This is the courtyard where maddi disappeared. There are Police Officers and volunteers handing out flyers. Police have begun the first full daylight search mobilizing sheriffs deputies, fbi, canines, boats, dozens of volunteers to find the girl. Surveillance captured the last images taken of madison showing her doing what she loved, riding her scooter at 5 00 p. M. Sunday afternoon. We are still early in our investigation. We are looking for a lost child. Maddi was playing with friends outside the apartment complex on river street when she vanished. Police say there have been no signs of foul play and do not think she ran away. Shes an eight year old girl. It would be ambitious for her to run away. Reporter search crews with tracking dogs are scouring the woods, an area known for homeless incampments. Maddis parents are not talking on camera but they are helping in the search. Dozens have gathered at the spot where she was last seen. We are all feeling a little helpless at this point.
We have five state Insurance Commissioners. Thank you for coming from long distances, some of you, to be with us to give your testimony on how to help the 18 million americans in the individual Insurance Market. To give an idea of how many people are interested in this, senator murray and i invited senators who were not on our committee, which has about a quarter of the senate is on this committ committee, to come to a coffee with the five commissioners that weve just completed for an hour. We had 31 senators there. Thats a remarkable level of interest. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement. Then well introduce our five witnesses. After their testimony, senators will have an opportunity to ask witnesses questions and well do it in fiveminute rounds. This includes 23 United States senators. Nearly onequarter of the members of the senate. It includes senators with the widest divergence of views. It has a republican majority of only one. Yet working together the last tw
Possibility of if its approved for one doing it for all, but then having i would add to that, and i think that was part of the discussion, that there be a governor opt out of that particular thing, but i would add to that, and i know that there is a difference between when the governors they are around all the time and the legislators who are around some of the time. So ive always suggested that there be an opt out or an opt in by the governor, provided when the legislature meets they agree. I dont know what happens if there isnt agreement, but im certain that there would be some good suggestions that would come out of that. Yesterday we talked with the Insurance Commissioners and they talked about the need for reinsurance and high risk pools and maine has an invisible high risk pool that i think could be useful, again, provided there was an opt out by the governors with the approval of legislature. We also had a good explanation yesterday of Small Business health plans or Association
Commissions will please come to order. We are holding our second hearings on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to the individual Health Insurance market for the year 2018. Thats our focus. We are delighted and honored to have the governors of five states here today. Thank you, gentlemen. You have come long distances to be here. We look forward to learning from you. We will each have an Opening Statement and introduce the five governors after almost sounds like a singing group, doesnt it . Senators will have an opportunity to ask the witnesses five minutes of questions. We just left a meeting. We had 30 senators there, similar to yesterday when we had the state Insurance Commissioners here. We had 31 senators, most of them not on the Committee Meet for an hour and at the hearing we had 22 of our 23 Committee Members. So for two consecutive days we have had them focus on a single narrow objective. What can we do in the next couple of weeks . Thats a tall order. The next couple of
Market. The governors of massachusetts, montana, tennessee, utah and colorado spoke with members of the Senate Health committee about issues including allowing states to innovate and create healthcare pools. The hearing is just over three hours. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] the Senate Committee on Health Education labor and pensions will come toward her. Were holding are second to four hearings on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to the individual Health Insurance market for the year 2018. That is our focus. We are delighted and honored to have the governors of five states here with us today. Thank you gentlemen. We know how busy you are. You have come long distances to be here. We appreciate it with the court learning from you. Senator murray and i will have an Opening Statement to introduce the five governors. Sounds like a singing group. Then senators will have an opportunity to ask witnesses five minutes of questions. We just left