Get under way very promptly here. Its about repeal and replace with what . Weve got a little bit larger panel. Moderated by erin mershon who is one of our Staff Writers that specialize in health care. Bill cassidy is a republican senator from louisiana. Joe barton is a republican congressman from texas. Hes the former chairman of the energy and congress committee. David merritt is the executive Vice President at Americas Health insurance plans and clay alspach. Thank you very much. Thank you for being here today. Im erin mershon. I think we have a fantastic panel here set up to talk about the policy and the politics of repeal and replace. Obviously been a busy time. I think we are waiting for just a moment for congressman barton. Unfortunately, dr. Mark mcclenon couldnt make it. Its been a busy time in washington. It was only a week ago that House Republican leadership put out the legislative text of the replacement man. On monday we got a cbo score that showed as many as 24 Million Pe
Get under way very promptly here. Its about repeal and replace with what . Weve got a little bit larger panel. Moderated by erin mershon who is one of our Staff Writers that specialize in health care. Bill cassidy is a republican senator from louisiana. Joe barton is a republican congressman from texas. Hes the former chairman of the energy and congress committee. David merritt is the executive Vice President at Americas Health insurance plans and clay alspach. Thank you very much. Thank you for being here today. Im erin mershon. I think we have a fantastic panel here set up to talk about the policy and the politics of repeal and replace. Obviously been a busy time. I think we are waiting for just a moment for congressman barton. Unfortunately, dr. Mark mcclenon couldnt make it. Its been a busy time in washington. It was only a week ago that House Republican leadership put out the legislative text of the replacement man. On monday we got a cbo score that showed as many as 24 Million Pe
It is not an audience i know a lot about. I will not kid you. Im still a little stunned because that ad was obviously very contrasted. He it literally called out, by name, some of the other republicans in the race. It referred to senator ted cruz as a canadian, which is true but kind of funny. I do not know if rand paul you and he did not do this ad, i want to make that clear, but i do not know if senator paul would have agreed to do this if he had anything to say about it. Will distinguish him . Maybe. I think it will do more harm than good, which is part of the problem. With so much independent money so much of this will be done at the candidates have no control over. If it were me and i were senator paul, i would see the ad, call american liberty and take it down. He is not allowed to talk to them, so he is stuck. He gets to live with that. Is that the right thing to do . I do not think so. Guest i think the job the ad is trying to copy just something he would agree with, but i agre
Fellow americans in their privacy being protected while providing our intelligence agencies with the authorities they need to acquire foreign intelligence that is so important to our National Security. The bill passed by the house last month would make some significant changes to the provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that we believe will help us meet these two objectives. Among other provisions, the bill would prohibit bulk collection of information under section 215, the National Security letter statutes, and the pen register trap and trace provisions of fisa. It replaces the bulk telephony Metadata Collection Program with a new framework that preserves the capabilities we need without the Government Holding the bulk metadata. To be clear, the president called for this transition not because the program was illegal or was being abused but rather to give the public greater confidence that their privacy is being appropriately protected while maintaining the tools t
Further ensuring that individuals privacy isnt properly protected without sacrificing operational effectiveness. To that end, we support the usa freedom act as an effective means of addressing the concerns that have been raised about the impact of our activities while preserving the authorities we need for National Security. We are urge this committee to give the house bill serious consideration as expeditiously as possible, consistent with this committees elaborations. We are ready to work with the senate to clarify language in the bill as necessary. In closing, we appreciate the committees leadership, in particular your support over the past year in considering issues related to our intelligence collection activities and privacy and Civil Liberties issues. We also appreciate your support for the men and women working throughout the Intelligence Community that includes the nsa, that remained dedicated to keeping our nation safe and protecting our privacy, and to have upheld the oath b