Ook tv. And sunday afternoon at 2 00 on American History tv on cspan3. Looking ahead here on cspan3, health and Human Services secretary Sylvia Burwell testifies on capitol hill about reports that consumers are intentionalley falsifying information to get subsidyies on the health care exchange. And legal challenges to the health care long. Wisconsin Governor Scott walker meets with voters in iowa. And later a discussion on combatting Prescription Drug abuse at the state level. Obama Administration Officials were babbling on capitol hill testifying on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. We see here in politico the fourhour hearing turned testy at times. In one bit of sparring, scott perrey of pennsylvania said iran is like a crocodile or shark thats about to be given more teeth. And they should have thought of a stronger agreement, such as a treaty, no matter what irans leaders wanted. Here is the congressman in another exchange with secretary of state john kerry. Said we dont have a better opt
Speech on the grounds of public speech, then think of gary trudeau and carson on the tonight show. The watergate case from all the president s men. These two were assigned to it. These two were apointed to the case. Burglars have their own counsel . Thats right. Thats kind of unusual, isnt it . For burglars its unusual. Do you know the name of the counsel . And the loving story about the case invaldating the laws prohibiting interracial marriage. We pinch ourselves and say were handling a major civil rights case. Im not going to vote. That is the right of richard and milton loving to wake up in the morning or go to sleep at night knowing the sheriff will not be knocking on their door. Supreme court cases that played a role in popular movies. Listen to cspan radio at 90. 1 fm in the washington, d. C. Area, online at cspan. Org or download our cspan radio app. Next, a discussion on a recent state Department Report which rates countries across the world on efforts to combat Human Traffick
Abide by the rigid man daytodays under the law. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the law results in 2. 5 million fewer fulltime jobs reflecting what we heard over and over again from employers who have no choice but to cut hours or delay hiring because of the laws burden mandates. Prices skyrocket. Health Insurance Companies are seeking rate increases of, quote, 20 to 40 or more. Markets are still adjusting to the quote, shock waves, set off by the Affordable Care act. After nearly 2 trillion in new government spending, its estimated more than 25 million individuals still lack basic Health Care Coverage. Yet, just last month, president obama said the law, quote, work the out better than some of us anticipated, close quote. Of course, for those who oppose this government takeover of health care, this is precisely what we anticipated and preciseprecise ly why the American People deserve a better approach. In closing, madam secretary, thank you for joining us this morning. It is
Thank you, senator. From my perspective, having joined as a correctional officer in 1988 and around that time the bureaus population was a little more than 60,000. I think historically when you book at the bureau of prisons and go back from 1940 to 1980, the bureaus population pretty much remained flat for many, many years in excess of 20,000. So in 1980, which is the primary target for this discussion, we, as an agency, we had approximately 24,000 inmates in the federal system. We had less than 9,000 employees, 41 institutions and able to operate the entour bur en tour bureau of prisons for 330 million. So when you look at the increase from 1980 to 2013, we were at more than 800 as far as the growth of the population. And our staffing didnt keep pace with that growth. And with our mission, where we are tasked with anyone and everyone who is convicted and turned over to the department of justice and placed in the care of the bureau of prisons, we have a job to do, a significant job. An
Well call the subcommittee back to order and thank everyone for their forbearance. We have concluded with member Opening Statements. The chair would remind members, pursuant to committee rules, all members Opening Statements will be made part of the record. And we do want to thank our witnesses for being here today, taking time to testify before the subcommittee on this important issue. Each witness will have the opportunity to give an opening statement, followed then by questions from members. Again, previously mentioned our witnesses, but today we will hear from mr. Michael holmes, ceo cook executive Health Services. Jami snyder, and ms. Cindy mann. We appreciate you being here today. Mr. Holmes, you are recognized for five minutes for an opening statement, please. Thank you, chairman burgess, ranging member green, members of the subcommittee. My name is mike holmes. Im the ceo of cook Health Services, providing mental, dental, Behavioral Health care, in nine locations to more than 1