that there was only one way on which we could agree, and that is the protocol. but it isn t working, so it isn t the one way because it s failing. the uk government says it s quite clearly failing because it is jeopardising peace and security in northern ireland. we respect the government s opinion, we respect the opinion of people who have different views from us, but let me recall some facts. first, the recently elected northern ireland assembly confirmed a majority of members in favour of the protocol. secondly, the protocol is, in fact, working in economic terms. is, in fact, working if i look at the different, most recent statistics, with the exception of london, northern ireland is the fastest growing part of the united kingdom. if you ask the citizens, and there were a number of opinion polls that revealed that, and you ask them to list their main concerns, the protocol comes roughly between fourth and sixth place. so, if you take this reality.
facebook for $100 billion. ceo and founder mark zuckerberg expected to make something like $20.3 billion, co-founder eduardo saverin $$2.6 billion. here is a clip from the social network. you signed the papers. you set me up? you re going to blame me because you were the business head of the company and you made a bad business deal with your own party? this will be like i m not a part of facebook. it won t be like. you re not part of facebook. a lot of controversy surrounding eduardo saverin, renounced his u.s. citizenship, moved to singapore, a country with no taxes on capital gains. this move estimated to reduce his tax bill by a cool $67 million and that has two senators so, so peeved, so upset they want legislation to make people like severin pay. sarerin turned his back on the country that welcomed him and kept him safe, educated and helped him become a billionaire. this is a great american success story gone horribly wrong. eduardo saverin wants to defri
an event that enraged the catholic church was interrupted by an abortion protester. it was a speech by health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius at georgetown university. let s listen. having spent my entire life in public service i spent my entire life in public service [ cheers and applause ] cheers of support there from the graduates. the church had blasted georgetown for inviting sebelius not because of the obama administration s position on abortion, but church leaders instead were angry over sebelius support of a law requiring employers, even religious institutions, to provide birth control coverage. the most hyped stock offering of the year got off kind of to a bumpy start. shares of facebook jumped more than 10% in the first minutes of trading, but then they started to go the other way. at one point the stock was hovering around an initial point of $38 before rising again. alison kosik has been watching all this at the nasdaq market site. alison
cutting women s funding. republicans voted to extend the low rates and only by paying for it by eliminating money to fund preventive health care. that s true. but they are cutting prevention funding for everyone. those are facts. we have reported on this before. but it didn t stop moveon.org from taking out this ad. it goes on to say they, meaning republicans, will only keep rates low if they cut funding for women s health. keep stafford loan rates low, and do it in a way that doesn t try to pit students against women. keeping them honest, it doesn t. it zeros out a portion devoted to preventive medicine progal control, immunizati immunization, fighting obesity. but nothing for mammograms, pap smear s, prenatal care. now the obama administration wants to include breast and cervical cancer programs in next year s funding. $260 million, but so far it s only a proposal. and make no mistake. though eliminating all funding for preventive care would have a big impact, but it s an
offset the cost by cutting the health care prevention funding. the republicans only grudgingly voted to extend the low rates and funding the preventative health care that s true. you can agree with them or not. but they re cutting prevention funding for everyone no just women. those are facts. we have reported on this before. but it didn t stop the group moveon.org from taking out this full page ad in politico. republicans must think we re student. the republicans will only keep rates low if they cut funding for women s health. i closes with a call to keep stafford loan rates low. keeping them honest though, it doesn t. what the house bill does do is zero out a billion dollar portion of new health care law devoted to preventative medicine. money for smoking prevention, nutrition programs, hospital infection control, immunization, money to hire new doctors. but nothing in the fund for mammograms or pap smears or specific women s health issues with the exception of $7 million f