Families. And we also know that as demand grows for each sale whether fire trucks or ice cream, the jobs either come to america or they go some place else. It is a zero sum gain. Thats the choice being made. And it is a fact some politicians seem to ignore. And who feels the impact most of all . Small businesses and they make up about 90 of the exim customer base. More and more Small Businesses are making exporting a part of their dna. They know the opportunity is out there. But many of them dont have access to the financing they need to compete globally. Exim provides that access when there is a gap in the private sector. People like the darlings they are not well connected. Theyre not crony capitalists. Theyre not interested in handouts. They pay for their financing. And like all of our customers, theyre entrepreneurs, theyre innovators who want to make more American Made goods and export them to the world. Gabriela jeda is one of those entrepreneurs, born in mexico city. We met last
Pearson it was about the topic what we did for the final version instead of separate attendance stakeholders from the private and business communities given that mandate it would be better if this was clearly about their privacy considerations. Washington journal continues. Host joining us from austin, texas is dr. Deborah peel, founder and chairman of the board of a group called patient privacy. What is that group . Guest we are fighting to put americans back in control of their Health Information. We cannot control it anymore. Callerhost what does that mean . Guest i have been a physician for a long time. Thats why i found it patient privacy rights. Vacuum the agent age of paper, before any information about you was moved from one doctor to another, you had to be asked your permission to send the information. Today, with the new Technology System, Electronic Health records, Health Information exchanges, everyone else, everyone that holds their data controls it and moves it. We dont k
Declined because there is no clarity in that and that this cause problems at this particular juncture so these are two areas that the government is going to have to play a role. Chris what is your take on it and i guess particularly for the companies and the Smaller Companies in Midsize Companies the one that everyone agrees needs to kick up their game a notch and do they need some kind of incentive on the financial side or the really tangible site to make the improvements that we would like to see for overall cybersecurity . First i will speak from an at t perspective and then address the Smaller Companies but from my standpoint and you heard the chairman wednesday, its core to our business. The last thing an organization like ours wants to be is a victim of cyberattack so we are investing significantly in our cybersecurity capabilities and we believe we have a Robust Program in place today and we will be looking at the framework and evaluating how it can complement what we are doing.
The congress and the American People are making sure that we maintain our lead role in innovation. Todays budget, and this isnt a constrained environment, but we also have to continue to think of new ways to provide health care and research. Captain james lovell and chicago is the first of its kind for the partnership between the active military this was a rough marriage to bring together a manner of just blocks the great lakes hospital and the va hospital are destined to be closed. Its open and they merge together. The battles that we have fought between different cultures and active military versus the different unions, the different Computer Systems, i want to know if we have learned anything from that. During the course of this hearing. The Integrative Health record is long overdue and long overbudget. It is time for some questions to be asked about whether progress is being made. Finally the Budget Proposal is consolidating tricare as well as additional fees and copays especially
Washington journal. You will have a chance to voice your thoughts on what you want from washington. The president will be speaking at the House Democrats retreat in cambridge, maryland live on cspan at 10 30 a. M. Eastern time this morning. In ohio, republican line, good morning. Caller first of all, i would lead to see them i would like to see them fix the tax code. Flat tax or ato a sales tax, either one. See them would like to redo their pay structure in congress. A freshman congressman should get paid the equivalent to what a private gets paid in the military. It should go up from there. Third, i would like to see them impeach this president. He lied to you about your health care, he lied about benghazi, he lied about the irs, he lied heut the nsa and then continuously changes the health care law, a bill that was passed by congress. Whether i agree with it or not, he does not have the right under our constitution to just change the law 28 different times. Thats unconstitutional. I