Of the team to make those decision, its very difficult as a thirdparty partner participant to make that kind of assessment without the actual knowledge and data. As a former businessman, i would say that a site that couldnt accommodate a few hundred people simultaneously signing on and people waiting for weeks or months, security wasnt the reason that that should not have launched, but i appreciate that youre here on security today. The gentlelady from new york, a place where i. T. Comes first for many of her constituents is recognized for five minutes. Thats true, true of the west coast, too. I just want to note that this is the committees 29th hearing on the Affordable Care act and the sixth on the website. Oh, come on, please. I want to focus on some very positive things. And thats the cost growth is slowing to historic lows and that was one of the huge challenges that we confronted k the whole time that ive been in congress, is the just the whopping cost in health care in our coun
She was questioned by the groups president , former congressman phil sharp. This is an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to resources for the future to hear epa administrator gina mccarthy. And since she has wonderfully attracted a much larger audience for rff, im going to indulge a couple of moments about who we are and what were up to, if you dont mind, or whether you mind or not. Let me just quickly say i think many people realize that we are an organization that strives to achieve highquality, objective research on major Public Policy questions related to energy, environment, and natural resources. Our organizations been at this for more than 60 years. We also try to promote serious public discourse, which is not always a simple thing to do in the washington, d. C. Area. Let me suggest to you that on the Climate Change issues in particular, and the various policy choices, rff scholars have been working on these for more than a decade so that we have done and are doing analysis on
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Tom friedman is here. He is a pulitzer prizewinning author and a foreignpolicy columnist for the New York Times. 2014 presented conflict for president obama at home and abroad. The crises have not deterred him from taking executive action to enact fundamental change in his second term. In beijing last month, he announced a historic climate agreement between the United States and china. This was followed by a decision to unilaterally grant protection to nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants. On wednesday, he made history again with his announcement to do away with the halfcentury long u. S. Estrangement from cuba. I am pleased to have tom friedman here to talk about these issues and more as we look back at 2014 and look forward to 2015. Welcome. Good to be here, charlie. First, it is very interesting. Here is barack obama who suffered a huge defeat in the midterm elections and is now almost liberated and doing things he probabl
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Tom friedman is here. He is a pulitzer prizewinning author and a foreignpolicy columnist for the New York Times. 2014 presented conflict for president obama at home and abroad. The crises have not deterred him from taking executive action to enact fundamental change in his second term. In beijing last month, he announced a historic climate agreement between the United States and china. This was followed by a decision to unilaterally grant protection to nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants. On wednesday, he made history again with his announcement to do away with the u. S. Estrangement from cuba. I am pleased to have tom friedman here to talk about these issues and more as we look back at 2014 and look forward to 2015. Welcome. Good to be here, charlie. First, it is very interesting. Here is barack obama who suffered a huge defeat in the midterm elections and is now almost liberated and doing things he probably wanted to do fr
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Tom friedman is here. He is a pulitzer prizewinning author and a foreignpolicy columnist for the New York Times. 2014 presented a convergence of conflict for president obama at home and abroad. The crises have not deterred him from taking executive action to enact fundamental change in his second term. In beijing last month, he announced a historic climate agreement between the United States and china. This was followed by a decision to unilaterally grant protection to nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants. On wednesday, he made history again with his announcement to do away with the u. S. Estrangement from cuba. I am pleased to have tom friedman here to talk about these issues and more as we look back at 2014 and look forward to 2015. Welcome. Good to be here, charlie. First, it is very interesting time. Here is barack obama who suffered a huge defeat in the midterm elections and is now almost liberated and doing things he pr