the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. one of the most difficult and challenging situation any family faces is dealing with circumstances surrounding the end of life. earlier this week, n.p.r. ran a fascinating story on a little known fact that physicians die differently than the rest of us. they are more comfortable, they re more likely to spend their final days surrounded by loved ones. they seldom die in an i.c.u. or in a hospital setting. that s because doctors understand what works and what doesn t. doctors are very clear about their wishes, and they choose quality of life and concern for their families as well as their
vote in the house of representatives. front page of the cleveland newspaper, do charters drain public funds? politico is writing about a race in georgia. here s an excerpt. the special: election will be the most expensive house race in history. reserved tv ads. here are some the ads on the air in that race. i will work with anyone to do what is right for our country and georgia. we need to attract more high-tech and research jobs to the area. cutting wasteful spending is not up partisan issue. ground to fixmmon obamacare while keeping what works. when president trump acts recklessly, i will hold them accountable. that s why i approve this message. haven t we had enough of the politicians who never deliver? enough with the empty promises and gimmicks. i balanced the budget without raising taxes. tohought president obama implement photo id and one. in congress, i will fight for georgia families. i approve this message. i will deliver. host: that s a look at some the ads o
nancy who is with bloomberg. we are recording this on thursday afternoon. the republicans passed their health care legislation package by just a couple of votes. i am wondering about the politics about this. senate, 10 senators face election in states that president trump one. what are your concerns as this legislation moves on it? this bill is not a factor in the races for those senators. this was a really bad will that was immensely unpopular in polling. it was rejected by the american medical association, by hospital groups. it s going to put 24 million people off health care within three years. it s going to raise premiums a minimum of five times for people over age 50. who pays4 years old $1700 a year for a policy, they will pay $15,000. how is that going to work? enough,wasn t bad because of demand from the ultra do awayng, they had to with exclusions on pre-existing conditions. they just made an optional. you can join a risk pool and they made a big deal about sending
election in states that president trump won. what are your concerns as this legislation moves on? rep. defazio: this bill is not a factor in the races for those senators. look this was a really bad will , which was immensely unpopular in polling. it was rejected by the american medical association, retired groups, by hospital groups. it has been evaluated it will put 24 billion people off health care within three years. it s going to raise premiums a minimum of five times for people over age 50. someone 64 years old who pays $1700 a year for a policy, they they earn $30,000 a year will pay $15,000. how is that going to work? all that wasn t bad enough. and they had to, because of finance from the ultra right wing, the freedom caucus they , had to do away with exclusions on pre-existing conditions. they said we didn t really do away with it, we just made it optional. you can join a risk pool and they made a big deal about sending some weight need guys to the white house. i
has enough been allocated to make it happen sooner rather than late center operationally, is the emphasis on national governments or state governments or both and local? if you find a national government is unwilling to be as transparent as we want them to be, do we look to bypass and go to a state? obviously in the u.s. it s the states and local government that carry the heavy burden of providing electricity. is that model being replicated in africa? in terms of the electrification, obviously we have state-of-the-art election the fix indication here and i have visited virtually every electricity plant in my state over the yeares most but not all they obviously have many environmental safeguards, scrubbers to make sure what comes another the chimney does not lead to temperatures as healthwise because of pollution. are those kinds of environmental sustainable best practices being incorporated in what we do? seems to me there s so much on the shelf capability and knowledge