Mr. Speaker, i rise today in strong support of the newly announced partnership with Florida International university the speaker pro tempore the gentleman is correct. The house will be in ordered. The gentleman from florida. Mr. Curbelo thank you mr. Speaker. I rise today in strong support of the newly announced partnership with Florida International university, a nationally respected institute of Higher Learning in my district and Florida Power and light. They are working to provide cleaner Energy Solutions to south florida, something i whole heartedly support. It involves the installation of solar panels on 23 canopy light structures that will be constructed in f. I. U. S Engineering Center Parking lot. F. I. U. Students will directly monitor the amount of energy generated from these solar panels and the effect they have on the electricity grid. It was announced that f. P. L. Is expected to triple its presence in the business by 2016. Such an undertaking is only possible with talente
Mr. Speaker, i rise today in strong support of the newly announced partnership with Florida International university the speaker pro tempore the gentleman is correct. The house will be in ordered. The gentleman from florida. Mr. Curbelo thank you mr. Speaker. I rise today in strong support of the newly announced partnership with Florida International university, a nationally respected institute of Higher Learning in my district and Florida Power and light. They are working to provide cleaner Energy Solutions to south florida, something i whole heartedly support. It involves the installation of solar panels on 23 canopy light structures that will be constructed in f. I. U. S Engineering Center Parking lot. F. I. U. Students will directly monitor the amount of energy generated from these solar panels and the effect they have on the electricity grid. It was announced that f. P. L. Is expected to triple its presence in the business by 2016. Such an undertaking is only possible with talente
This is two hours and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. Senator whitehouse is next followed by senator young. Senator whitehouse. Thank you, chairman. Lets me ask first to put into the record a letter from our governor in rhode island, which says in rhode island im quoting here we have actually seen exchange premiums decrease in two out of the last three years. Ended that this has saved consumers nearly 220 million since 2012. So, the story on the Affordable Care act in rhode island is a good one. I would also like to put this little graphic into the record, which to explain briefly, the red line along the top is the cbo estimate of where our healthcare costs were going to go back when they were making the estimate in 2010. Then, at this time 2016, after the aca was in place they took a look at the Actual Experience up to that point ended a new new projection Going Forward based on the Affordable Ca
Meeting will come to order. This senator whitehouse. Let me ask first to put into the record a letter from our governor in rhode island which said in rhode island, we have seen exchange premiums decrease in two of the last three years. This has saved consumers 220 million since 2012. The story on the Affordable Care act is a good one. I would like to put this graphic into the record. To explain it briefly, the cbo estimate of where our healthcare costs are going to go in 2010 and then at this time, 2016 after the aca was in place they took a look at the Actual Experience and did new projections Going Forward based on the Affordable Care act, just in the following ten years, from 2016 to 2026, they are forecasting 2. 4 9 trillion in federal healthcare savings that relate back to the Affordable Care act. This is where that came in. We throw this thing out at our peril if you care about saving medicare, the savings to which are a significant part of this 2 . 9 trillion. With nothing to re
Meeting will come to order. This senator whitehouse. Let me ask first to put into the record a letter from our governor in rhode island which said in rhode island, we have seen exchange premiums decrease in two of the last three years. This has saved consumers 220 million since 2012. The story on the Affordable Care act is a good one. I would like to put this graphic into the record. To explain it briefly, the cbo estimate of where our healthcare costs are going to go in 2010 and then at this time, 2016 after the aca was in place they took a look at the Actual Experience and did new projections Going Forward based on the Affordable Care act, just in the following ten years, from 2016 to 2026, they are forecasting 2. 4 9 trillion in federal healthcare savings that relate back to the Affordable Care act. This is where that came in. We throw this thing out at our peril if you care about saving medicare, the savings to which are a significant part of this 2 . 9 trillion. With nothing to re