Will say is they better straighten the law out before they ever introduced into the country, we would not have all of this trauma or the political moves to do waivers. On and on a ghost. It is politically motivated and it is ridiculous. There is no health care and available, it is just Health Insurance. Guest the law had an infamously strange route to passage where only democrats supported in congress and they had to do a little maneuver at the end to dodge the republican senator scott brown, who joined the senate in january before the law ever became final. The criticism is fair that it was a work in progress when it became law and they have had to do a lot of creative regulation, lets say, to get the law off the ground. Host lets go to west virginia. Democrats. Caller good morning. I would like to go off the subject a little bit. This has to do with, are you aware the Medicare Supplement Insurance Program has preexisting conditions in it, and it has been there for years . It has been
And so in florida they go zerotolerance but in essence they turn on its head. So if they said is the same thing that theyve done in colorado, it has to law and so they pulled all the districts in those states to change the way you do discipline. And the state of maryland, and interview, you already know this, the state school board okay, the state school board did this and oppose regulations on alldistrict in the state of maryland to do the same thing. What did they do . No more misdemeanors can be referred to Law Enforcement. Now to have to be addressed at the school. Changing the philosophy. We do not want to exclude students from school environment. We want to keep them there. We understand all student are not perfect. We want to take you where you are and were going to work with you. Thats a basic fundamental shift in philosophy on how to deal with this behavior in school. And so these three things are perfect examples of what you can do in your own states if you want to take that
This is a hearing about the pat, Patient Involvement in fda drug approvals, and i think we can agree they deserve a seat at the table. When companies are developing drugs and medical devices within the Clinical Trial process. I have long been a supporter of the department of defenses congressionallydirected medical Research Program known as the cdmrp. It funds peerreviewed research into Breast Cancer, autism, ovarian cancer, Prostate Cancer and other diseases. And since 1993 the patients have been involved and have been attar of cdmrp, and they have a consumer reviewer as part of the peerreviewed possible to represent the stakeholder community. And its been very successful in combining Patient Perspectives and needs with Scientific Research and bringing those perspectives together. Has fda, as you begin to consider improving Patient Involvement, have you looked at cdrmp to see if theres anything you can borrow from that in the drug approval process . Uhhuh. We have not, and thats a goo
Thats the issue the democrats want to distract us from. The American People should know what the liberal play book is here. The left believes that the president s agenda runs straight through the d. C. Circuit court. The president s agenda runs straight through the d. C. Circuit court. Thats why they pressured democrats to change the rules of the senate to pack this court with folks like professor pillard. The goal here is actually twofold. First, grease the skids for an agenda that cant get through the congress, then build a firewall around it by packing the court with your ideological allies. That way, democrats can keep telling folks what they think they want to hear about obamacare and anything else. But they can also rest assured that nobodys going to tamper with it. Nobodys going to tamper with it. All of this is in the context in which the National Debate over obamacare and its failures should be viewed. But none of it, none of it should distract us from what obamacare is doing
The House Armed Services committee will be hearing from secretary of defense chuck hagel and general Martin Dempsey about the military budget for next year. Our cameras will be there. Go to cspan. Org for more details. In washington, the American Conservative Union kicks off its annual conservative Political Action Conference Today with speakers including senators ted cruz, governor chris christie, marco rubio and mike leigh. Go to cspan. Org for more details. E begin washington journal with the headline across many of the nations newspapers. The sat has decided to change its rules. We want to know your experience with the test. Parents and students dial in Scott Jaschick is joining us on the phone, the editor at inside Higher Education. Lets begin with why the sats changing its rules, and what will be the changes yo . Guest sure. So good morning, everybody. One will be changing the writing portion from the Current Situation where students are given a statement of philosophy and they r