Our senators with your constant love and faithfulness, answering them when they call to you in prayer. Help them to make every effort to do your will on earth, giving you their doubts and fears as they trust you to order their steps. May they realize that weakness provides an opportunity for your strength to be revealed. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , october 29, 2013. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable edward j. Markey, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed patrick j. Leahy, pres
Health and other issues facing veterans is Tom Tarantino, a former army captain and current chief. Announcement last weekend a good sign for veterans waiting for their benefits claims to be processed . Guest it was an expected announcement. The backlog has been reduced by about 1 3, which is outstanding news. There is some light at the end of the tunnel. We have about 400,000 claims still in the inventory. They were going to halt the mandatory overtime. We expect it to resume after the holidays in february. We have 400,000 claims. If they want to make their goal, it is going to require overtime and other initiatives that have put into gear that have started this trend downward. Host 400,000 claims that is down from 600,000 claims in march. Talk about the impact of the government shutdown. How did that affect the claims . Guest it slowed it down. We averted a potential disaster. The processors were technically protected. The v. A. Could not accept any new claims but they could continue
Businesses and the middle class struggling to pay for Health Insurance, what does this mean . When we implement the exchange, we are going to pick up 400 million in federal subsidies to help poor and middleclass families get reimbursements from the fact youre not getting before. That is a big win for the state of vermont. If we all make it work and then let the states be laboratories for change, once you do not go below those basic threshold, we all know we need health care. This bill allows us to have the resources we need to get more uninsured americans into the healthcare system. It reduces costs and will make as a stronger nation. Peter shumlin is joining us from vermont. Thank you very much for being with us. Thanks so much for having me. Why did he decide to take this job . It is a fascinating question. Theyre going to start this cycle 30 million a behind were the Republican Governors Association is. They have opportunities across the upper midwest and states like florida and on
Count sometimes depending on how you count them eight to 10 different ways the government can go about obtaining the same types of records you are talking about when you are talking about 215 so its critically important but its only part of the story. I would urge you to think broadband as i mentioned the last time i was here i also want you to think broadly because it has not been discussed very much is cyber, and the need to think about the critical privacy issues and the Data Collection issues as they pertain not only to conquer and terrorism but also to cyber and im happy to talk about that at length if you are just it. The i would like to make at the onset is the surveillance intelligence court that ive worked closely with for many years when i was at the tip arpanet justice and i can elaborate at length if you want me to but in many ways i would say notwithstanding much of what has been written in the press fisa court is the national treasury. It has done its job in an exemplary
Case of the ffm, or the Actual Exchange itself, each component was tested by us independently come a verified, security tested, and it was not signed off in a complete package, so we signed a shortterm authorization to operate, which would be customary if you were continuing to do work on the project. You also mention this information that goes in there is just pinged in there and not stored. How do you identify the person later if there is not any of that information kept . The Social Security number is not stored in the data hub. When you have completed an application, it has this information, and an individual can store that online. That is part of the proofing that an individual can do to store their application. We also have some storage in what i will call the enrollment eligibility in case there is an appeal. What i was trying to say theres no data stored in the hub. We have information on record. I do not think people are cared where it is stored. They care about their privacy.