Of ways. American history tv, we will visit mechanics hall, built in 1877. It is listed in the National Register of historic places. It served as a platform for social and cultural activities, including womens rights rallies. The first Womens Rights Convention happened before the hall open, but afterward, most people came here to speak. Worcester was the central location. If anything happened in worcester, it happened here in the hall. And finally we will look at the collection of physicist robert goddard, best known as modern rocketry. We will look at his papers, diaries, and artifacts. He attributed his first interest in space travel and a career in science to a day in 1899. Side with a saw and a hatchet and he was meant to trim branches off a cherry tree. He climbed the tree. I think he made himself a little ander a little ladder, while he was in the tree, he looked down on the fields around him and he thought how wonderful it would be to build some kind theevice that could leave ea
And after nairobi and after all of the other attacks on our facilities, im sure all of them, republican and democrat alike, especially where there was loss of american life. To say okay, what must we do better. How do we send men and women without weapons and support from the military into some of most dangerous places in the world . I will continue to speak out and do everything i can from whatever position im in to honor the memory of those we lost and to work as hard as i know to try to create more understanding and cooperation between the state department our diplomats, our Development Professionals from usaid and the congress so that the congress is a partner with us. That was the case in previous times. I would like us to get back to those times congressman, whereas i think one of you said, beirut, we lost far more americans not once but twice within a year. There was no partisan effort. People rose above politics, a Democratic Congress worked with a Republican Administration to
Harry reid is calling it a career after five terms in the u. S. Senate. He announced today that he will not seek election to a six term. He released a statement that said, i have had time to ponder and to think and got to be more concerned about the country. The senate and the state of nevada than about us. As a result, im not going to run for reelection. Heres a look at portion of his video announcement where he talks about his plans for the remainder of his term. This accident has caused us for the first time to have a little downtime. I have had time to ponder and think we day that we have to be more concerned about the country, the senate, the state of nevada and us. As a result of that, i am not going to run for reelection. My friend senator mcconnell, dont be too elated. I will be here and i will be doing the same thing i have done since i came to the senate. The National Republican Senatorial Committee did not take long in reacting. On the verge of losing his own election and lo
These are the goals that the secretary announced. Really focus on the dark circle on the page. The dark circle is the percentage of medicare fee for Service Payments in the alternative payment models. In 2011, they were zero. No medicare payments in the model. In 2014, at the end of 2014, about 20 of the 362 billion of the medicare feeforService Payments, excluding Medicare Advantage. But the numbers are similar. 20 were alternative payment models. The goal is by the end of 2016 30 of the feeforService Payments will be in the new alternative payment models that work and 50 by the end of 2018. So this is the first time in the history of the Medicare Program that we have set Broad National goals, and what is critical to understand is its not just a medicare project. This past wednesday at the white house, you may have seen president obama picked up something called off something called for health care learning Action Network where we have convened a commercial payers medicare organizatio
We are seeing both development and review times decreased significantly with exciting new therapies entering the marketplace much sooner for the patients who need them. Last year we approve the most new drugs in almost 20 years. And more orphan drugs than ever before. 41 of these new drugs were first in class products, resulting in a breathtaking array of truly Innovative New therapies for patients, and the majority of these new drugs were approved using some kind of expedited pathway. Today, contrary to what many would say, fda approved drugs faster on average than all other advanced nations, and the vast majority of the time, the u. S. Is the first country in the world to approve important and novel medicines. And substantial improvements are being made in the efficiency of medical devices used as well. Moreover, we have accomplished this while remaining the worlds Gold Standard for safety and effectiveness. Yet we all recognize that despite the successes, too many diseases still awa