2010. Before that, audio from one term generally wasnt available until the beginning of the next term and so i was wondering, whats your view on the impact of having these audio recordings available now publicly within the same week of the argument and has there been an improvement in Public Access . Well, it certainly a good first step, but when were talking about the age of the internet, when someone can tweet something and millions of people can see it and read it and share it seconds after its been sent, especially in news when youre talking about something well release it that week. I mean, in the news business, a week later is really yesterdays news. So, for the people that really rl interested and there are a surprising amount of them that whether theyre shutins or just people interested in the way that we conduct ourselves in the judiciary, i think at least having simultaneous broadcast of the audio might be a good first start. I just have a problem again with the audio only. N
Im supposed to be at a Foreign Relations meeting. Can i go ahead . You go first. Then well give Opening Statements. I thank you mr. Chairman and Ranking Member grassly. I thank you for letting me testify and thank you for making this hearing happen. Senator bloomingthales advocating for consumers valuable partner to work with on this issue in the area rules and regulations far often leave consumers holding the short end of the stick. Im here to discuss sports blackouts and to explain why the continued use of policies failed to serve the interest of consumers, in this case loyal sports fans. I will truncate my Opening Statement just to say the simple fact is the rules as they are today only serve to benefit Sports Leagues and member teams at the expense of hardworking fan who is support them so loyally through money, time, passion. Just last year during the nfl wildcard playoffs, fans of the cincinnati bengals, indianapolis colts, Green Bay Packers came close to experiencing blackouts w
From the governments in central and eastern europe. Yeah. In particular the Czech Republic, slovakia, hungary. The defense minister of the Czech Republic recently and the president or sorry the Prime Minister of slovakia both said that stationing nato troops on inner territory would be akin or remind them of the warsaw pacts invasion of 1968. This is a remarkable thing to say. Both of these countries are nato members. Both of those men are old enough to remember what the actual warsaw pact invasion was like. You have hungary, which is a complete separate story. We could have a whole days panel worth about that country. But these are who would have i think in general the american and Foreign Policy community we figure this part of the world was done. You know, they were liberated from communism. They have liberal democracies now. Theyre set, theyre finished. Lets move on to sexier topics in asia and the middle east pip think what the ukraine crisis has exposed is just how real shallow t
A group of people are sleeping outside in Downtown Berkeley this morning to show their support for the homeless. This sleep in follows a recent fight captured on cell phone video showing two berkeley ambassadors clashing with two homeless men. Advocate accuse the city lowers of trying to criminalized homelessness and want berkeley to develop Affordable Housing to reduce the Homeless People numbers. Ten amountses tenants forced from their home tried to get their belongings but there was a lock on the gate. The building was considered a safety hazard, with law sewage leak through the ceiling of the owner has refused to make repairs and the attorney said the owner agreed to pay for relocation costs. The tenants have been relocated based on money for hotels and the checks the landlord stopped payment on them. They are invalid. Why would he do that . That is a good question. The Building Owner was named in a federal indictment forbid rigging at foreclosure auctions to defahd mortgage holder
Borrowed time. Policies are being canceled, price are going up. Access to hospitals and doctors are being limited. Not for everybody. For many folks, especially those in the individual market. And as we begin to see the further growth in terms of implementation of this law, you will see i believe more and more people negatively effected. And theres going to be a real problem, a real need for an alternative. Where is that going to come from and when are you going to draft it. Thats what we talked about today, this weekend. I mean this week at our retreat. I believe firmly we will have a vote on an alternative for Healthcare System that works. When. I believe that well visit this year. And do you know what the reason is, major, obamacare i believe is on borrowed time. So mow mor so no more repealr alternative votes. Certainly obamacare again is on borrowed time its not working and we want a Healthcare System that works for all americans. In fact, we had a proposal and the president conti