I am excited to be in the energy and Commerce Committee. It is at the forefront of americas competitiveness. That issues in front of the energy and Commerce Committee are going to determine americas leadership in the world. It is my goal to make sure we climate,ng on driverless cars, closing the digital divide. They can sure america is leading and the rest of the world is following. Peter one of the issues before your subcommittee right now is privacy. What do you want to have done . It is very Important Congress act. That we set a National Standard for privacy in the u. S. What is happening is we are seeing a patchwork of laws. California has led with the law that is going into effect right now. Other states are introducing their own laws. Washington state has introduced legislation. There are 80 bills being introduced at the state level addressing privacy because acting. Is not we need to have a standard or else we risk a patchwork of laws that are only going to cause confusion for c
Two. Cspan 2. Nothe white house did release a weekly address from the president. There was a democratic address discussing the trump administrations budget proposal. She is a member of the budget and finance committees. Hi, im senator debbie stabenow. Im proud to represent the great state of michigan. This week, President Trump released his budget. Unfortunately, it is a disaster for michigan families and those across the country. Michigan families want quality, Affordable Health care along with lower price prescription drugs. What did President Trump do . Cutsoposes a budget that 1. 6 trillion from Critical Health care programs like medicaid and medicare. Michigan, three out of five seniors in Nursing Homes get their care through medicaid. Medicaid covers nearly half of all the babies born in our country. Medicaid also treats almost one in every three people with a Substance Abuse disorder or those that need Mental Health help. The trump budget cuts medicaid by 900 billion. And medica
The issues in front of the energy and Commerce Committee are going to determine americas leadership in the world. My goal is to make sure we are leading on climate, driverless cars, closing the Digital Divide. Making sure america is leading and the rest of the world is following. Peter one of the issues before your subcommittee right now is privacy. What do you want to have done . It is very Important Congress act. That we set a National Standard for privacy in the u. S. What is happening is we are seeing a patchwork of laws. California has led with the law that is going into effect right now. Other states are introducing their own laws. Washington state has introduced legislation. There are 80 bills being introduced at the state level addressing privacy because congress is not acting. We need to have a standard or else we risk a patchwork of laws that are only going to cause confusion for consumers and make it difficult for businesses. We could run into a situation where a business wo
Church their home since 1977. On behalf of the congregation of National United Methodist Church, welcome. It is my privilege to welcome church. It is my privilege to welcome and introduce john obrien. On behalf of the family we would like to welcome everyone here today. First gratitude and appreciation and out pouring of love we have received over the last week the calls, cards, visits, flowers and food and condolences meant so much to us. Knowing a sense of loss was shared by so many. But its truly a comfort. Thank you. I want to thank those of you here today traveling from outside dc. It was especially appreciated especially if you came by greyhound bus. [laughter] and for those who could not be here in particular his older brother traveling to washington was not easy or possible that they are with us in spirit is enough for you to be grateful for your presence in our lives. With the enduring optimism that has been passed on to generations. Thank you. To acknowledge those thoughtful
They publish lots of different local books. He had the distinct privilege to publish Abraham Lincolns bestselling book. A lot of people do not know that he wrote one. When lincoln ran for the senate and lost to Stephen Douglas, they had their famous debate. There were a couple of people from newspapers transcribing the debates, writing down shorthand and then a couple of days later, they would print it in newspapers. That way, people who did not attend could read about what happened. For most people, the story stopped there. This is breaking news. Lets move on. Lincoln, after he lost the senate race, he worked hard to gather those newspaper transcript. He worked hard. There are at least nine surviving letters of him gathering these newspaper transcripts. He cut them out and pasted them in a scrapbook. You can still see it today at the library of congress. He is making these tiny little edits in pencil. If one paragraph is not accurate, he is cutting it out and putting a different parag