People who have worked this the state know whats going on. Then the challenge is to turn the knowledge into something more than interesting anecdotes of history of a particular state. But to figure out how we can learn to make the whole thing better. Thank you very much, alice. You made a lot of key points about why were here. Im sure for people watching this and listening to it, its a lot to take in. I have been over my career working with many people in this room and in the country on doing studies like this of new national policies. I have never seen a challenge as big as this one. Im not a young guy. So we have, as alice said, a lot to learn. Its hard to get your hands around it. I hope the program are has been helpful. The important thing is what tom said and what alice said. This is not going to happen next week or next month. This is a change of such magnitude that it is important to be able over a long period of time to look hard at what this law does in ways that go beyond wha
Facilities that were already rudimentary are closed so we paid to trade and provide protective equipment to get those facilities back up and running safely so we dont continue the spiral of that Ebola Outbreak of other conditions not being treated right now. We learned the hard way they have very few of medical resources when they face this challenge with soviet 10 hour played right away to the United States. Senator ivan say when you talk about dr. Freedmans nomination i dont know how lee dropped the ball on this but it does not come to us. Mr. Chairman the affirmation rehab is a u. S. Nominated the end of july every run on an august this dash this meeting with him tomorrow and a bipartisan way i urge senator mcconnell the he supported the proposals sled out all why the majority leader and the whip could now work to get that done before we leave. I would hope so and would support that as i imagined the chairmen would. I would the meeting but with those Little Committee meetings to get
Kit cal that we continue to focus on rolling back this trend of disinvestment in research and development so we can ensure that our country continues to produce the kind of lifesaving, worldchanging research that we know were capable of. But i am very concerned. I just need to say this that fiscal awe state and the return of sequestration next year will continue to weaken our ability to respond to needs like this. So, dr. Fast disaster facci he talk about how the sequestration has impacted the u. S. able to respond to the ebola situation . Thank you for the question, senator. I have to tell you honestly, abeen a Significant Impact on is, as you well know i know youve been fighting for us for a long period of time. Our bug has been flat since the end of the doubling in 2003 with the twoplus percent inflationary index that over a tenyear period we lost 22 in our purchasing power. That was the left hook. He right cross what the sequestration that came in and pulled out a significant amoun
The evening here. Salt and sand is being loaded into trucks in cities across the northeast. We have a 34,000 tons of salt over 600 pieces of equipment ready to be deployed throughout the storm. Still, in boston and other areas where the snow is moving in, it may not be enough. In maine, 19 cars with part of a pileup that started when a driver lost control on the ice. As conditions get worse, the governor of massachusetts has now closed roads across the entire state. I have now signed an executive order banning vehicle traffic effective at 4 00 today. Air travel is also out. More than 3,000 flights have been canceled and that number is expected to grow along with accumulations of snow across the regionment snowplows, blowers and shovels are working overtime but cant it could threaten power lines. Thats our biggest concern. This storm presents variables that could produce some pretty extraordinary winds. With the potential of being holed up inside for several days, families are making a
It has raised a lot of questions about how long treated about how long the recovery, and no one knows how well if at all the president is recovering. Is anyone outside of the inner circle know whether he is really ever going to be able to come back . That is the question that nobody is answering. In the past few weeks, the government said the president was slowly but surely recovering and getting better. Then they announced he had a setback and is still recovering suffering from a respiratory infection. The latest medical report was that he was stable. Not saying that he has made any significant recovery from respiratory complications. That is really the question the venezuelans want to know, when or if he is going to be able to return to the presidency. U. S. Vice President Joe Biden said the white house is prepared to use executive orders as well as legislation to tighten gun control. He is leading pro and antigun groups as part of a task force on gun violence. America has seen Mass