In the start of a week we have, starting this week, very interesting program. So pleased the vice Prime Minister has joined us, thank you for covering, we were talking briefly, my first opportunity here. Ukraine has fallen off the charts in washington, we are so busy with hurricanes or eights or something that we dont focus on big fundamental underlying issues. That is why i am so grateful the vice Prime Minister has come. This is sophisticated with Foreign Policy but such a narrow Attention Span chasing after dead rabbits all the time. We are here to lead a conversation where together we can keep a fresh perspective of what is happening in ukraine. Just because we dont know about it doesnt mean it isnt dynamic and we have an opportunity to learn more the vice Prime Ministers message to us. I forgot to say when we have events like this, responsible for your safety so follow her directions and go through this door, if you have to leave the stores take us around the corner and we will ta
And im sorry but what you mean is when people are buying insurance if the Health Benefits are changed and insurance policies are allowed to not cover certain things is it going to become more complicated to buy insurance. Thats right, senator. I dont think others is the way to im happy to respond, senator. There is a bit of ambiguity, in my view. There is a concept thats often used referred to actuary equivalency rather than to try to look at a list of benefits and say they have to be provided at the same level you can create some flexibility. If this were a car we would say its a 25,000 car. You need a motor but some believe its also essential to have a backup camera. You could have a 200 horsepower motor or you could have a 300 horsepower motor all for 25,000. You choose the list of options and how you will weigh them. Its my view that the state flexibility would be profoundly enhanced if rather than just speak of comprehensiveness, if it could be equivalent comprehensiveness if they
Half of america. Social security numbers, birth dates, home addresses, phone numbers, even credit card numbers all in the hands of criminals. Ive heard from working families in massachusetts and all across the country since then. The equifax is a nightmare. At best it is a giant hassle. Time on hold with credit reporting agencies, fees for this service and that service, confusion about whats been stolen and what to do about it. At worst, it could be ruinous, a lifetime of responsible spending and borrowing wiped out by Identity Theft and fraud. People are outraged and rightly so. Bad enough that equifax was so sloppy that they let hackers into their system, but the companys response has been even worse. First, equifax hid the information about the breach for 40 days 40 days. Equifax gave criminals a 40day head start to use the information they had stolen while the rest of us were left in the dark. And then, when equifax fine lily decided to disclose the breach, they didnt call or send
Book tv. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson spoke about relations with india at an event hosted by the center for strategic and International Studies in washington. He called for strengthening the Strategic Partnership to bolster indias military capabilities. This is just under an hour. [applause] good morning everybody. With aing to start little safety announcement. I learned this from secretary tillerson. Every Public Meetings begins with an announcement of how we will take care of you. I am responsible for that. Follow my instructions. The exits are right behind us. Stairs lead to it. Go down to the first level and we will take to lefthand turns and meet at national geographic. There will be ice cream for you when we get there. No worries. Welcome tot say richard spencer. We are glad you could join us today. It was about a year ago i was having breakfast with Rex Tillerson. He is now secretary tillerson. He announced he was going to be retiring. You were talking about how we would con
For Peace Program is the focus on the Senate Foreign relations hearing. We will hear from the director, Catholic Relief Services an official from the Government Accountability office. This runs about an hour and a half. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We are currently facing a humanitarian crisis with over 800 Million People worldwide in need of food aid. The us continues to be the world leader providing more than a third of all food aid. Over 2 billion annually. Sadly despite our generosity there are shortfalls for whats needed due to other donor nations not meeting the challenge and in next years farm bill deliberations women opportunity to do more without having to spend more money. A little over half of our food aid is provided through the farm bill with our food for Peace Program. The farm bill requires aid to be sourced almost entirely from us farmers after which must be shipped on us vessels according to cargo preference rules. Of these restrictions resulting spe