Chris christie is aboll apologizing today. He says he felt embarrassed and humiliated but knew nothing about a plan where two aids ordered lane closures as political retribution. I had no knowledge, or involvement. In this issue, in its planning or execution, and i am stunned by the abject stupidity that was shown here kristy says he fired deputy chief of staff fur lying to him about her involvement, he also says former Campaign Manager bill step yankee will not become head of the new Jersey Republican party. David chuter is here, this extraordinary news cop presence this morning. Extraordinary because republicans are now saying they believe kristy may have bought himself a little bit of time, but the question is will his story hold up in Chris Christie told reporters that in fact he is responsible for everything that happened in his office, but that membersre Staff Members that were acting without his authority, here is what christie had to say. I am embarrassed and humiliated by the
A publicprivate ecosystem is built upon good security governance, secure identities and constant selfassessment of one of those. Whether we drive adoption through incentives or directors can we need to proceed net but i urge you, your colleagues and the ministers not to let 2014 expire without adoption of measures that will better protect our economy and our security posture. Thanks for your time this afternoon and for your attention to this important matter of cybersecurity. Thank you very, very much. Because of the unusual circumstances and with the permission of my distinguished ranking member, the first question from our cycle come from senator mccaskill. Thank you. I adore you. [laughter] i wanted it on the record. Both of you. I adore both of you. [inaudible] i believe that ultimately the market is more effective at controlling behavior than the government. So let me start with a question that i dont think has fully been answered. Mr. Mulligan or ms. Richey, or can any of you she
Well, the United States, we have 350 Million People here. We have such a diverse we do not have a homogenous society, which is much more typical in many other countries around the world. I did want to make a point about life expect answery, and the w. H. O. Often says the United States ranked 37th out of 190 countries. As professor steven wolf in the institute of medicine study, which was really based on Life Expectancy, he said Life Expectancy and other noted Health Outcomes are determined by much more than health care. Here in america, when you look at our lifestyle choices, we have a huge obesity problem. We have homicides and car accident deaths at a much higher per capita rate than any other country in the world. When you look at the numbers for fiveyear survival rates for cancer, the United States ranks number one in the world on 13 of the 16 most popular cancers. You have to compare apples to apples. Thank you very much. My time is expired, mr. Chairman. Let me say before i ask
Performance is called avoidable mortality. That is in a Good Health Care system, women should not die in child birth. People should not die of tuberculosis. People should not die of aschemic Heart Disease. People should not die of cancers that can be cured. And when we look at that, im embarrassed to say that we come out in the United States as 19 and the french come out as number 1, i repeat, number 1. That is a fact that cannot be ignored. It must be addressed. It was written up in health affairs, a reputable journal. It was confirmed with different measures by the oecd, and it has not received in my judgment sufficient discussion. Another indicator of how well a system is doing and a theme of this subcommittee that i know is dear to chairman sanders is access to primary care. You can talk about primary care until youre blue in the face, but lets look at the consequences of whether you receive primary care or not in Different Health care systems. We have a very established measure of
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