Alexander announced he will hold hearings now talking about Bipartisan Legislation to strengthen the individual markets in 2018 so lets start there so what is your sense . I think there is a lot of consensus on what is needed to shore up or strengthenre the Affordable Care act marketplace. Into going into 2017 there is a lot of evidence that Insurance Companies are starting to find their footing but the policy of sir in the coming out of washington if they will repeal the aca all of that uncertainty is causing Insurance Companies very nervous about participation so Going Forward is we dont know those key decisions to give that confidence. But first that announcement that sabrina mentioned. Now they have some decisions to make so the biggest is if they commit to a monthly Insurance Companies that is called cost sharing reduction that basically means instead of paying 6,000 1,000 deductible it might be much lower that is big money. That is several billion dollars it is also a matter of g
The heads of the washington met met metropoliton authority were having a meeting and taking questions on plans to accelerate maintenance and projects over the next year. Welcome, everybody. Today we will discuss how the washington metro system is going to address the safety and reliability issues. The issue is important to all members because when we have people coming in we want to make sure when they come to see the nations capitol they should be able to move around the region safely and efficiently. The federal government has invested billions in the metro but it is not safe or reliable. The committee is going to be watching to make sure the talk turns into actions. The fta is playing an Important Role at metros temporary oversight entity. The fta is here to share what they will to promote safety and liability. Wmata has to be held accountable to the federal, state and local taxpayers that are funding them. I look forward to a frank discussion. I am yield to Congress Woman comstock.
Their report came out in the summer of 2004, which was very timely for bushs reelection campaign, it basically avoided finding fault with the government, instead had all these broad big theories. It turned out a lot of the 9 11 Commission Information came from torture. The 9 11 commissioners were actually sending requests to the cia to find out more information about this and that and so many of the details which they provided in their official storyline of the 9 11 attacks came from torture of some of the suspects. Phillip chennin of the New York Times has done some excellent work on that. Its not just me. You have that look on your face kind of like uhoh, wheres he going with this . Wheres he going . Not at all. Finish your thought, though. I was just saying its typical of how official history is written in d. C. That you have this panel, this bipartisan panel, the 9 11 commission, which largely ab sovld the government and relied on torture. And that fact comes out three or four year
Thats 14 years from now. We are talking about humans in the martian and environment in the 20 80s. And we are going to do that we are talking about humans in the 2030s. We are going to do that. But there are all kinds of precursors. How many of you saw the movie, the martian . Did you read the book . Those of you who read the book know that mr. Weir in his book gives you what nasa has been doing for the last 40, 50 years. Its called precursors. Every time you turn around we are sending another satellite. It is either going to be in orbiter or a lender. Curiosity yet landed. In 2020 we will launch another rover. Collecting samples from the martian soil. We have to figure out how to get it and bring it back here. Before we send new horizon to pluto before we sent new horizon to pluto back in july, it just keeps going. It was a long journey. Nine years to get there. Things that we want to do now is increase the speed. So i need young men and women interested in another way to get to mars.
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