What we are talking about is an emergency. Thats what the house said overwhelmingly yesterday. On june 11, six or so weeks ago, by a vote of 933, the senate supported the sandersmccain bill, and it was funded through emergency funded as a cost of war. This bill as senator coburn indicated, is about onethird of the cost of what we voted on in the original sandersmccain bill. Mr. President , let us defeat this point of order, let us stand with the veterans of this country. Let us reform the v. A. And let us go forward. Thank you. The presiding officer the senator from oklahoma. Mr. Coburn ill be very quick. What our colleagues should know is over the since 2009, the v. A. Budget has increased 57. 58. 7 , a 7 increase in the number of providers and 17 in the number of veterans using those providers. The problem is not money at the v. A. The problem is management, accountability, and culture. So were going to borrow 12 billion from our children and reward the poor behavior and charge it to
Our feet provide the ideal habitat for billions of microbes, theyre invisible to the naked eye. But when we look at them through a microscope, we can identify 3 main groups. Bacteria, viruses, and funky. Many hundreds of different kinds of bacteria live in our feet. Thats normal, but when there are too many of certain kinds, it becomes a problem. Thats when our feet start to smell. One of the guilty culprits is the bacterium stuff in the caucus epidermis. It actually feeds on sweat as it breaks down the sweat. You trick acid is formed, and that smells, these bacteria also live in other parts of the body, like the armpits. But feet are especially prone to them, because they are often trapped in socks and shoes where its warm and damp. The best conditions for them to multiply the result, stinky, feed. Its unpleasant, especially for others but not itself harmful. Now to the 2nd group, countless viruses live on our feet, but the human papilloma virus, or h p. V, especially liked the hard s
The second performance of the ‘Portraits of Women in Music’ concert series, presented by the Venezuelan Dúo Ávila, made up by violinist Sofia Schutte and pianist Inés Guanchez, was held in the UBS Forum at the Minnesota Public Radio headquarters and hosted by Julie Amacher. Find out more about the project and listen now to videos from the performance!
Claire Pierangelo will soon serve as the United States’ Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros. Her nomination was confirmed by the Senate on March 2 and she will take over shortly for Chargé d’Affaires Amy Hyatt at the U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo.