Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the Mayors Disability Council meeting friday, march 17 here in city hall in room 400. I want to welcome our new councilmembers and later up in the agenda we will tell you about themselves and their background. So right now, lets start with the introductions. Good afternoon and welcome to the Mayors Disability Council meeting today here at city hall. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided at grove van ness and mcallister street via ramps. Wheelchair access at the polk street good entrance is provided via a wheelchair lifts. Accessible listening devices are available at our meeting is open captioned. Sign language interpreted. Our agenda are also available in large print and braille. Please, as that for any additional assistance. To prevent electronic interference with this room sound system, and to respect everyones ability to focus on the presentation, these, sounds
Involved in the manufacturing of water heaters. I thank the chairman again. I thank mr. Aderholt and i also want to commend the gentleman and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. The gentleman from kentucky reserves. The gentleman from california continues to reserve. The gentlelady from kentucky is recognized. Mr. Whitfield mr. Speaker, at this time i would like to recognize for a period of three minutes dr. Roe of tennessee whos a member of the education committee, for three minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Roe i thank the gentleman, the chairman, for yielding, and, mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of h. R. 6582. This legislation would establish a uniform Energy Efficient descripter for all water heaters, walkin freezers and walkin coolers. The legislation also improves the testing methods that determine whether or not these products are En
Employment, again, a bill that passed with significant bipartisan support in the United States senate. We see no reason why it could not be passed. If it was put on the floor, we think it could get bipartisan we think ad significant number of republicans in the and democrats would be for it. We would like to see a greater investment in infrastructure and job creation. The American Public that ought to be our number one priority. Those are just some of the issues that we would hope would be addressed and that we could accomplish in the second session of the congress. Thatu can see all of interview with maryland congressman steny hoyer tomorrow when newsmakers airs at its regular time 10 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. Eastern here on c span. I think that there is a way in which we have set up this impossible series of expectations, especially for our president s, but for elected officials as a whole, that they are going to come in, swooped in, save the day, and when it does not happen, we give
A maze on her menu without lifting the crayon off the paper. She accomplished this feat by beginning at the finish line of the maze and ending at the start. My child,s watching she was playing out the old management begin with the end in mind. Our reported order begins with the end in mind. The chairman and his hardcharging auction team have focused on the finish line. Freeing up more spectrum for mobile broadband, providing more opportunities for broadcasters, and raising funds to support our First Responders. I am also pleased that the report in order is largely faithful to the Central Building blocks to a successful incentive auction. Simplicity, fairness, balance, and Public Safety. Simplicity is key. Incentive auctions are an undeniably complex undertaking. At every structural juncture, i believe a bias towards simplicity is crucial. I am pleased that we choose simplicity with the dissenting clock auction rules we adopt today. Design provides a simple onramp to the auction and all
Assistance plan that helps low income working hoosiers access Employee Coverage coverage and second we have two Health Savings accounts like lance with varying degrees of coverage. Its essentially a threelegged stool. For health care in indiana. We call it hip link, hip plus and hip basic. Now each of these would allow people to utilize private Insurance Options in Consumer Behavior to increase access to Quality Health care and the managed cost and Health Outcomes in the long run. First off, in hip 2. 0 we would offer a hip link which is a Premium Assistance Program for people who have access to insurance through their employers today but simply may not be able to afford it. Now this is this is a defined contribution Premium Assistance Program and it is the first of its kind. Those who qualify for hip, hip link would receive the defined contribution to the state into what we call their power account. Thats their Health Savings account which they could use for payams copayments or deduc