He presented his views on that issue. . When we were asking about the chicago teachers strike before the election, you said it was a local issue and the president has, quote, not expressed any opinion or made any assessment about this particular incidence incident going on in his hometown. Why is this different . Its playing out in michigan, we saw in it wisconsin several months ago. I understand he was in the state of michigan but hes from chicago. Why the president s position on righttowork laws is well known he stated it before, he stated it again yesterday. The specific teachers strike was one where he called on all sides to Work Together to reach a compromise in the interest of the children who had the most to lose from a prolonged strike and he welcomed the resolution of that strike. Yesterday, we saw a memo from a Campaign Official urging the president s supporters to contact members of congress and express support for the president s view of proposal for resolving the fiscal cl
Faith. If youre going to make big money in the stock market, something i believe is possible, or else you wouldnt be watching, you need to have some faith in the ability of companies and the people running them to deliver. Today, the dow climbed 116 points and the nasdaq rocketed 1. 69 . [ applause ] more than any moment in a long time i have seen a need to invoke George Michaels terrific investing advice. Thats because there were some winners at work that you would have missed out on if you didnt have faith. Lets start with Len Schleifer. We all know that big biotech is swooning of late. A lot said they were tapped out, but theres much more to regeneron than a eylea. And that eylea is doing far better than the analysts expected. Now, as i peruse the analyst reports, i was struck by variations of the same phrase over and over and over again. Little upside, not enough upside. However after regenerons magnificent move up today, stock at one point up 34 all i can say is if thats what bake
East vienna austria, the hotbed of spying . And had sales we were going along is probably like a Police Investigation if youre looking for a murder suspect. You are trying to eliminate rick as your suspect. Every piece of information. You dont want to get the wrong guy. What did you determine what his motivations for spying . Simple greed. It was money. Now, money the web, again, a little bit of a twist. Jeanne and i are absolutely convinced that it had not been for rosario, rick never wouldve committed treason. The material things were not important to him. But in early 1985, he was facing a divorce, although he hadnt told his current wife that he needed a divorce, because he had promised rosario, who was now in the states that they were getting married in august. And rick community had to divide up his and countries assets. There were a lot. Basically it was 20,000. Thats really all he needed. And he certainly could have common to the agency. We help our employees. And he chose not t
Department of Veterans Affairs. Robert Alan Mcdonald of ohio to be secretary. The presiding officer under the previous order, the time until 12 30 will be equally divided in the usual form. Mr. Sanders madam president . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Sanders as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, i rise today in strong support of the nomination of Robert Mcdonald to serve as secretary of the Veterans Affairs administration. Madam president , i also want to thank majority leader reid for moving this important nomination forward as quickly as it has, and i hope very much that later this afternoon, with a very strong vote, the u. S. Senate will vote to confirm Robert Mcdonald as secretary of the v. A. Madam president , before i talk about mr. Mcmcdonalds qualifications, i did want to take a moment to express my sincere thanks to generic shinseki for his dedicated service to our nation, first as a soldier and then as head of the v. A. , working ti
Has a deep passion to do everything that he can to protect our veterans. Madam president , the other quality that mr. Mcdonald brings to this job is that he has been the c. E. O. Of one of americas leading corporations which a company which has tens and tens of thousands of employees. His more than 33 years with Procter Gamble gives him the tools to create a wellrun and accountable v. A. In other words, he will bring the tools of a c. E. O. In a private corporation to the v. A. , a huge bureaucracy which needs a significant improvement in accountability and in management. As we begin debate on mr. Mcdonalds nomination, i believe it is important that my colleagues understand the realities that he will face in leading the v. A. Madam president , the v. A. Operates the largest integrated Health Care System in the United States, with over 1,700 points of care which include 150 hospitals, 820 communitybased outreach clinics, and 300 vet centers. In fiscal year 2013, the v. A. Provided 89. 7