The ebola and zyka virus. Stressing the need to prevent the viruses from becoming a problem. Secretary burwell also presented the president s hhs 2017 budget request, calling for 82. 8 billion in discretionary spending. This is just over 2 hours. It is my distinct privilege to introduce secretary burwell. It would appear that senator widen, grassley, grapo, the indomitable senator schumer are not here, they have conflicts. None intended, and im going to ask unanimous consent that the statements by the distinguished senator from oregon, Ranking Member mr. Wyden and our distinguished chairman mr. Hatch be inserted into the record at this point, without objection. Our witness today isle th and huchlage Services Second burwell. Shes been leading the department of health and Human Services since june of 2014. She has a long history of Public Sector service including her previous position under president obama. In the clinton administration, she served as the Deputy Director of omb, the chie
[ applause ] it is now my honor to it is now my zing honor to present to you the governor of the state of vermont, the honorable peter e. Shumlin. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Mr. President , mr. President protem, mr. Speaker, mr. Chief justice, senator leahy, general heston, members of the general assembly, distinguished guests, and fellow vermont ans. Thank you all so much. Im also really excited to welcome today the person who has stood by me every single day of my governorship, been extraordinarily patient, loving supportive, my love, your first lady, katie. [ applause ] i am as honored and humbled to stand before you today as i was giving my first inaugural address in 2011. That day i spoke with affection about our last governor from putney, george akin. Three quarters of a century ago he stood before this body, and he reflected on the challenges and progress of his day. He said during these four years, vermont in com
At the metropolitan museum journal. She has her phd in art history at theu and volunteers mansion in new york and we will find out about that connection and the book the remarkable rise of eliza jumel a story of marriage and money in the early republic. Will be on sale afterwards. It is my pleasure to introduce margaret oppenheimer. Margaret thank you very much. On wednesday, july third, 1833, a distinguished new yorker and a former mayor of new yorker wrote a note in his diary. The celebrated colonel byrd was married on monday evening. The choice of at because was interesting. Not distinguish but celebrated. Celebrity have the same connotation it has today. Someone who was known to the public but not always with a mixed approval. Today, on going to talk about how alive the and aaron became public figures, why they married, and what happened after these celebrities joined hands. Ladies first. Here, we see allies are eliza on your right. She is painted here about a year before her marri
Triumph of ego over common sense. Talks about his role as a rockefeller republican and how the Republican Party moved from moderate to conservative. St. John fisher in rochester, nw york hosted this event in 2008. Richard i want to tell you about my book. I would explain the title, no room for democracy the triumph of ego over common sense. I would tell you about the style of the book. There is no room for democracy in a political party, political leadership. If cant get anything done you dont have a dictator running the political party. Its all right to listen to what other people have to say, but there are a lot of things decisions a leader has to make if you going to get anything done. I saw an article the other day in the New York Times in which democratic congressman said we need discipline in the party. I got a kick out of that because thats what i have been saying for a long time. There are examples in the book about decisions that had to be no roomt come down to for democracy.
Its really going to depend on the local environment. So, how how about southwest florida . Well, this is one of the reasons we need a supplemental to give resources so we can look at mosquito populations, trap them, analyze them and then sometimes larva siting can have an impact on mosquito populations. Your point is quite correct that the outdoor spraying may have limited impact, if any, on the mosquito population, but were looking at different ways of doing mosquito control. And in some circumstances what theyve done in australia, for example, is use targeted indoor residual spraying for this particular mosquito with as far as weve seen some pretty effective results. But all of that is quite complex to do. And let me see if just taking off on that point so that i understand it correctly. Because, again, we want to get in the game here legislatively so im not just asking to take your time here. Like a lot of things it always impacts the poor. And people that, you know, lifes never fai