Election in states that President Trump won. What are your concerns as this legislation moves on . Rep. Defazio this bill is not a factor in the races for those senators. Look this was a really bad will , which was immensely unpopular in polling. It was rejected by the american medical association, retired groups, by hospital groups. It has been evaluated it will put 24 billion people off health care within three years. Its going to raise premiums a minimum of five times for people over age 50. Someone 64 years old who pays 1700 a year for a policy, they they earn 30,000 a year will pay 15,000. How is that going to work . All that wasnt bad enough. And they had to, because of finance from the ultra right wing, the Freedom Caucus they , had to do away with exclusions on preexisting conditions. They said we didnt really do away with it, we just made it optional. You can join a risk pool and they made a big deal about sending some weight need guys to the white house. I think it was a setu
In the senate, 10 senators face election in states that President Trump won. What are your concerns as this legislation moves on it . Rep. Defazio this bill is not a factor in the races for those senators. This was a really bad will that bill that was immensely unpopular in polling. It was rejected by the american medical association, by hospital groups. It has been evaluated that it will put 24 Million People off health care within three years. Its going to raise premiums a minimum of five times for people over age 50. Someone 64 years old who pays 1700 a year for a policy, they will pay 15,000. How is that going to work . If that wasnt bad enough, because of demand from the ultra right wing, they had to do away with exclusions on preexisting conditions. Theyre saying we didnt do away with it, we made it optional. You can join a risk pool and they made a big deal about sending some guys to the white house. I think it was a setup. They said we got 8 billion for risk pools. There are 13
And for a tuesday round table on the topic of paid family leave, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution together, the joint directors of the joint ae brookings paid family leave project good morning to you both. Thank you for being here. Good morning. Isabelle sawhill, the working group, whose time has come. Why is it an issue whose time has come . I think its an issue whose time has come because were the only advanced country and, in fact, one of the very few countries in the entire world that doesnt have a paid Family Leave Program for new parents. So we thought its really time for the United States to step up and do something for parents who have jobs but are balancing work and family life and you have a baby and especially if youre a low wage worker, you have youre very dependent on your wages and suddenly you either have to be at work or you have to be home taking care of the baby and you cant do both. What is this working group and how is it put together . Whose on it . Tha
And for a tuesday round table on the topic of paid family leave, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution together, the joint directors of the joint ae brookings paid family leave project good morning to you both. Thank you for being here. Good morning. Isabelle sawhill, the working group, whose time has come. Why is it an issue whose time has come . I think its an issue whose time has come because were the only advanced country and, in fact, one of the very few countries in the entire world that doesnt have a paid Family Leave Program for new parents. So we thought its really time for the United States to step up and do something for parents who have jobs but are balancing work and family life and you have a baby and especially if youre a low wage worker, you have youre very dependent on your wages and suddenly you either have to be at work or you have to be home taking care of the baby and you cant do both. What is this working group and how is it put together . Whose on it . Tha
Appropriation committee which we will hear in the fiscal year 2018 budget request. I am grateful that you and the attorney general brought the leadership to the og. Your input is helpful and necessary as we reviewed the priorities for the Justice Department to ensure that National Security and Law Enforcement is funded appropriately and sufficiently. This is a challenging budget climate as you know. Violent crime has risen and terrorists have escalated fiscal constraints. The president proposes to decrease funding at the department of justice for 630 million in a team for the new total of 28. 3 billion. Since the start of the new administration in the early days of the tenure as Deputy Attorney general, im pleased the department is refocusing on the core mission of enforcing a donations constitution and newly enacted laws. Its critical to target the finite lawenforcement resources towards the worst criminals in our society and i agree with the attorney generals productive to go after t