Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the renewable fuel standard committee. I am continued to continuing oversight until we find the solution to what has become this deeply flawed program. In 2005, congress established the rfs with the goal of reducing our nations independence on foreign oil and lowers Greenhouse Gas by demanding that biofuels be blended with other fuels until 2022. After that time, they will have bide latitude to decide the volume of biofuels that must be blended into the gas link supply. It has changed dramatically since 2005 and 2007 revision. Demand for oil is lower, due to sluggish Economic Growth and fuel standards. Given the Oil Production, the u. S. Imports much less oil than initially forecasted. In 2005, 2007, we were importing 60 of our oil. Now, it is 27 . I have worked to determine the structure and viability of the rfs to achieve its goals. I have tried to understand the rfs through the eyes of the epa and appreciate how difficult it is for the agency to
Mr. Portman madam president . The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Portman madam president , im on the floor today to talk about the epidemic officerster were in a quorum call the presiding officer we are in a quorum call. Mr. Portman i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Portman with snarks madam president , i am here on the floor to talk about an epidemic that has gripped my state of ohio and affected every single state in this body and every community we represent, and thats the issue of Prescription Drug, heroin, and now fentanyl and other synthetic heroin addiction. This epidemic is affecting our communities in fundamental ways. It is breaking families apart. Its causing crime. In fact, in my home state of ohio, as i talk to Law Enforcement first of all, in every county, they tell me it is the top reason for crime and the growth in crime. Its certainly affecting our First Responders. When i go to a
Tricia neuman. I wanted to let everybody know that you can tweet with us live with this event. You can tweet your questions. You may tweet your comments. For both the people in the room and also those who are joining us live on cspan. The hash tag is medicare demos. If you would like to access our speaker presentations and you are not in the room with us, you can find them on our website at w www. Allhealth. Org. Im going to turn this over now to our partner Tricia Neuman who will tell us more about why were here today. Thank you, marilyn. Its great to be here. Before we get started, i just want to congratulate you, marilyn, and sarah dash, wherever you may be, for taking over the helm of the alliance. We miss ed, but its great to see you both new coceos. So welcome. Of course, you have been here for a while. I want to thank all of you for coming here today on behalf of the Kaiser Family foundation. Im excited to be here. I think were going to all learn quite a bit. As we focus on the
Untouched by our counterterrorism effort. So in the future just recognize that in order to restore deterrence, were going to have to show capability, capacity, and resolve. Recognize this is an International Arms control agreement and not a very good one although there are some advantages, recognize the advantages as well. But its not a Friendship Treaty, and some people have tried to make it into a Friendship Treaty say its worthless. As a Friendship Treaty it would be worthless but its an arms control agreement that fell short of a lot of hopes but its not completely without some merit. We have allies out there. We have allies who want to rally to our side. I dont forget sitting with the king of jordan one day. We were working on his syrian refugee problem and i have seen refugees all around the world from the Southeast Asia to africa to the dalmatian coast. I have never seen i have been up in the refugee camps. I have never seen refugees as traumatized as those coming out of syria.
Thank you. Can you hear me . Thank you very much. Im going to start off with a disclosure, which i is on my front slide. I want everyone to know i will talk about home based primary care, a house call clinical model for elders and how that led to the independence at home. My disclosure is, my presentation does not involve cms sponsored analyses. Its my responsibility and no review or verification by them. Hopefully, patrick will be okay with it. Next slide. Im going to talk first about the patients that we serve. I would like to do a brief survey of the room. How many people in this room have an elder in their life who is sick and has trouble getting to the Doctors Office . Raise your hand. Looks like more than half the room. Independence at home and homebased primary care is the model of care for those people. 17 years ago, dr. George toller and i came to d. C. And decided to set up a clinical model for care for those who are frail and have trouble getting to the office. A House Call