Figured i would open it up with an issue that everyone has talked about three you talked about your support asterisk the ability with the government to access the information needed to put you also dont the government to micromanage the engineering of technologies. Fully appreciate the perspective have. Any policy evidence we are able to secure permission, the less likely we are to have on cases, so encryption is really critical to data security. I also see problems are raised by encryption. Data was accessible to lawenforcement, but we favor and christian when iton, but not comes to lawenforcement concerns. Encryptede communications that are completely protected even with a legitimate reason for probable cause, then you will allow criminal activity to occur with it remains available to Law Enforcement with images need ordered by a court. With the proliferation of location data and internet connected devices, sometimes we are in the golden age of surveillance comes to what the informat
In the u. S. At the same time, though, this overseas weakness dessimates the International Worries and its a world turned ugly where we dont know a winner from a loser unless it reports outstanding or terrible earnings. A good number can inch your companys stock higher. A bad one and its katie bar the door. So where will the door be barred next week Going Forward . First up on monday, we hear from estee lauder, which, with its Makeup Products has become the worldwide package good company. Amazing. I know its difficult to fathom owning stock that has 30 times earnings but when you repeatedly post surprises, portfolio seeking growth buy your stock at any price. Of course, we saw what happens if you miss in cosmetics. However, estee lauder is much Higher Quality and i think it can, once again, trump the estimates even as it has moved up in tandem with its own excellent earnings performance. I wish i could say the same thing for this guy, for the retailer that reports after the bell monday
[inaudible conversations] please come to order. We are holding the first hearing on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to the individuals Health Insurance market for 2018. How to help the 18 million americans and the individual Insurance Market to give an idea of how many people are interested in this, we invited senators who were not on our committee, which has about a quarter of the senate on the committee. To come to. Weve got senators there so that is remarkable interest. We will each have an Opening Statement and then introduced the five witnesses. After the testimony, senators will have an opportunity to ask witnessewitnesses questions andl do it in five minute rounds. This committee includes 23 United States senator nearly one quarter of the members of the senate and that includes senators with the widest divergence of views and has a republican majority of only one. Working together the last two years, weve been able to agree on big steps, big issues about which we have b
This hearing is about taking one small step. A small step on the big issue that has been locked for seven years, Health Insurance. It is a step Congress Needs to pick by the end of this month. By the end of this month. To the 18 million americans, songwriters and selfemployed farmers, those that dont get their Health Insurance from the government or onthejob committees 18 million by their Health Insurance in the individual market and about half of them have zero Government Support to help buy that insurance. 18 million is only 6 of those who have Health Insurance in america. So thats the individual market. Nearly 300 million have Health Insurance, e. 18 million have the individual market that is 6 of all of the insured and 9 million of the 18 million have no government help to buy their insurance and are the ones hurt by higher premiums and copayments and deductibles. A 35yearold making 48,000 a year in lynchburg would receive no tax benefit to cover her 7,100 a year premiums. 7,100dol
Agreement asmplete to the measures to be taken upon analysis of the latest situation in north korea, given a good amount of time. Consistently supports the position of President Trump when he says that all options are on the table. Through the talks over two days, i reaffirm that japan and the u. S. Are 100 together. For more than 20 something the International Community attempted dialogue with north korea. At the time of the agreement of 1994 and the agreement of 2006, north korea committed in abandoning their nuclear program. Each time, the promise was broken. In korea buying time for their nuclear and Missile Development while we were making efforts for dialogue. There was no point in the dialogue for the sake of dialogue with north korea. Now is the time not for dialogue, but applying a maximum level of pressure on north korea. We completely agreed that to make north korea change their musty, japan and the u. S. Take leadership in closely collaborating with the International Commun