Spoke oneonone with members of the congregation before holding a News Conference outside the mosque. This is 30 minutes. [inaudible] we would ask you, please, show some courtesy and help us to welcome governor Martin Omalley. You know, we are facing a very difficult time here. We have people who are attacking our community all the time. Were delighted to welcome people who are coming in or willing to show their public support of our community. We are a 501 c 3 . We do not endorse political parties, candidates or issues. However, were delighted to welcome people who are coming out willing to show their support, willing to talk to us and ask for our support. Those who are likely to come out when theyre speaking our support and to hear us out, hear our concerns are those who are likely to be listening to us even after they are elected. So please keep that in mind. Well have an opportunity, therell be a press conference afterwards. Therell be an opportunity before that press conference to
Students are getting the education they deserve. This is a large problem. Nearly a nearly 100 schools in detroit Public Schools, 60 Charter Schools in and around the city, 18 Educational Achievement schools, several adjacent charter and school districts, yet parents cannot find the quality education they seek. One of the issues is detroit Public Schools are in debt. By this summer it will be over 515 million in debt. To achieve the needed academic outcomes Financial Stability and detroit Public Schools must be achieved. Going1100 per student is to debt service, and not to classrooms. Problem lets solve this problem and help the kids. Prompt legislative action is needed to minimize the fiscal impact on both detroit, and the rest of michigan. The time to act is now. And avoid Court Intervention that could cost all this much more and be more detrimental. I want to thank senator hanson for the legislation and the input of many legislators that they provided over the last several months. I
Also, i am looking for tour conversation about our primaries and what they all mean to us because in a few weeks well be in the midst of it all. One one of the real questions i think is whether it will be a rare instance where this is a form policy election or an election that is driven in a large part by Foreign Policy rather than domestic issues. We have a number of experts with us today. Opens, charlie cook editor and publisher of the cook report, a colleague of mine, sam feist was senior vp of cnn who can entertain us with stories about organizing debates. , jim lindsay who is chair of the council. His long time partner. Well have an initial period where i lead a conversation but we will have ample time for you to ask your questions and make comments. I will get you out of here at 930 a. M. , as promised. I would remind you this is on the record, well simulcast of my casting this. This is not a typical cf our event where it is on what we call house rules. Let me start off by asking
That abortion ruined think chanf me giving birth. As a result, ive had five miscarriages. Three of them have been tubal pregnancies requiring emergency surgery and were very near death experiences. I have suffered from bouts of depression and attempted suicide, selfmutilation. My experience of Emotional Trauma after abortion is the same as millions of other women and their families. I havebe 317 statements i are 317 statements, each as powerful as that in terms of the human consequences of what this legislation would produce. Thank you, mr. Chair. Thank you. Ms. Northrup, would this legislation prohibit the use of ultrasound when a patient requests them . Oh, no, not at all. This law, again, is just very focused on those underhanded type of restrictions that are treating abortion not like similarlysituated medical practices that dont advance health and safety and are harming access to services. Ins sense, it would be irrelevant to the instance that senate be cruz has just described. Ye
Let me just add one clarifying d before we take the first volunteer on these questions. And, again, framing the discussion today, as youre aware, weve got an active secretary, assistant secretary. Weve got a former comptroller, and we have other people who are brainstorming. And so youre hearing different ideas in different veins, and i just want to underscore that point. I think that was something that alice was driving at earlier, and ill make start with her if you wish to begin with either of those questions. Well, let me certainly, one of the problems is theres political opposition to anything that looks like a benefit reduction to anyone, and that applies to military, to military retirees, to Medicare Beneficiaries, and its one of the reasons i think for looking at these changes across the whole system at the same time. And its certainly possible that medicare, which is at the moment having some success in holding down costs as is the military Health System can survive over the lo