So you mentioned the Supreme Court case. I want to get in a minute for bend the cost curve which seems to be occurring already, but as result of obamacare, made as a result of other things. But could you give the audience here and the students a quick summary of whats at stake in the burwell case in these five words, and what you think might happen if the Supreme Court comes in and says you can have these exchange is funded the way they are funded. Thats actually for words established by the states. Those are the keywords, and the plaintiffs have put forward an argument that suggests that only states that set up their own help exchanges are entitled to subsidies for those constituents. And i would be 17 states. So in 34 states if the plaintiff prevails in this case the subsidies, which make insurance affordable for now about 8 Million People who have signed up for coverage would cease to exist. But thats just step one. The subsidies would go away. The Affordable Care act all ready has
I would agree. Thank you. Mr. Emerson, mr. Emerson, dhs was created as a maid merger of 22 agencies following the 911 attack. Today dhs is tasked with protecting our borders and airspace. However they have made dhs funding the object of political gain fullness. What other challenges of managing the Department Tasks with such a array of responsibilities. That can have an effect on morale. Anything you all can do to help us in that area. It wasnt the entire government going through that. It was dhs and thats hard for employees who work hard every day to protect this country, as you are were pointing out our employees do an amazing job. They have a lot of work that they deal with and their jobs are difficult but they come to work every day and give 110 . Hopefully our colleagues are listening to your concerns and the points that you raise today. Government wide federal Employee Engagement has declined 4 from 2011 to 2014. There are number that have sustained or increased that level during
In our country, children who cannot help themselves who are the victims of modernday slavery, what in the world can we do . So we mark 100 days here in the United States senate with the new republican majority, and as i look back, i dont think i dont think anybody can deny that under the majority leader stewardship weve had some significant accomplishments in a relatively short amount of time. Sure its been bumpy along the way. The xl pipeline was a significant bump in the road but we had strong bipartisan vote and unfortunately the president decided to be told that legislation, but after years of this chamber being used solely for the purpose of messaging and can ducting political show votes we are actually starting to get some things done. Its done. Its pretty exciting. As somebody whos been here since 2002 its hard to believe, i say that because ive actually been here during different phases and cycles of the senates senates operating and i have to tell you, the last four years or s
Worried about how title ii impacts their broad or services, not broader services, not any potential violations of Net Neutrality which, by and large with a few exceptions, theyve lived under for the past decade. So its really important that we have that discussion about broader broadband policy and that we have it soon. Lets not get rid of protections in order to have it. Host Christopher Lewis walter mccormick, Julian Hattem is with the hill newspaper. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Today the United States institute of peace and the Woodrow Wilson center hold a discussion on the politics of a nuclear deal with iran. Participants include former congressman jim slatly of kansas and Howard Berman of california former National Security adviser stephen hadley, and a former member of irans parliament. Live coverage begins at 9 30 a. M. Eastern here on cspan2. U. N. Secretary general ba
Besides, they do have substantially different responsibilities. We need a small numbers with highly trained and experienced people. When you think about the heroes of our profession, Charles Bolin were people from that era after world war ii georgia, these were individuals whose careers were assiduously cultivated and studied russian and get critical assignments and were advisers to roosevelt and atkinson and george washington. We we didnt create these people by the hundreds. They were created by the dozens. I think that is still true. I i mean, i could name for you even now i had a i had a pretty good idea of who the best psychologists were in a state department and you the best russian experts were in the best latin america experts. You get to know who they are in the intelligence community, who the best analysts are because there analysis bubbles up to the pres. And the pres. s daily brief brief and they get to sometimes come in brief the president themselves. There is somewhat of a