Behavior and causes providers to provide Higher Quality care and total cost of care. [inaudible] Health Care Costs are down, but i think Something Else that is going within the Medicare Program that we are seeing, fundamentally different patterns and controlling hospital remissions, why we have this tremendous variation and cost around the country they thank you for the opportunity to speak today. It is great to be here. We return to sheila burke, who is on the faculty at harvard university, a big chunk of her working life was right here in the senate vote as chief of staff to senator bob dole, both majority and minority. And the chief minister and officer in this body. I think it is worth noting with todays discussion that she has a degree in nursing and worked as a nurse in her career. So she has been closely involved in Health Care Issues for very long time. We are very pleased to have you with us. Thank you very much. It would be frightening to put me back in award. [laughter] no f
Of their feeling confident and to grow and invest in this country. We know if that happens, that is good for job creation. I think that is what is being asked of us. We want to welcome our cspan viewers around the world. Cspan is big on front pages. This is the front page of print politico about the budget deal being reached. Madam secretary, lead headline in the wall street journal is the deal brings stability to the u. S. Budget. We can get a little carried away, too far what this deal means. It is not a big deal. Well, but what it does is, as we were talking about it evidences that there can be regular order. It means that we could then proceed and a budget is a big deal frankly. Weve been living far too long, far before i was involved here, without you know the kind of budgets and ability to predict. So imagine as a manager, which is where i come from, if you dont know what your budget is or not sure what the budget is for a year or two from now, how do you know exactly what you ca
The ones that come in, and if something happens to you and you get in the group that needs more attention but you dont need that much attention. Most americans would balk at that much attention. I dont think its that big a problem, as long as we get the infrastructure. Thanking join me in our panelists for shedding light on areas of consensus when we talk a lot about differences in this town. Thank you very much. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] good points. Cspan could we bring a Public Affairs events from washington directly to you. Offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u. S. House, offered as a Public Service of the private industry. Cspan, created by the cable tv and funded years ago by your local cable or satellite provider. Now you can watch us in hd. The u. S. Senate has approved another of president Barack Obamas nominees as it wraps up a week of near roundtheclock confirmation votes.
Do believe in the motivation of what they are doing, but they are zealous and effective. They are in a position where they are able to gather a great deal of information. Interested . E absolutely. No doubt about it. You agree that our government oversight of our National Security establishment is far more interested in protect Civil Liberties . I cannot compare to other people. I do not know the details. I would hope that with our constitution we would have a very effective system. Good faith with the legal structure that allow this surveillance. I do not believe we have lived up to the Core Principles as faithfully as we could, but we do better than the totalitarian regimes, of course. You take a different view. Decisions havee historical positions. There is no present decision by any court that suggests that this is operated in violation of the fourth amendment. There would take a new decision, is that correct . Can you cite the case that supports that proposition . Know, i believe
All right. Coming up ahead, a look at the news for the week. Heres bill griffeth. Bill, over to you. Thanks, maria. Heres a look at whats making news. Americas economy expanded as a much faster pace than first thought a huge revision in the Second Quarter Gross Domestic Product showed the economy grew at an annual rate of 2. 5 , revised up from 1. 7 . Better readings in export and Better Business investment were responsible for much of the revision. Markets got off to a nervous start this week, having the worst day in more than two months. On tuesday, hitting a twomonth low on concerns about american involvement in syria. Stocks recovered, though, later in the week. Americas Housing Market continues to improve, though at a slower pace. The kayschiller index showed prices rising 2. 2 in june from the previous month, and up 12 from the same period a year ago. And americans just are not driving that much anymore. Miles travelled peaked back in august of 2007. It dropped sharply during the