President obama not in washington dc this week. And australia. Ia his First Official stop is today for the economic conference. He will meet chinese president xi jinping. On friday at bilateral meeting with the burmese president and a separate meeting with the Opposition Leader there. He is expected to deliver a major policy address. On his keep you updated trip here on the cspan networks. Awaiting action in the house, federal spending for the 2014 fiscal spending. New members begin orientation on senatey and then in the votes are expected on judicial nominations and a childcare block program. You can watch the house live here on cspan and the senate on our companion network. The secretary Veterans Administration is set to announce a Major Overhaul to make it easier for millions of patients to seek care. The department is going to aim to simplify the process of getting into the system, streamlining any streamlining nine different structures. Thatecretary acknowledged employees must be
To competeis it like for these federal dollars for contract echo what is the process like as well . Guest these are not contracts per se. Host grants. Guest these are grants by research initiators. And as you know, after the funding wrapup in the 1990 through 2000 decade, funding has been decreasing. The competition for those dollars is very intense among investigators. Only the very best Research Projects are funded. And often, not at the level we would like to see. Im not so concerned about our investigators per se. Concerned with the Research Capacity of this nation. We have built a wonderful Research Engine since 1950, 1960 host of adjustment as a leader in the world in terms of research and development and our since 1950, 1960. It has made us a leader in the world in terms of research and development in our economy. And over the last 10 years we are slipping. We are slipping because we dont spend the percentage on research of our gross product that most of our competitors do. I th
President s term . Independents. All others. Send us a tweet. You can go to facebooked you can also email us. Start dialing in now. First the column for the Washington Post says the president should listen to the criticism. Writing in his piece this morning that, that anyone that knows leon panetta cannot be surprised if he has written a candid and insizive memoir. Goes on to say at the end of his column that panettas book is not the first time hes expressed frustration. A year ago, he lamented the changes in the culture of washington that he has seen. He says there was plenty of blame to go around. And today says there are many ways to convey a message to a pet he says. But sometimes a public bracing can be more effective. Main message is that obama will need to change. Restrictions sense to engage are no longer options. Frustration with Congressional Republicans or the political process or the culture isnt either. At this point, as panetta says, the jury is still out on obamas legacy
This has not be easy because all our programs all of us are used to problem solving within our program when a consumer is dissas dissatisfied or whatever. And frankly, sometimes we can have a better outcome for the family because its usually the family who were working with. I cant anybody whos worked with ria, could you stand up please . Okay so its really an you see that . Okay. Down. Down. I know ria has family here so if her family could stand. [applause] thank you for teaching us a lot, thank you for your quiet way of teaching us. She didnt pound your head on the desk around it she just quietly and quietly moves it forward and makes sure we are doing what we need to do. Ive always got questions so shes always willing to take my questions and we always get back to where she started, which is interesting for me. I just cant thank you enough. I think the departments pet better for the work and im very sure that the individual people you worked with are as well. Now, who brought the f
With him. They were the administrators and they wanted to see how it happens because there was a lot of resistance from the seniors who were very vocal. They didnt want to change the Food Voucher Program because they were used to that for over 20 years. Anyway, in may, 2014, they had a procurement meeting with all the different vendors. They look at different models how they can implement this because resources are pretty scarce and they didnt have the type of infrastructure that we have, but they have restaurants and they have schools, they looked at schools. But finely they nothing that i have went with was working with caterers and having the restaurants be able to provide the food for the different senters that they will offer the new program. There are 15 new sites where they started this program in different parts of the island. Interestingly they wanted to start out with a few pilot programs, but nobody wanted to start so they said oh the heck with it. This is a sample of the me