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They have several prisons within our state that take it so that the cost for that does not come out of our per diem there. So, again, heres our creativity. As you heard, i have a long history with managed Care Organizations and whether you like them or dont or whatever, its the world we live in and they are successful. So some of the principles that those managed Care Organizations have used, we have applied in the department of corrections. The first one being and im very proud of this is called the summer of Health Care Benefits and it is the same document or a similar document that you receive when you sign up for your own insurance. It basically tells you what is or is not covered and is or is not eligible and basically, what the Insurance Company will and will not pay for, but for us, it listsous what services are eligible to the inmates and which arent and it puts everyone on the same Playing Field because the inmates understand which services will be covered and which ones are n
Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Today independent vermont senator Bernie Sanders Ranking Member of the budget committee, outlines his ideas on the economy and the middle class and his legislative priorities. Live coverage at 10 30 a. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Treasury secretary jack lew testified thursday before the Senate Finance committee on the president s 2016 budget request. He discusses many of the proposals in the 4 trillion plan along with other related topics. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order to. Todays hearing is on president obamas budget for fiscal year 2016. I i want to thank secretary lou for appearing before secretary lew for appearing before us today. And im not going to sugar coat anything. Instead,
The Export Import Bank is a critical component of our export strategy. In a world where nobody had export subsidies, one could have a conversation about whether or not we should have one. But in a world where our competitors have export programs, and we might not, thats putting a burden on our exporters thats just not fair. If youre selling, you know, from washington state, i know aircraft are a big issue, if youre selling aircraft against companies that have export financing, because of programs like the Export Import Bank, and we dont, thats something that you cant make up for just by running a tighter operation. Now, we have discussions going on on an international basis to see whether we can on a global basis lower the export subsidy programs. In that kind of an environment, it would be a different question. But we cant unilaterally put our companies in a position where exporters from other countries have export support, and they dont. So i think the reauthorization of the Export I
Thank you. Mr. Williams. Im going to take one of his second as he went on as you noted. I cut him off as well. I dont cut off director ellmendorf. I cut off members. [laughter] now you get the drill. Thank you mr. Chairman and doctor for your testimony. Im a smallbusiness owner 42 years, family man. Like a taxpayer and a smallbusiness owner rather than a politician. The economy and main street economy is not fixed. Its hurting. I can tell you that. And the 0 hasnt worked in the stimulus money has not worked. The effects are evident from the high unemployment. People are living from paycheck to paycheck. People on food stamps, and frankly larger deficit. We see that. I believe the last thing that we have to fix its economy and turn it around is through Small Business owners and lower taxes. I think that is what we have left and i am a big supporter of cutting the corporate and cutting the cap gains and dividends into the tax employer and employee, accelerated depreciation, and also inhe