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June 19, 2024
This isnt about creating a New Washington system to how to figure out how to pay people to provide care. This is much more broadly, about how do we establish policies to allow patients and families to remain in control of their health care and health care decisions. So so why did you guys bring up the reimbursement rates under medicare and medicaid as one of the reasons why there is this lack of adequacy of network i would say providers within some of the plans . I would say it is one of the rea...
June 19, 2024
Recruit a new generation of farmers and ranchers, then we must take actions that will improve the quality of life in Rural Communities. Thats why why i offered a number of provisions specifically to recruit beginning farmers and ranchers. The first would reduce the cost of Crop Insurance for beginning farmers by 10 . The second would make it easier for beginning producers to graze livestock on conservation reserve programs. In this bill we put in place a new Dairy Program that helps Dairy Farmer...
June 19, 2024
San francisco was at 59 degrees. Concord is the coolest spot at 49 degrees. Livermore is looking at 56 degrees. The storm system 1 on very quickly yesterday morning and then we saw all of that sunshine. It felt really nice. The temperatures were in the mid 60s with a few low 70s today. The highs for today in san jose will be 72 degrees and 73 for sunnyvale. Paul also is looking at lauras 70s. The temperatures will continue to climb. We are talking mid70s for friday. We will get even warmer by sa...
June 19, 2024
Get worse. However, those in the democratic leadership continue to support flawed Health Care Laws out of pride, politics or the belief that the government knows best. It makes no sense to stubborn leighly cling to a law that is so massive and bureaucratally confusing that it collapses under its own weight. Congress can give the proponents the way out. The key is finding Common Ground. More often than not the country hears about what divides congress. We could have the kind of stepbystep reforms...
June 19, 2024
Republicans, 2025853881. Independents, 2025853882. You can also find us on social media. Send us a tweet, and we can share that on the air. Or join the conversation on facebook by looking for cspan. You can also email us. Ts journal cspan. Org. The senate is at risk of Nuclear Option. Deal to avert it is off. Majority leader reid tells minority leader mcconnell after filibuster fight. They triggered the Nuclear Option against minority filibusters, setting up a dramatic tuesday showdown in which ...
June 19, 2024
I think at that point, pakistan will accept that they have given up the notion that the taliban. Re going to take over i think pakistan now feels that afghanistan threatens pakistan. I will say that pakistan would lower its objective and except some kind about, as long as there is some type of taliban and role. Be toitical thing will have an empowered, fairly elected government supported by the supported Afghan People that can rectify the society. That is critical to discussing the things they t...
June 19, 2024
Political joining us. The meeting . Of it sounds like harry reid is ready to go forward with the Nuclear Option, to change the senate rules by 51 votes, rather than the normal threshold of 67 votes. The higher threshold is usually your usually set to make it harder to occur. He says he is so frustrated with the use of the Majority Party to block legislation moving forward that he will invoke this very unusual procedure to change the rules by 51 votes. We want to vote change the filibuster rules ...
June 19, 2024
Gets more lifethreatening and expensive. A lot of good things are going to happen. We are the last industrialized nation in the world to have National Healthcare policy. What i have preferred a public option . Yes. But the system we have got is the best that we have ever devised. Started it iny massachusetts. It will help america, it and for many americans, we have got great health for people who can afford it. For or people, they do not have access to doctors living in the innercity. That needs...
June 19, 2024
Parents i told them that if you do not send your daughters to school, then the enemy wins. I told them not to give into darkness. In so many ways, in so many ways, the afghan people, and especially afghan women and girls have fought back against that darkness. We mentioned earlier that 8. 3 million young people are in school today and nearly 40 are girls. Women and girls who have gained access to health care do not want to see a return to high mortality rates. The young women who fought for thei...
June 19, 2024
The transportation needs. It is also to fund schools and libraries and parts. I think if i have to do that, and it is the only way to finance a package, that i understand. We will face the consideration. , i think we rule want to have government make decisions about what the highest priorities are. You do not have to go into the program unless it fits. I am thinking more from the washington area. Perspective it is the transportation, the streetcar, the train intercity, Commuter Railroad that is ...