Affected by chronic illnesses. Sen. Stabenow good afternoon. We know that we have many more colleagues coming to join us, but we will get started in the interest of time. Sen. Stabenow we know that we have many more colleagues coming to join us, but we will get started in the interest of time. We want to think our wonderful guests and witnesses who have come here today to share their stories. As we look at the panel, it looks like the great lake states. I did not plan this on purpose, but we have indiana, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. We are glad to have the great lakes represented here today. We thank everyone for tuning in to the livestream. We hope you will share your story. Please go to americaspeaksout. Or trumpcare. This is an ongoing conversation that we want to have, not just today. We know that there are other Critical Issues that have come up, but we feel it is so important that we remain focused on one of the most important issues to all of us as americans and our famil
Please go to americaspeaksout. Or trumpcare. This is an ongoing conversation that we want to have, not just today. We know that there are other Critical Issues that have come up in the last 24 hours but we feel that its so important that we remain focused as well on one of the most important issues to all of us as americans and our families. Which is the ability to see a doctor, to take our child to the doctor and have afford medical care when we need it. Your voices are needed now more than ever. Because last week, republicans passed a bill, as we know, trumpcare that is a triple whammy for families. In my state of michigan and across the country. Higher costs, Less Health Care, all to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. Unless youre vn Insurance Company executive or a very wealthy person, trumpcare is a very bad deal for you. 24 Million People will lose insurance. Medicaid will be cut by 880 billion to pay for the tax cuts for the very wealthy, leaving millions of sen
Please go to americaspeaksout. Or trumpcare. This is an ongoing conversation that we want to have, not just today. We know that there are other Critical Issues that have come up in the last 24 hours but we feel that its so important that we remain focused as well on one of the most important issues to all of us as americans and our families. Which is the ability to see a doctor, to take our child to the doctor and have afford medical care when we need it. Your voices are needed now more than ever. Because last week, republicans passed a bill, as we know, trumpcare that is a triple whammy for families. In my state of michigan and across the country. Higher costs, Less Health Care, all to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. Unless youre vn Insurance Company executive or a very wealthy person, trumpcare is a very bad deal for you. 24 Million People will lose insurance. Medicaid will be cut by 880 billion to pay for the tax cuts for the very wealthy, leaving millions of sen
A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune madam president , i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , i come to the floor today to talk about the damage obamacare is doing to the struggling economy. Now after months of unrelenting coverage of obamacares many problems and after fridays release of decembers dismal jobs report, im sure democrats here in the senate would prefer that we talk about almost anything else. After all, when you have held most of the power in washington here for the last five years, you dont want to mention the fact that your main legacy is a sluggish economy and a disastrous train wreck of a health care program. This past friday, we found out that december marked the weakest month of job growth since january of 2011. The economy added just 74,000 jobs in december, less than half of the monthly job growth needed for a real recovery
The u. S. House Intelligence Committee is investigating russian interference in the twenty sixteen president ial poll its released a trove of facebook ads linked to a Russian Internet Agency Representatives from Facebook Twitter and alphabet have been testifying at back to back hearings in both the congress and senate with facebook being the first to announce it had evidence of russian meddling on social media lawmakers have slammed the companies for failing to rein in russian use of their sites to manipulate the american political process when it comes to extra security costs facebooks Third Quarter profits soared to four point seven one billion dollars. Lets go to yes quarter whos standing by at the New York Stock Exchange on this one even Facebook Says russias influence was reprehensible yes shouldnt these companies have been hindering outside interference of any sort. Legally probably not morally probably yes i mean this whole situation is a rather new and we didnt have to deal wit