We are expecting him to talk about the 2018 budget resolution which was just approved in the house. It sets the stage for the republican tax plan to go forward without being subjected to the filibuster in the senate. Last night here in washington, House Speaker ryan addressed the annual dinner of the radio and Television Correspondents association. Well show you as much of that as we can next here on cspan 3. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Our program will begin shortly. Announcer please stand to honor america. O say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [ applause ]. Announc
Evening. How are you all doing . Good . Thanks for having me. I know who bobby bones is. Nice to meet you, kind of sort of, in person. , i want to thank the executive board of the radio tv correspondents association. On behalf of the people i work with, i want to thank olga and her team at the house radio tv gallery. [applause] tonight, igentlemen, have prepared my remarks in a way that will forever revolutionized the way that you hear speeches. It is going to be organized in a stream of bullet points. That makes it sound like it was an axios joke. He swore to me that was going to be a funny joke. I wasnt sure. Thank you for proving me right. You may beof wondering why i came here so soon after my health smith dinner. Its never too early for a speaker to work on his next gig, and i had lots of leftover dad jokes. After the l smith dinner, where i spent a third of the time ripping on the president , he give me a call the next morning, pretty early. He actually really liked the speech. H
Legislative uncertainty created instability and chaos in the Insurance Market resulting in the Cost Increases for consume consumers. The president and ceo of care h source adventure that offers plans through the Insurance Marketplace. The rate would increase by about 2 in 2018 compared to 2017. Now the company says thent Administration Stopped the m costsharing payments and refused to commit to make the payment rate would increase by a minimum. This is real healthcare and real life and death decisions. , he said, and i quote, in addition we believe that seizing the payments may adversely impact the risk pools leading to further increases in future years. The chairman and ceo said in part in a letter, and i quote without the certainty of the funding, and some will have no choice but to reevaluate the approach to failing 2018 raids. Such could include reducing surface area participation requesting additional rate increases, eliminating certain Product Offerings and exiting certain compli
New version of trumpcare by the end of the month. Its now june 19, and therk American People are still in the dark about this bill. There is no text. There is no legislative analysis of this bill, no scoring of what the financial ramifications are. The American People, and much of the senate, is in the dark. In the dark about how much costs are going to rise. In the dark about how many people are going to lose insurance. He in the dark about whether a aga preexisting condition will once again be used as a weapon against them by Insurance Companies. If the news reports are to be believed, and thats all you forgot right now, a vote on this massive proposal affecting the lives of virtually all our people is days of ways. No one outside of a group of 13 men, all republican, knows what is being considered. In my view this is as stark an example of legislative malpractice as i can remember. It is time for americans to get loud, do their part, and make sure that their voices are heard on an i
Happens when america retreats from the region and we dont play of the role of posing a balance of power and when we let the countrys fight it out between themselves. It is not just our interest in allies and our interest in allies like jordan and israel but it is because this is throughout syria and turkey, and isis is trying to aggressively recruit United States citizens to join. It is believed that the weapons came from the turkish government. Senator cotton again, i have not seen other reports, so i cant comment on that. I did ask about if there was a mistake if we had a residual force agreement, and there was the agreement on blaming maliki on that. Why couldnt we have forced an agreement, why was that completely squandered . What was your view on that and could we have done something differently in 2011 and how do you feel as someone who served in iraq or someone who has finger on the pulse of how the military feels . Senator cotton i put responsibility chiefly with barack obama a