Some of our very important Homeland Security initiatives until we have an appropriations bill. Its key that we get one. On the good news front the year ago there were a number of vacancies in the seniorlevel positions and we now have including myself over the last 12 months is to the hard work because 13 confirmed president ial appointments. We also have confirmed president president ial points and is the assistant secretary for legislative affairs in the new assistant secretary for public affairs. We have one nomination think an undersecretary for management to actually happens to be a former client of mine. The retired Vice President bird of Johnson Johnson russ dio who has impressed virtually every senator he has met. He will be a great addition to our team but im hoping he will be confirmed early in the new year. Its no accident that i selected somebody who was the Vice President for administration of Johnson Johnson which is a large decentralized Health Care Company with operating
2. 6 million federal grant to pursue Health Care Delivery innovations that would result in better care at lower costs for virginians. Just this past week the governors access plan begin processing applications ensuring that up to 20,000 virginians with serious Mental Illness could get medical and behavioral care that they need to lead healthy and Productive Lives that they deserve. Mr. Speaker the men and women of this General Assembly a healthy virginia is no substitute for Medicaid Expansion but it is creating real opportunities for thousands of virginians who desperately need it. I will be honest i cannot think of a better investment than that. [applause] as we strengthen our Human Capital by improving workforce training and access to health care we must also enhance the infrastructure upon which our economy is built. Transportation Energy Generation and transmission, ports, airports. These are the Building Blocks of our system and a new virginia economy they would be the envy of th
Association of the association of american medical colleges issued a report calling for much stronger conflict of interest standards, leaders standards, leaders with individual schools saying we just cannot keep going. All of all of those things came together, and the law passed in 2010. But the other piece of context that i think is not proximal to the laws passage but is important to understanding how it fits is this sort of much wider recognition that we really need to understand in this country that drivers of Health Care Costs and where the dollars go, and if you go back to 2,007 it would be close to unimaginable that cms would be publishing individual physician payment records. And so we now have the 1st report from the sunshine act 3. 7 Million Dollars in payments. Thats around nine billion a year, funds that that are either going to research and Product Development which is important and important for the public to understand are going to drive uptake of particular products whi
Solid waste seasoned transport system, 21. 2 million for passinging lanes on highway 59 between douglas and gillett and casper and shoshone. Funding for the High Altitude Sports Performance training center, Unconventional Oil and gas reservoirs research, entrepreneurship initiative, Science Initiative, Literacy Program and athletic competitiveness. All at u. W. And subject to private matching funds. Heres the deal. We have one fouryear land grant university. In those areas that are important to wyoming, such as ag, science, engineering, we do not need to accept playing second fiddle to anyone. Private citizens are recognizing this. Private citizens have ever of wyoming of wyoming have been giving many millions of dollars out of their own pockets to u. W. And as with engineering, the Science Initiative has the ability to be transformational. Making u. W. A leader, making wyoming a leader. We want important academic programs at u. W. To be top tier. And the same is true with athletics. I
First because it was a highly volatile day. We had swing of 346 points from high to low, big moves. Why is the market so volatile right now . I think fear. Fear drives markets. When you see russia raise that rate up six 1 2 basis that is pretty impressive. Theyre in a little bit of trouble. Gerri what youre talking about russias National Bank essentially took Interest Rates to 17 overnight. That was unstabling. But we had oil prices actually come down a couple of cents here. I think that that the next quarter will show up with the consumer. The middle class will benefit big time and Small Business own years john, lets get to that. I thought Falling Oil Prices, we had them go up only a couple of cents today. I thought Falling Oil Prices was good news for all of us, for consumers, country and economist. Yet the market seems to think it is bad news. I dont understand. Why . I dont either. I think the market is very fearful that price deflation might spread from oil to other industrial com