My first stop in the series was at the Commonwealth Fund to learn more about health care and how it got so expensive. We solicited a lot of patient stories through social media and at the end of the series i had this bank of woe of patient stories, people who were smart for the most port New York Times readers who had not been able to make the system work. By there time you are finished, you realized you just scratched the service. I felt like i needed to know because it shows how prices had gotten as a physician to tried in the 80, i knew health care had not always been this way. I wanted to understand how did we get to this system which literally nobody seems to like right now. And by understanding that how can we get to a better place. We have seen so many efforts reform and everybody agrees to needs to be reformed but as see see on the hill today we are still arguing. As you mentioned, you are a physician i am a physician. We went to the same medical school. Harvard medical school.
Interviews on oral histories sundays at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Senators are announcing competing plans for the Nations Health care system with a group of republican senators proposing to undo Barack Obamas Affordable Care act. And independent senator Bernie Sanders proposing universal government run coverage also called single payor. Here is todays News Conference with senator sanders. Lets get strong. Lets get strong. Lieutenant me thank all of you for being here this afternoon. Let me thank our special guests. The media likes for talk about the politics of this event who is supporting it and why and its impact and blah, blah, blah. But that is not what the person people are at. The American People want to know what we are going to do to fix a dysfunctional Health Care System which costs us twice as much per person than any other country and yesterday leaves millions of people uninsured and more und underinsured. That is what we are talking about today.
Been there. And he is a legend in his own time. Bill murrays films have entertained us for decades, but now hes taking his talents to the world with his band in a tour. Right here in studio 57. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Its a fight against time, a fight against Mother Nature as they assault the fires from the ground and from the air. Firefighters are spanned out across the region, many of them charged with putting out hotspots to make sure the flames dont reegg night. Newly released footage captures the fran taj efforts to save homes. Importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal. President trump is threatening to quit the iran nuclear deal. If the United States were to pull out, no one knows exactly what iran would do. The president also added 7 billion in subsidies for the Affordable Care act. We just took care of a big chunk and knew well take care of the other chunk. House Speaker Paul Ryan led a group to puerto rico t
Silicon valley lab with someone whos been there and he is a legend in his own time. Bill murrays films has entertained us for decades and now hes taking his talent to the world of music with a band, an album and a tour right here at studio 57. We begin with todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Its a fight against time here and a fight against Mother Nature as firefighters assault this fire from the ground and in the air. The devastation continues in california. Firefighters are fanned out across the region. Many of them charged with putting out hot spots to make sure the flames dont reignite. Newly released footage captures the frantic effort to evacuate homes. Sir, youve got to go importantly, iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal. President trump is threatening to quit the Iran Nuclear Deal. If the United States were to pull out no one knows exactly what iran would do. The president also added 7 billion in subsidies for the Affordable Care act. We just took care of
Better secure our nations cyberspace and we cannot underestimate these challenges. During our district work period last week irk took the opportunity to go ton a cybersecurity tour to understand better what Rhode Islands issues are. I visited several companies. In speaking on a panel at the always on Technology Summit i learn about attempts to stem cybercrimes by Rhode Island State Police and i learned about an Election Security workshop. I encouraged accountants to advise their compliants about cybersecurity risks and promoted cyberhygiene practices. Most importantly, i spoke to students and participants at cyberpatriot about their importance as the next generation of cybersecurity leaders. Cybersecurity may be the national and Economic Security challenge of the 21st century but with the talent we have in rhode island im confident that we can take it on. Thank you and i yield back the alance of my time. The speaker pro tempore without objection. For what purpose does the gentleman fro