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Senator franken and senator begich. Senator franken came to the floor yesterday and gave another passionate, important floor speech in support of these ideas. It is something that as i have presided and as i have been with him in caucus i have heard senator franken speak to many times. It is about equipping workers with the skills they need by investing in partnerships between our Community Colleges and our employers. Senator franken, senator begich, myself and others have seen this work in our ...

Multijurisdictional in terms of peoples roles and obligations but at its center is making sure that victim gets as much information as possible as quickly as possible and fully understands that waiting to think about whether or not her brutal rapist will ever have a difficult interview with someone in uniform or whether her brutal rapists will ever have a fear of actually going to prison has everything to do with her willingness to not only come forward but come forward quick quickly. I dont thi...

An audit revealed more than 57,000 veterans on too long waiting lists to be scheduled for medical appointments and in addition to that there are other veterans seeking care at va who were never even added to these wait lists. This is clearly unacceptable and must be dealt with immediately. I couldnt agree mor with senator mccain when he said on the senate floor in the debate, and i quote, if theres a definition of emergency, i would say that this legislation fits that. It is an emergency. It is ...

Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for being here. Before we begin, i would ask unanimous consent all the statements would be added into the records, all would have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. Without objection, so ordered. Today we meet to begin debate and negotiations regarding the house an employment to the Senate Amendment to hr 3230, the veterans access to care act of 2014. Im going to recognize myself first and then recognize our cochair senator sanders. Fol...

19, 2014. So commissioners were prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 3...

Coming weeks. Center Chuck Schumer is a democratic senator from new york. And on the finance committee. He said recently that it is iffy that there will be a deal done to divert the Highway Trust Fund to find the revenue to patch that hole. What is your view on the prospect that there will be an agreement before the middle of july when this really get to a head . I think they are better than but it is tough. There are not a lot of ways to find offsets for Highway Trust Fund spending. Indeal with...

Okay. [gavel] the commission will now come to order and the secretary will call the roll. Commissioner singer. Present. Comissioner taylormcghee. Present. Commissioner chow. Present. Commissioner chung. Present. Commissioner sanchez. Present. Commissioner karshmer. Present. The second item is approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of august 19, 2014. So commissioners were prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discuss...

Present. Commissioner chow. Present. Commissioner chung. Present. Commissioner sanchez. Present. Commissioner karshmer. Present. The second item is approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of august 19, 2014. So commissioners were prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is th...

There further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the federal government in samhsa he was a well known expert in that field and sought after ...

Prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the f...