Replace andy kim to represent new jersey congressional district. They shared views on universal health care and free speech and how their values compare with representative kim. The primary is scheduled to be held in early june. After a draw of cards we have determined that carol murphy will go first. And we have gone over the rules and keep in mind our timeline to cover as many topics and dive into Opening Statements and we have lost mrs. Murphy and well come back to her and go on to our second person. Good to have you, you have 90 seconds. Thanks to this body for giving us this opportunity. I was born in raised. My dad and my mom raised us and went on to Public School and off to princeton and been to philadelphia for medical school and then landed in service right here as a captain and medical conference on the base. I was elected to the General Service and i was in leadership. And im now speaker and taken on the big task. And middle class districts. I worked on prescription drugs fo
Good evening. Welcome to the Elliot School. And to this beautiful Conference Venue that we have available to us this evening. My name is ambassador laura holegate, here at the Elliot School. Emphasis on the visitor part. Im not here very often. But its a super treat to be here this evening to have a chance to introduce a true hero from our National Security community. And youve all seen his biography in the title of this evenings talk of a discussion on an intelligence career. And its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper. And its a great treat to have him here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community. In the military side, on the civilian side, inside and outside government, and overseas, as well. And maybe its not listed in his bio, but maybe someone can ask him a question to tell you about his 2014 visit to north korea. To rescue a couple of ameri
Respond to recent devastating natural disasters. Over the past two months, millions of americans have had their lives forever altered by destructive hurricanes in texas, florida, puerto rico, and the Virgin Islands. By raging and by raging and tedly wildfires in the west. We all support those who were victimized, particularly those who lost lives, lost their lives or lost lowed ones and will continue to be with them every step of the way with the federal support they need as they recover and rebuild. Our thanks go to the First Responders, volunteers and states, who have saved countless lives, protected communities and demonstrated the best of human tainity. That includes fema, the army corps of engineers, the department of defense, the coast guard, and many other federal agencies. For getting the first installment of relief to those in need. However, with such massive unprecedented damage, more help is needed. Clearly needed to continue to respond to these Recovery Efforts to rebuild c
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
Busy schedules im going to introduce our first speaker. Senator tom carper is the Ranking Member of the public works committee. A former fiveterm congressman from delaware. Before joining the senate in 2001 he was elected delawares 78th governor. Senator, thank you so much for joining us today. [ applause ] do we have any veterans here . If youre a veteran stand up and receive our applause, please. Veterans on your feet. [ applause ]. Im a retired navy captain, midshipman from ohio state. Spent 23 years in southeast asia. As a p3 commander up to the end of world war ii. In different parts of the president s speech i appreciated. In delaware we have dover. Where is the secretary . Would you stand up and take a bow . We love our secretary of transportation. Nice to see you again. Thank you. I dont know if shalin is here . Okay. I think he had his parole hearing this morning. [ laughter ]. If you see him give him my love. But one of the things he reminded us last night is the sacrifice of