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A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator fromally. Mr. Reed mr. President , i first ask unanimous consent that time until 2 00 p. M. Be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders and their designees and all quorum calls during that time also be equally divided. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reed thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , in a few hours, this chamber will have the opportunity to restore benefits for 1. 7 million american job seekers an...

Thats what republicans are doing tonight. The chaos in the gop is spilling over. And threatening to blow up our economy. Right now House Republicans are ignoring the potential deal over in the senate. And instead trying to charge ahead with their own plan designed to appease the tea party. But just moments ago, they called off that vote. Its been postponed indefinitely. Apparently because they didnt think they had the votes to pass their own plan. Republicans have been playing games all day, and...

Supporting my grandchildren and encouraging them in their education and building their independent lives and there is uncertainty all the way around. When people talk about relying on your assets in order to take care of those needs, what youre saying, that is one lump. When you use them, theyre gone. So you have so many risks, including i didnt even Mention Health care risks and uncovered Health Care Cost that is seniors face. So youre using your assets, that is what youve got to protect you ag...

Delivered hot meals to the little park outside of the Gates Foundation and the dc offices and i would see that then. Every night. And i would see the lines of people there every night. And i knew that it was 10,000 volunteers, 80 hardworking staff. And that they had enormous influence in the community that they were serving that was a great brand, and i thought, why would i not join that organization and see if i can put my skills to work and also see if i can understand better. And why do we ha...

If its not okay. The consumers say no it doesnt happen. Icons, pictures, you know, its a very important issue. Transparency is a third issue. I futured on that. I think theres more we can do to inform consumers about what is happening with the data and what control they might have over it. The foirt is an important one. Its the issue of identification. And as much as possible question really focus on using information in a form that is identified as robustly as possible. First of all, identify t...

Americans 85 and older, our oldest old, are the Fastest Growing segment of our population. And this is the very population that is most at risk of the multiple and interacting Health Problems that can lead to disability and a need for longterm care. At the same time, declining birthrates mean that there will be fewer Family Members and paid caregivers to care for our nations growing aging population. Today, there are approximately seven potential caregivers for each person over 80, as this chart...

If thats enough. Yes but go ahead. Its a good point. I think its critical to understand. People think we have medicaid. Ill be okay. If theres a problem throughout. And maybe another way to say it is to ask is this a sustainable path that is counting on medicaid to be the safety net whey see people doing in the marketplace right now which is essentially using their savings to purchase something that will keep them from being on the Medicaid Program eventually. In other words its not in theory yo...

Help me understand, because my perspective on our entitlement today is we cant afford the ones we have. The construct we work with is forget the multiple debt. The real challenge we have with our Pension Plans are underfunded, our health care weve are already exposed to come so were talking about a couple hundred trillion dollars of unfunded liability. I just dont know how thats a great question and im glad you asked because i will tell you, again because my professional background, the last thi...

Job and arguably they have been able to outmaneuver the dni in a number of cases. Was the National Counterterrorism center of part of this, or was a sort of evolving separately . It evolve separately but the yen with president bushs idea of a terrorist run integration center. The story of 9 11 of how do we fuse information collected abroad collected domestically . How do we make sure we reach this domestic divide. President bush created an entity and the 9 11 commission did him one better and su...

Overwhelmingly, and it made it with Social Security actuarially sound for the next half century. That was 1983. So, those folks knew how to get along. Chairman nelson, Ranking Member collins and members of the committee, thank you for holding this hearing. And especially for the opportunity to testify about the future of the longterm policy. The perspective that im about to share comes from my work over the past 20 years of the office of management and budget as a person responsible for the Medi...