Diagnosed with early onset alzheimers. The hearing is about two hours. Senator collins this hearing will come to order. We have convened this afternoons hearing to assess our nations progress in combating alzheimers disease since the enactment of the national alzheimers project act which i coauthored with thensenator evan bayh in 2011. I dont need to tell the people in this room what a devastating disease alzheimers is. It exacts a tremendous personal and economic toll on the individual, the family, and our society. In addition to the human suffering it causes, alzheimers costs the United States more than 226 billion a year. Including 153 billion in costs to medicare and medicaid. These costs will skyrocket as the baby boom generation ages. Already, our nations most already our nations most costly disease, alzheimers is projected to cost more than 1. 1 trillion in 2050 if nothing is done to change its current trajectory. Alzheimers is also one of our nations leading causes of death. Th
Not oring up fake constructions that will never be accepted. Who is taking the initiative on the hill to do that. Most of the leadership has expressed one way or another they see their job as to stop the president. To obstruct. To undermine. Certainly the netanyahu invitation was another grotesque example of the abuse of the traditional role. I couldnt agree more with the sentiment of the question. Much has to be done on capitol hill. One hopes in the 2016 cycle, what you will get from some candidates, is a return to the traditional values that leaders in both parties have had particularly with foreignpolicy. Placing National Interest first, and placing politics on the back burner whenever it is possible and wherever it is necessary. I have a question for david. The netanyahu invitation, dont you think that when you have the president of the United States who as a candidate promised in the bipartisan environment in washington a different time in our poll and them consistently iguodalai
Senator collins this hearing will come to order. Good afternoon it is my pleasure to convene this afternoons hearing to assess our nations progress in combating alzheimers since the enactment of the national alzheimers project act which i coauthored with then senator evan bayh in 2011. I dont need to tell the people in this room what a devastating disease alzheimers is. It exacts a tremendous personal and economic toll on the individual, the family and our society. In addition to the human suffering it causes, alzheimers costs the United States more than 226 billion a year including 153 billion in costs to medicare and medicaid. These costs will skyrocket as the baby boom generation ages. Already our nations most costly disease, alzheimers is projected to cost more than 1. 1 trillion in 2050 if nothing is done to change its current trajectory. Alzheimers is one of our nations leading causes of death. The c. D. C. Lists alzheimers as the sixth leading cause of death overall and the fift
House of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members fromis smiedy the morityndinity leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than theajitanmiri leaderand the minoty whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from washington, mr. Heck, for five minutes. Mr. Heck thank you, madam speaker. Tick to be ticktock, ticktock, tomorrow, count them there are 30 legislative days left before the Export Import Bank is gone vanished, disappears and each day that we fail to address this Vital Institution for american jobs we let the extruxists win. We let this obstructionists win. We let this impaway. And the irony of it all, as my dear friend from texas, congressman green said if we dont have the Exportimport Bank we would be scurrying around to try to develop to compete with every country in the world who h
Expolice its jurisdiction over the con explicit jurisdiction over the countrys seat of government. The extent to which congress should oversee or intervene in the governance of the district is a debate for another day, but its clearly our responsibility. Current law compels congressional oversight and we must exercise responsibly that jurisdiction. That includes acting to stop legislation that clearly violates the constitutional freedoms of the citizens of the district. Mr. Speaker, its important to note that women are protected by law, both federal and d. C. , from discrimination on the basis of pregnan would actually give employers the right to fire an employee for the Reproductive Health care choices of their spouses or their children. The other side is saying its all right to fire someone because their boss doesnt like their wifes or even their Childrens Health care choices. Talk about restricting someones rights. It would take away a whole range of womens private decisions and mak