[ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ applause ] all right thank you. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] as speaker of the house delegates and president of the joint assembly, its my pleasure to present to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth, the honorable terrence r. Mcauliffe. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Speaker, leader norman, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia General Assembly, thank you for invoiting me to speak with you this evening. And to the people of virginia, who are with us tonight or who are watching from home, thank you for the honor of serving as this commonwealths 72nd governor. [ cheers and applause ] we are joined here this evening by our great lieutenant governor, ralph northam. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] and our great attorney general, mark herring. [ cheers and applause ] these two virginia leaders have been great partners as we work to build a stronger, more
But the congress and the government created a situation where the states are rewarded for cutting traditional medicare which deals mostly with children and people who are in greater need and that because of that disincentive or incentive to spend it on the new folks, the newly found undermedicaid, under the new categories, we create the situation where states have to make a decision as to whether they quicken the shortage on the waivers, get rid of the waivers as fast as they can or spend money somewhere else. Is my understanding correct . Yes, theres both direct and indirect outcomes as related to expansion and my point is that we are not fulfilling the promises to the most vulnerable in our society, wait list or not, but we are making new promises to an ablebodied population that does not qualify for longterm Welfare Benefits and states in a situation where they have to make very tough decisions and making cuts in reimbursement rates that directly impact those with development, disab
Muslims and arabs from muslim majority countries from entering the u. S. Betsy devos nomination to be education second advanced today. Very early this morning in the senate with a party line 5248 vote to move to a final confirmation vote set for early next week. Two republican senators, Susan Collins and lisa murkowski, have announced they will vote against confirmation, although both voted today to move ahead with the nomination. Live coverage on cspan2 of next weeks senate action. This weekend, on American History tv on cspan3, saturday evening at 6 00 eastern, on the civil war, author and historian Harold Holzer on abraham lincolns view on immigration and his efforts to court the german american vote early in his career. One in ten immigrants, one in ten, joined the Union Military as soon as they arrived. By lincolns optimistic calculation, the result with black enlistment factored in and even with the dead, wounded, captured and missing subtracted was a net gain for the military an
Colleagues in the office. I will have further such meetings later today. Peter jones. I associate myself with remarks made by the Prime Minister attribute paid to the families. Mister speaker, north devon is concerned the current review of services across the county may result in the loss of acute services at our hospital. The residents the nearest alternative could be three hours away. Will my right honorable friend assure me she will listen to those concerns . I want to be able to say that we are the party of the nhs. [shouting] i think my honorable friend for the question and reassure him this government is committed to ensuring the best possible health care across the country. I recognize there are concerns expressed locally about the district hospital. I understand there was no specific proposal at the moment but i know the impact to the community will remain crucial throughout the process and assure him, putting in extra funding. I joined the Prime Minister in offering condolence
Colleagues in the office. I will have further such meetings later today. Peter jones. I associate myself with remarks made by the Prime Minister attribute paid to the families. Mister speaker, north devon is concerned the current review of services across the county may result in the loss of acute services at our hospital. The residents the nearest alternative could be three hours away. Will my right honorable friend assure me she will listen to those concerns . I want to be able to say that we are the party of the nhs. [shouting] i think my honorable friend for the question and reassure him this government is committed to ensuring the best possible health care across the country. I recognize there are concerns expressed locally about the district hospital. I understand there was no specific proposal at the moment but i know the impact to the community will remain crucial throughout the process and assure him, putting in extra funding. I joined the Prime Minister in offering condolence