A lot of areas where we can move forward. Thank you all very much and thanks for having me again. National Governors Association also held assumption on scripture drug abuse Prescription Drug abuse in the u. S. Mary bona also created the Prescription Drug abuse caucus. This is one hour and 20 minutes. If i could have your attention, lets take our seats so that we can get our joint session started. First of all, i am governors Steven Beshear from kentucky. I chair the mga health and Human Services committee. Welcome to all the governors who are here. This is a joint session of the health and Human Services committee and the Homeland Security and Public Safety committee. Joining me is vice chair of our Committee Governor bill haslam of tennessee. Im pleased we been able to come together with Homeland Security and Public Safety committee for todays discussion regarding the nations opioid crisis. I want to thank the leadership of the other committee, governor Rick Schneider of michigan, go
We are live this morning for remarks from outgoing joint chiefs of staff chair general Martin Dempsey. He will be talking with the children of parents in the military at the conference hosted by the military Child Education coalition. The wife of general dempsey is also speaking at this event today. Live coverage on cspan2 in washington, d. C. Your respect here from the general in just a moment. A special thanks to the many many volunteers that you will see battle in this room but throughout this National Training seminar, but also to those volunteers who support us day in and day out. We just get tremendous support. There is a special group that you will see of men and women running around in lieu tshirts. There from deloitte and for some years now weve gotten great volunteer support from deloitte and a special thanks to ed casey and the members of deloitte for their outstanding support. As you go through this next couple of days and you look through the program you will see an Outsta
Burwell shares her experiences from implementing the Affordable Care act. After her remarks, well get a presentation from the ceo and president of independence blue cross. Good morning good morning it is wonderful to feel such energy in this room. My name is camille nelson, and im honored to be the dean of American University Washington College of law. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to American University Washington College of law for this exciting Plenary Session of the next steps in Health Reform 2017 conference. This year, in partnership with the American Society of law, medicine, and ethics, and with the generous support from our cosponsors, we are thrilled to have expanded the event to a threeday conference, attracting speakers and attendees from multiple disciplines, the academy, and practice. Importantly, this conference is also timed with the launch of our new health law and policy program, and i know that our faculty and our students will be partnering with you on your
Good morning, good morning. It is wonderful to feel such energy and this room. Im honored to be the dean of American University Washington College of law. Welcome to the Washington College of law. Next step in Health Reform 2017 conference. This year in partnership with the American Society of law, medicine and a the generous support of our cosponsors we are thrilled to have expanded the event to a 3 Day Conference attracting speakers and attendees from the academy and practice. Importantly, this conference is timed with the launch of our new policy program. I know our faculty and students will be partnering with you and your important work in the areas of healthcare, law and economics. Thank you and please join me in welcoming American University provost doctor scott bass will introduce our American University president , Sylvia Matthews burwell. Thank you. [applause] thank you, dean nelson and welcome to all of you. My pleasure to introduce the next keynote speaker, Sylvia Matthews b
Itunes, icloud, ieverything, music, tv, Apple Services business, it is on fire. Ceo tim cook tells our jim cramer where he sees growth in the next three years. Its staggering. Power lunch, im going to stagger back to the lunch. It starts right now. Welcome to power lunch. Volatile session today, major averages are lower but the dow just bouncing back within triple digit losses. It could be oils plunge that really helped to send the markets lower. Take a look at the picture in crude oil down by 4. 3 . Tyler mentioned five month lows. The sector following suit. Fitbit soaring about 13 after posting a smaller than expected loss. Anheuserbusch up 5 and beezer homes up more than 10 on its strong earnings report. Bob is on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with more. Hey, bob. Hello, melissa. This is largely a commodity story. A lot to like about stocks right now, but we talked this morning about the fact that theres a couple flies in the ointments that can make things messier. That i