has the strong support of Financial Institutions. It is also supported by n. G. O. s like the aflcio, global witness, oxfam america, friends of the earth, jubilee u. S. A. Network, and the Small Business majority, all of which are members of the transparency focus fact coalition. Its widely
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. I want to speak about our immigration debate and my amendment in particular. But first let me say, you know, were going to find out just how serious our colleagues are about granting not just legal status to the dreamers, people who were brought here illegally when they were children and shouldnt be held accountable for that action, but the proposal that will be available for a vote later this week, will not just grant legal status but will grant a path to citizenship. It goes well beyond the Legal Executive order that president obama issued, and it will be available to far more people than those who took up president obamas ilLegal Executive order. It will be an extraordinary moment. I hope we are able to reach an agreement on this because i think
Life of at least 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in fort lauderdale, florida, were reminded that when were asked to do something, that there are some things we can do to help lessen the likelihood of such terrible tragedies, recognizing that each of these circumstances are unique and we dont yet know everything there is to know or we should know about this particular shooter. But suffice it to say that he telegraphed on social media, according to reports, his intention to do what he ultimately did. And we here in congress, the policymakers, need to come up with tools available to Law Enforcement and for the social media platforms to be able to monitor these sort of terroristic threats much in the same way that we monitor social media for al qaeda and isis and other terrorists abroad who try to recruit people here in the United States to kill our fellow citizens in place. So we need to not only think about and pray for the families and teachers and support staff af
Im shelley walcott. This was the last time Hillary Clinton and donald trum will be on the same stage before november 8. Wmurs aixa diaz is live tonight outside the debate hall in las vegas with the highlights. Aixa. There was no handshake tonight between the candidates at the beginning or at the end of the night. The final meeting between the two Major Party Candidates vying to become commander in chief. Engine rolling again because right now our country is dying. They shared the stage for a third time with controversies plaguing both campaigns. I didnt even apologize to my wife who is sitting right here because i didnt do anything. Everything i did as secretary of state was in furtherance of our countrys interest and our values. We not reverse roe versus wade, that we stand up against citizens united. Mr. Trump we need a Supreme Court that is going to uphold the second amendment, which is under absolute siege. Aixa the moderator asked the republican nominee if he will accept the resul