Something that is slapped together. So its being put together by people right there. I dont get the sense that this is being imported. To the extent that im wrong that this is something more sophisticated my sense is this has happened some time ago. Once the oil is refined you have testified that the assad regime is purchasing some of the oil. Some of it is being smuggled into the southern regions of turkey where you said the price of gasoline is higher than we would expect here. If you are purchasing barrels of oil at 30 or so a barrel you have reason to know this may be illicit oil. Are we doing enough as treasury of the United States to determine who the middle men are that are purchasing oil at 30 a barrel and make sure we are following that money into what accounts . That is exactly what they are doing, identifying the middle men. That is what i discussed more explicitly in my testimony. There is also a significant more diplomatic push to get the turks to do more in southern turke
I think breaking down those boundaries between different parts of government is very much something that weve seen and its translated into legislative action as well. Asset freezing recall, legislation that many countries have adopted. So a holding measure. E. U. Has done that. Switzerland has done that. Just after arab spring. A list of these persons, freeze their assets now. It is not a judicial freeze in the context of judicial action. It is an administrative freeze giving the countries time to prepare their judicial action. I think that sort of innovative legislation is happening. The civil forfeiture legislation that i think in america has been around for a very long time but in many other countries is still relatively new. You see that i wouldnt say proliferating but you see countries taking up those sort of legislations, so what we call nonconviction based legislation where you connect the asset to a crime. Typically on the balance of probabilities. Wont go into too many details
This morning the speaker when asked about the plans asked about the details and i believe he said blah blah blah. [laughter] do you feel like you are begin their cut before you unveil your plan and giving the remarks where does this stand . I dont think we cannot afford to wait. I cant settle for an economy that grows at 2 , settle for high employmen unemployment andt able to live on their own. A declining wages for the middle class. We need to be the party of growth and opportunity, restoring the American Dream and this is something americans have hunger before. We have an obligation. I put up this draft so that we could engage the American People on this and i think this is some of that as i travel the country and through the hearings ive had this is something that is very much to move forward. The new cspan. Org website makes it easier than ever to keep tabs on washington, d. C. And share your findings via facebook, twitter and other networks. Easy search functions let you access da
Employers were choosing to buy up until now. When i was an employer, you said it was done on a statebystate basis, they carry all of these outlying coverages. The essential Health Benefits. Not a state by state requirement the national requirement. And what is offered . What is in each plan, was done on a statebystate basis. Categories of the essential Health Benefits are mandatory. Some states dont have Mental Health coverage and some do. The particular benefits, fundaMental Health coverage. All right. You are telling me my old law firm, 15 employees, they will not be able to find a plan that is offered, if required federal benefits. Mentalhealth and Substance Abuse and maternity. 60yearold carrying maternity coverage. Spreading the cost of maternity coverage to women across the entire pool of people. That is how insurance works, you just paid for what you need, spread the costs across everyone. You choose to go by the coverage you need and spread the risk among the other people who n
When he made an offhanded comment about what it would take to solve this through diplomatic reasons. Well talk more about that. Just a moment. But a new cnbc wall street journal poll finds 60 of americans are against striking syria. John harwood will join us with that in a moment. But first, andrew has a rappup of the days headlines. The big one being apple. Apple holding a major media event today. Its expected to update you with its lineup of iphones. The company will likely announce it has penetrated the Worlds Largest mobile carrier, which is china mobile. In the run up to the party, in the past two weeks, apple has made buyups. Twitter is preparing to get public. They have purchased public Advertising Company mopub. The deal is expected to help automate ad buying on tweter. Unclear what the means to advertise on target. Chinas factory output grew at its fastest pace in 17 months. And investment and consumption beat market forecasts. Lets get back to the story of the morning, which