Daily many 1979 cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. And is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. At a Senate Hearing on government waste federal officials testified about ways to save money by preventing fraud and removing a necessary regulation. Senator john johnson shares Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee. This is an hour and 0 minutes. 40 minutes. All right. [silence] morning this hearing will come to order. I want to welcome my witnesses, appreciate your time, your testimony, and look forward to your oral testimony and answering pretty interesting questions. I frequently say from this podium that general and Inspector Generals are, you know, our goal two agencies in government. Doing so much to route out and identify and eliminate ways fraud abuse and prals which this hearing is about is reports by gao that started with a simple amendment offering and by senator colburn in increase in debt ceiling someth
To make of the calm before the possible storm, let me ask you if wilson is not indicted what do you could fallout will be. We dont know, all we know is ha happened on august 10. The day after the shooting. There was a great deal of unrest, but i think attitude is preparing for worst, and hoping for the best. But only time and god knows what will happen tonight. Do you think that Governor Nixon has taken all precautions he has, and heavy police present, all of that is in anticipation of crowd reaction to no indictment . I do believe that is the case. I wish governor would have come out earlier, there was a lot of nervous residents in ferguson wondering when we would hear something, i am glad he came out, indicating he is expecting peace, and they will not allow any of the things that happened on august 10 to reoccur. But, you have a right to free speech, we all want that. And as long as they are peaceful, they are welcome to be in the city. As you indicateed in past, did you not take mu
Enrollment. There are some lessons we learned. There is some really important steps forward we need to take. There are going to be Lessons Learned at the federal level and state level. And there should be. Number one is this kind of massive i. T. Build and the implications of that. I think the difference in how we approach it has to be reflected on. We have to rethink at the government side how we do these things. For us in rhode island, weve been very fortunate. Our systems working really well. Were moving to system stabilization as opposed to as opposed to fixing were fixing, but as opposed to having to redo. That issue is the core of all of our businesses. Its essential lesson learned. Its essential cooperation between state departments and state agencies and quasipublics and the state leadership. If you tonigdont have it, its difficult to make sure you accomplish your goals. Third, there are really fundamental problems in the basic law of the aca that need to be cleaned up. If we d
Cspan. Live monday night, our series continues. Rack cara car wreck. Behold him i was in the hospital person praying the other would be ok. The other person was one of my best friends. Didnt know i didnt recognize that at the site of the crash. Because i prayed over and over for him to be ok, then he wasnt, i thought nobody listens. God wasnt answering my prayers. I went through a long time of not believing, not believing the prayers could be answered. It took me a long time and a lot of growing up to come back to faith. Laura bush, monday night. Next, the challenges of implement a state Health Insurance exchanges. Speakers include the secretary for the kentucky cabinet for health and family services, a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama during the state of the union. And experts representing a la for you, maine, new jersey, and rhode island. This was hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation. It is an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning and welcome to our Robert Wood Johnson foundati
Was the hardest decision i had ever had to make in my air force career. I did not shy away from it out because it was another commandery and i knew the individual. Potentially longterm promising career. Of my legal advice advisor. I sought the advice of my vice and a few other trusted commanders. Process, i did not rush through it. I tossed and turned with it. In the end, i made the decision were i lost faith, trust, and confidence in his ability to command. It did not matter that i knew and seemed to be very new but when the allegations substantiated on some of the things that he had , there was no question that it was the right thing to do. The command climate that it set when the commander was removed. I did not know the full context of what occurred in that. Ituation it probably should have been brought to attention sooner. Objective. Can be they can take all of those things into account. They wrestle with it day in and day out. What do we need for good order and discipline in the