So isnt obamacare great . Its not just obamacare that controls us but control freaks all over government. It takes a long time to put the legislation together to control the people. Its not due process. The nanny state is alive and well. John that is going to be our show tonight. Sonoma company. John the control freaks in washington really want to run your life very and we start with obamacare, the administration and the eagerness to pass a law that would let government rule over Health Insurance wanted to make sure that Insurance Companies arent upset. How could they do that . Because obamacare insurance forces them to cover more stuff. So obamacare says dont worry, we will bail you out. But bailouts to big companies, especially Insurance Companies, are unpopular. Instead, the administration used an obscure Insurance Company term, risk court orders. That is why i embarrassed myself by doing silly stunts and dressing as uncle. And is it really this bad . Am i exaggerating . Let ask the
Great . Its not just obamacare that controls us. Control freaks are all over government and proud of their work. It takes a long time to put the legislation together to control the people. Has there been due process . No. The nanny state is alive and well. Theyre such control freaks, and thats stossels show tonight. Announcer and now john stossel. Stossel the control freaks in washington really want to run your life. We start tonight with obamacare. The administration and its eagerness to pass a law that would let government rule over Health Insurance wanted to make sure Insurance Companies are on its side. How could it do that . Obamacare forces Insurance Companies to cover much more stuff. Ensures new democrats wouldnt sharply raise rates. They would tell Insurance Companies, if you lose money, dont worry. Well bail you out. But they didnt want to call it a bailout. Theyre unpopular. Instead, the administration used an obscure term, risk corridors. Thats why i embarrassed myself by d
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Sea. Thats on third street in ocean city and that is where scott broom is this evening. He has reaction. The pastor, one needing help and the other there to give, now both are dead. Church volunteers in Critical Condition and then the entire community is in shock and the wake of what appears to be a bizarre act of a deranged man who set himself on fire. Layed down his life for his friends. Bishop, james, remembers pastor david, who served at the st. Paul by the sea church for eight years with a particular focus on helping ocean citys down and out. People like 56yearold, john raymond sterner. We believe as christians that jesus said, i come among you as a servant. One who serves. He served. And gave his labor. It was mayhem tuesday as sterner burst into the churchs food pantry on fire. His clothes soaked in a flammable liquid. The flaming sterner immediately grabbed a Church Volunteer in a bear hug. Another volunteer tried to stop him. The resulting fire caught on video by bystanders up
Welcome one and all. Great to see our witnesses. Great to be here with senator johnson, and well call this hearing to order. I appreciate the effort of all of you to get here today. Im glad were having the hearing today, and not tomorrow. If we were having it tomorrow we might not be having a hearing. Todays hearing, as you know, is focused on the costs of not being prepared for extreme weather events, and exploring the ways that our federal government can increase resiliency in our communities, and just to underbehind this, and save money. Save money in the long haul. We have deficits coming down, theyre still too much. Down from 1. 4 trillion, i think, four years ago, this year expected to be down to about 550 billion. Only 550 billion. Thats still way too much and we have to continue to look in every nook and cranny and figure out how do we save more money. Thats the focus of todays hearing. But, i will try to take about five minutes for my Opening Statement and yield to senator joh