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on the what. the thing that gets set up and whether it qualify as an exchange set up by the state. these exchanges do qualify. the rope they qualify is because they fulfill the requirement in section 1311 b 1 each state shall establish an exchange. 1321 tells you that. it says to hhs when a state hasn t elected to meet federal requirements hhs steps in. what hhs does is set up the requirement exchange. such exchange referring immediately to the required exchange, only required act under exchange 1311 b 1. it has to be what hhs is doing under plain text of the statute fulfilling 1311 b 1 each state establish an exchange. for that reason we say it qualifies as an exchange established by the state. that s reinforced as justice said earlier definition, exchange is established under section 1311. 1311 again 1311 b 1, which says each state shall establish an exchange. it has to be that way. petitioners have conceded page 22 of their brief that an exchange that hhs sets up is ....
it s international, but it s also big time national. i think you re characterization of it is correct, senator. it s a huge feature of our work. in all of our field offices, we work in 70-some task forces to try to address it. we work internationally to try and address it, so it s a big feature in our life. we are trying to make sure we send a message that there are huge costs to doing this in the united states. we re focused on the individuals. you allude to the challenge with internet sites. that s a challenge for us. obviously, we have a wonderful country with a first amendment that protects people s ability to create sites. we re trying to focus on the individuals who may be operating a site with purposes of trafficking and lock them up for a long period of time and we re doing that all over the country. have you had any success? oh, yeah. we sure have. could we learn more about that? not now. i d appreciate sitting down with you. according to the government ....
his knee. i m sure if he was here, he d be the first to point out that iron that like our infrastructure, all of us are getting older and in need of repair from time to time. there was one very important message, however, he wanted to be with you today to share. and that is to thank each of you for coming to washington and to visit with your members of congress. he s been to the hill many times himself over the past year. and he s worked hard to share with lawmakers the stark facts and a sense of urgency. he s explained how we re investing much less than we should be in transportation. and he s warned that because of that disinvestment, we ve fallen behind on repairs. something we have to address even as we plan for the new capacity we must have for growing demand. but these same arguments carry so much more weight when they come from you. you are able to speak in concrete terms about communities that are struggling to stay on the move. large ones and small ones. urban ....
and for the prosecution of the relating crimes. it is something that is a significant challenge for our community as it is from baltimore to miami to wisconsin, all over our country. we really are seeing a significant shift from the prescription drug epidemic into her oh win. let me turn if i might, to a program mentioned before by senator bozeman. oakland, chicago detroit, camden and wilmington delaware. the office of national drug control policy which is under the financial services subcommittee, and their hida program is newly engaged in the work in wilmington, delaware, despite our fairly small size relative to detroit or chicago wilmington has one of the highest rates of violent crime and murder in the last few years. and a newly energized and engaged mayor and police chief and statewide elected officials and community leaders are tack tackling this challenge effectively. i would like to hear from each of you. what you re hearing about progress in wilmington, what ....
the number of people who turned 65 a day, and will for the next ten years, if you haven t googled it, google it it will blow your mind how many of us there are. and i m one of those. and they tell me all the time, we want transit because we want to age. we re not going to drive for much longer. hopefully they will but many of them won t. they want to be able to take transit but they want to be technical savvy. they want to pull up the next bus locator and see when the bus comes. texas is hot. fort worth is 110 in july and august. and you don t want to stand on the corner looking for your bus. you want to be able to be in your office or in your home and say, oh, here it comes all i got to do is walk down the street and catch it. and we re beginning to get there. the federal government has helped with some of that. but it s also got to be a ride that appeals to people. they ve got to be able to put their bicycle on the front, which they currently can t, hop on the bus, go ....