South of hartford. And i wish his story were exceptional, but you have all heard these stories, my republican and democratic friends. We will thank you for your continued support of the Affordable Care act. Our family has extensive medical needs, and we rely, we rely on the preexisting conditions and no lifetime cap coverage provisions that the a. C. A. Provides. Both of our sons have Serious Health issues. Harrisons developmentally impaired, has a rare genetic disorder, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, and a rare form of intractable epilepsy, characterized by multiple uncontrolled daily seizures. Imagine that. Imagine having a son like that. Jacob who just turned 15 has hemophilia a with an inhibitor. If you are unfamiliar with this disease, it means his body not only lacks the protein needed to clot his blood in the case of an injury but also rejects the typical medicine used to treat this disorder. This means that often the only way to treat his often spontaneous internal bleeds is a s
Were the two profit drivers in the Second Quarter for General Motors and more importantly for investors, margins were above 10 and for the remainder of this year General Motors expects business to be Even Stronger in part because of pickup trucks in north america. Our pickup share in the Second Quarter was up close to 3 Percentage Points on a year over year basis. So we continue to see a lot of Strong Demand for fullsize pickups, suvs and crossovers. To drive that point home think about this. Year to date General Motors pickup sales, both fullsize and midsize up 25 . Thats one reason why gm is doing so well in north america which we saw in the 2q numbers. Eli lilly beat the street. Meg tirrell, the Company Raised its forecast for the year. The beat on the adjusted earnings was 16 cents. Raise only by 10 cents though. Ceo on squawk box this morning address what went into that question. As we are launching products and bringing drugs through our late stage pipeline that drives certain am
Market. The governors of massachusetts, montana, tennessee, utah and colorado spoke with members of the Senate Health committee about issues including allowing states to innovate and create healthcare pools. The hearing is just over three hours. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] the Senate Committee on Health Education labor and pensions will come toward her. Were holding are second to four hearings on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to the individual Health Insurance market for the year 2018. That is our focus. We are delighted and honored to have the governors of five states here with us today. Thank you gentlemen. We know how busy you are. You have come long distances to be here. We appreciate it with the court learning from you. Senator murray and i will have an Opening Statement to introduce the five governors. Sounds like a singing group. Then senators will have an opportunity to ask witnesses five minutes of questions. We just left
[inaudible] Insurance Market for the year 2018. That is our focus. We are delighted and honored to have the governors of five states here with us today. Thank you gentlemen. We know how busy you are. You have come long distances to be here. We appreciate it with the court learning from you. Senator murray and i will have an Opening Statement to introduce the five governors. Sounds like a singing group. Then senators will have an opportunity to ask witnesses five minutes of questions. We just left a meeting where the governors met with senators [inaudible] our committee, we had 30 senators there similar to yesterday we had state Insurance Commissioners here. Thirtyone senators most [inaudible] the Committee Meet for an hour and then we had 22 of 23 members. For two consecutive days weve had half members of the United States status and focus on a single narrow objective. What can we do in the next couple of weeks . Thats a tall order. The next couple of weeks that the senate, the house c
The ongoing nafta negotiations. Meredith mcgee talks about ads oning Political Social Media platforms. Washington journal is live now. Good morning. It is the washington journal for october 24. President trump will meet with Senate Republicans over plans for tax reforms. They will also work on passing the Senate Resolution on thursday. After that, changing the tax code with a house form of legislation which is set to be unveiled next week. We invite you in this first half hour to participate in the open phone lines. 2027488001 four republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. Ndependents, 2027488002 you can reach us on twitter at http twitter. Com cspanwj, and you can find us on facebook as well. The Los Angeles Times talks about what President Trump is facing today as he meet with Senate Republicans. He will be confronted with a growing flank of senators who have distanced themselves from the president. That includes bob corker and others who are among the president s top critics. Another c