Families trust and confidence. So now weve seen maybe not a change but certainly a significant orientation and how we are doing. This is all part of a change in policy over the last few years since 9 11. We had first and intensification of policy and the militarization to move to the acceptance of the complicated conflict. It had too much effect on the hostage policy accept the stuff i just talked about and thats been on a tactical level. However, many of the practitioners is taken on the transnational character as another talked about. Exacerbating the transnational Political Development in the insurgent activities with other types of transnational time for weapons of mass distraction and on and on. Criminal organizations as well as terrorist groups have gone global preventing a new challenge to government. Some of whom are overmatched and outgunned. The result is a global transnational exodus of political and criminal threats. The evolution of insurgency movements and terrorist tacti
Allsenators briefing. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Daines mr. President , i left montana yesterday morning to come back here to washington, d. C. , to do the work of the American People. But, as always, my heart remains in big sky country. Thats especially true right now as fires burn across our state. In fact, just yesterday, of the top 30 wildfires in the nation, 28 of those 30 wildfires were in montana. Our crisis in montana isnt water, its not too much water. Its not hurricanes. Its fire. It is smoke filling the air and filling our lungs. Its communities being evacuat evacuated, montanans standing on the side of the road looking at the fires moving toward their homes. Weve seen the loss of homes and many structures, and theyre looking at the tons of fuel just lying on the forest floor waiting for a spark to ignite. In fact, in this year alone, over 1,600 fires have burned nearly one million acres in montana. Thats nearly the size of the entire state of delaware. At
This hearing is about taking one small step. A small step on the big issue that has been locked for seven years, Health Insurance. It is a step Congress Needs to pick by the end of this month. By the end of this month. To the 18 million americans, songwriters and selfemployed farmers, those that dont get their Health Insurance from the government or onthejob committees 18 million by their Health Insurance in the individual market and about half of them have zero Government Support to help buy that insurance. 18 million is only 6 of those who have Health Insurance in america. So thats the individual market. Nearly 300 million have Health Insurance, e. 18 million have the individual market that is 6 of all of the insured and 9 million of the 18 million have no government help to buy their insurance and are the ones hurt by higher premiums and copayments and deductibles. A 35yearold making 48,000 a year in lynchburg would receive no tax benefit to cover her 7,100 a year premiums. 7,100dol
We are holding our first hearing on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to into intervals Health Insurance market for 2018. We have five state Insurance Commissioners. Thank you for coming from long distances to be with us to give your testimony on how to help the 18 million americans in individual Insurance Market. Manyve an idea of how people are interested in this, we invited senators who were not on our committee, which is about a quarter of the senate on this committee to come to a coffee with commissioners that we have completed for an hour and 31 senators were there. That is a remarkable level of we will have an Opening Statement and we will introduce the five witnesses. Ask questionskend in fiveminute rounds. This committee includes 23 United States senators. It includes senators with the whitest diversions of abuse. It has a republican majority of only one. Working together during the last two years, we have been able to agree on big steps, big issues, about which we have
Want a kozy sooifire, but not a truck fire. The east bay and trivalley, an issue out of Castro Valley. A car fire blocking two right lanes. Theres a semi on fire there. No injuries, from what i understand. They are trying to get a tanker truck there with water. That is a problem in that area. Also this traffic from the ongoing construction work, the paving that has not cleared out of walnut creek. Back to you. A live look at the monday lay bay hotel in las vegas where investigators are trying to figure out a motive in the deadly mass shooting. The community and people from across the country have certainly come together in the wake of the shooting, showing support for the victims and survivors. President trump is flying to las vegas as we speak. He and the first lady will visit the area today to see the impact of the shooting that sadly left 58 people dead. More than 500 others were injured in that shooting. As the president prepares to travel to las vegas, we are getting a closer look