Mr. Fortenberry people may not agree with us, but the vast majority of americans do agree that the government should not be entangled in this. In other words, taxpayer money should not be going for the provision of abortion. Thats one bit of good news. The second bit of good news is, i think, again, those of us who have been here a little while, who have been in these trenches trying to beg and plead for an increase of awareness as to what the consequences of abortion are, young people are recognizing that, again, theres got to be a better way. Theyve lived with this through their generation. Theyve seen the scars, seen the wounds, seen the effects on society and theyre coming forward and saying Women Deserve better. Cant we be loving enough, cant we be big enough to do Something Different here . And i think thats a great sign of encouragement for two reasons. One is projecting forward, maybe we can reshape society. But also heal the wounds that have already occurred. Because they are
Praise, you talked only about taxes. You said essentially that you have pushed this item for local Property Taxpayers for the region that albany was very proactive in pushing Thistaxpay Faso only talked about the environment. This is to eliminate and save new york 19 Property Taxpayers millions of dollars. If this is about reforming medicaid, why are and you your colleagues only talking about tax cuts . Youre praising tax cuts. I wholly support john faso and mr. Collins amendment. Here in western new york, people are leaving in droves because they cant pay their bills and take care of their homes. What we should do is put the burden on the State Capitol because they control how this program is delivered at the local level. New york is one of the only states that puts it on the taxpayers to foot the bill. From my perspective, this is a great amendment that needs to be supported and reduce the 145 million in my low income areas across this district are going to be relieved. Thats the rig
The state of texas defaulted to a federal exchange to the Kaiser Family foundation. Senator ted cruz, does he have to support this . Guest increasing support has been one of the interesting surprises. Theres a lot of stories about republicans whove lost their zeal for repeal and complete defunding because they understand the political reality. You see the effort by senator cruise and senator rubio who brings the profile to it and i believe senator mcconnell is on board. He came out with a strong statement saying we want to get rid of this law. These are reinvigorated effort. Host senator cruise is offering this amendment to the continuing resolution to keep it funny, which the senate is taking up today . Guest yes. Post a republican in gary, indiana, europe next. Caller i surgically speaking at first about a couple comments here about expenses and expenditures. I go to several. Yours and one of money current doctors they went to out of the Clear Blue Sky incentives see him every three
Depression. Joblessness would peek above 10 by the president s first october in office. The economy had shed more than two and a half million jobs the prior year and our national gdp in fact decreased the final quarter prior to his election. Household debt was at a near record high in the foreclosure crisis and mortgage meltdown meant American Families were watching their hardearned wealth evaporate. The situation was so dire it led the is a tier yal newspaper the onion to quote, black man given nations worst job. This financial crisis set not on the agenda of the obama administration, but the tone. For the past six years, the president has tempered his public remarks about the economy by acknowledging there was still work to do barriers to be overcome before we could begin to truly see the economic crisis in our collective rearview mirror. Maybe its because weve grown accustomed to his measure tone the the president sounded so different during tuesday nights state of the union address
Newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. We begin with breaking news this hour on the second ebola death in the United States. A Nebraska Medical Center Spokesman Says the doctor died this morning. He was a legal permanent resident of the u. S. Working in west africa when he contracted the virus. Medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is on the phone to tell us more. Reporter the sad news released this morning that the doctor passed away. He was a surgeon. He was a native of sierra leone and had permanent legal residency in the United States. He just didnt get treatment soon enough. So by the time he got to nebraska, he already was having problems with the functions of his major organs. With ebola, as with many infectious diseases, it is all about when you treat. Timing is everything. Elizabeth cohen reporting live this morning. Thanks so much. In other news this morning, it would be a 180. Chuck hagel is acknowledging he may have to consider Ground Troop