Senator voice vote unless there is an objection. Those in favor say aye. Opposed. Accepted. Senator staben nows will be next and changed her amendment and ask that to be next. Senator sanders are you waiting . Senator stabenow we made a small change. If you would like to senator small change. See if we can comply with that. Longterm spending. Senator i hope we have that continued bipartisan spirit that information is a good thing if we are going to solve a problem we have to define it properly and we have it. My amendment is pretty simple. Weve got the chart up on the big screen again that the definition of this problem. All these promises to the baby boom generation, we see the exploding deficit and asking c. B. O. When they submit their report a percentage of g. D. P. , which we added just report the amount of dollar over the next 30 years. Senator if i could complyment him. Senator any objection to a voice vote. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The amount is passed. Our ne
Are healthier. But the republican budget puts all of that at risk because it is a dark vision for the future that says to everyone across america that youre going to have to work harder for less. And here are a few examples because we, even though unemployment is lower, weve got to do better with paychecks, with takehome pay and higher wages. Here are a few examples. When you think about how do we boost wages across america. I had an amendment last night to make sure that america keeps its number one position globally in medical research. It was an amendment that said its time to answer the call of dr. Francis collins at nih. The journal of american the American Medical Association said congress, unless you act soon, asia the Asian Countries are going to eat our lunch. Theyre going to become the World Leaders in medical research. The republicans rejected additional investments in medical research. We anticipate that that is going to cost us 1300 grants to our young talented scientists
I am interested in protecting Vulnerable People, very much aware we are going to need some policy reforms to do that. There is something in between that and 400 billion which, in my view, is going to put at risk so many older people. I am sure all of you, i have seen a number of you talk about demographics in the days ahead. Not only are we going to see baby boomers turning 65, but a rapid increase in the number of people who live beyond 80 based on son of some of the studies i see. That is a prescription to meeting medicaid longterm. In a lot of instances, because they live so long, they will essentially exhaust private resources. Senator sessions talks about new policies. One of the things i have been interested in our fresh approaches to encourage private savings for longterm care. Again, that is going to take some time. We have some people who i believe are going to suffer under this approach. Thank you. Senator there is still a minute left in the opposition. I just want to make a
Described it as substantial, security at the consolate that day. What was the basis for that . Did anybody give her information that the consolate that day, security was significant, substantial and strong . Because there was absolutely no evidence of that. In fact, everything found in this investigation has shown that security was absolutely lax at that consolate, unacceptably so given the prior history of intelligence at the consolate, given the prior attacks that had been made not only on the british, on the red cross. And this really was unfortunately a death trap. And so why is she then, in the context of an election not only pushing the video story the president as well but also saying the consulate security is strong, it was significant when there is no evidence of that. In fact, it all goes to the contrary. Finally, you know, theres been a lot of discussion about the fact that the about the video. Ambassador rice went on the sunday shows. She talks about the video. She talks ab
A high rate of satisfaction, and approximately 28 of Medicare Beneficiaries have chosen to participate in Medicare Advantage. The Affordable Care act, aca has noted in a july 4, 2012 Congress Shall Budget Office report cut 716 billion from medicare, including 308 billion from Medicare Advantage of load. In april of 2010, the medicare act projected that these payment cuts would result in an enrollment decrease in the program in as much as 50 . The aca also required cms effective january 1, 2012, to provide quality bonus payments to the plans that achieve four, 4. 5 and five stars on a fivestar quality Rating System developed by cms. Rather than implemented a bonus structure lead out in the law which would have led to these cuts going into effect in 2012. Cms announced in november of 2010 that it would conduct a nationwide demonstration. The m. A. Quality demonstration from 2012 through 2014 to test and alternative method for calculating and a wording bonuses. The general accountability