senator isakson and senator grassley to the sponsor which will be two additional republican sponsors, i would say to senator murray. so that gives us a total of 13. the presiding officer: without objection alexander no, take -- mr. alexander: no, that gives us a total of 12. i apologize. we have a total of 12 i would say to th through the chair to r murray. that would give us 12 democratic sponsors. i thank senator grassley for his willingness to do that. i want to thank -- the only thing i would say to those who want to negotiate further to get more flexibility is to keep in mind with the cost-sharing payments, you can't get most of those changes without 60 votes in the united states senate. now, i want to thank senator murray for being an able and effective negotiating partner. we worked on many pieces of legislation together. she's tough and respected in her caucus and she does what she says she will do. and she's interested in getting a result. i respect that. and i thank her. i want to thank president trump for his encouragement. he's the one who called me ten days ago and culled

isakson: i thank the senator from missouri and i make the point i've enjoyed the last 19 years serving in the united states senate. he was elected two years before me to the house of representatives. i came a little bit later but i preceded him in the senate in 2004. he has been great to work with in the show-me state of missouri. like my state of georgia, they're proud of their country, they're proud to be americans. they're proud of the chance to have an opportunity to make an honest living. they want to be a part of a country that continues to grow and prosper for the future. we had a hearing in the finance committee where there was an interesting study i had not seen before. it had been done by a harvard student that i assume was correct. that 90% of the people born in the 1940's end up making more than their parents did when they went to work but only about 40% of the people born in the 1980's will end up making more than their parents did meaning that as we've gone along the way since world war ii we've taken more and more away from the opportunity at the earning level and more m

isakson: i have been giving ofot of thought to this. one them is north korea, which is a serious problem that all of us recognize as serious. i do not know if we recognize that it is as serious as it really is. i was in college in the early 1960's. it was a period of time where the russians put missiles in cuba and had the potential to launch missiles into the united states in miami. that got everybody's attention. most everybody in this room -- they were tough and hairless times. president kennedy did a great thing in that conflict. there was a book that describes it. we got to the point where we had done the photography, had the evidence. it was clear the missiles had been installed in cuba. he had put his shoe on the table and talk about how he was gone to take him out. kennedy had done everything but tell him yes, he was. finally, president kennedy and his brother, bobby, decided it was time to draw a line that he would have to cross. they used an embargo on an island as a red line in the sand, so to speak. north korea is not an isl

isakson: i would ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: mr. president, i would like to move that all time be yielded back on both sides. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of callista l. gingrich of virginia to be ambassador of the united states of america to the holy see, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of callista l. gingrich of virginia to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the united states of america to the holy see shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: . the presiding offi

chairman. >> thanks senator isakson.senator hassan. >> i 212 add my thanks for the work on a bipartisan health care bill and we are committed to work on with all of you interpret analysts thank you for being here this morning and for this very important discussion. i come from a state that has a long tradition of very vigorous political discourse first-in-the-nation primary and the citizens legislature poured in 24 members and if you have ever hung out with the legislature you would hear range of views that can be quite extraordinary. one of the things we also do well in new hampshire is try to moderate and facilitate discussions. the university of new hampshire's mccarthy school of public policy is called new hampshire rule listens and tries to take some of our most difficult issues and foster civic dialogue so i would hope it's an important example of a best practice for a public university system. but i wanted to direct my question mostly today to mr. cohen to you. in your testimony you know that the first amendment i

but she's in the green room with walter isakson. hello! we're doing good.project leonardo devitamin kyi. >>> time for the headlines. >>> study finds 7,000 gun is brain or the spinal cord. after a few pages of it the first slight sketch of mona lisa's smile. we see how the science connects with the art. >> part is eerie. >> it is eerie but he just had this passionate curiosity for curiosity sake. he's doing anatomy dissections but realizes the beauty of the human body is connected. >> where did the drive come from? it was innate for me? >> i don't think so. i think there's certain innate genius. einstein is one. with da vinci he pushes himself to be more curious, as nora said. you read the lists of things he wants to learn. so that's why he's a more assessable genius than some of the others i've written about. we can do that, too. he would just say why is the sky blue? it would be in the notebook. >> you compared him to steve jobs we've been saying all morning. you'll tell us why the two. >> whenever steve jobs would launch a great product it's all over the

. >> thank you senator murray, senator isakson. >> i don't remember correctly the financial incentives of these participation by employees separately. >>. >> security? >> financial incentives for the employees in their wellness program? >> have you found in your work with wellness programs, the best financial incentives to put into place for your wellness programs and inducing more people. >> i think we had extraordinary anticipation even in greater that something you had, we were 85 percent voluntary, 70 percent for spouses. i'm a big fan of both the 96 race, i thought they were well thought out and the adjustments that were made to the affordable care act, those were equally well thought out. what i don't want the committee to do is get the impression that it's all about incentives. incentives are i think necessary but by themselves not sufficient. going back to something that david said earlier, the secret sauce at safeway was creating small workgroups. we have thousands of groups that came together on their own, set goals and objectives, time frames, they might exercise goals are w

senator isakson. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for calling this hearing. i came here with a set of questions to ask, which i will in a second. listening to dr. zimmer in the discussion earlier, and the chicagoinciples, the principals, reminded me of dr. king in the south in the 1950's and 60's. amendment, andst people believing contrary to him, he believed they had the right to speak, too. they had to be nonviolent and change this country. the chicago principles applied as wellera, dr. king -- as those confronted with making the decisions to make the civil rights movement work, were based in large measure on what became the chicago principles. i want to make the point that the speech is, i think, most important, if you had to pick one, of all of our rights. used in the proper perspective and without abuse of it in the proper perspective, can make fundamental change. i commend what you have done, the questions -- are going to be trivial, but at the end, they will make sense. are you a bears fan? >> yes. we have a huge issue in the nfl in terms of standing f

this week senator isakson and i will reintroduce the violence against women act and it speaks to the importance of this legislation as we address the crimes that are unfortunately not happening here with the rohingya but in other places around the world. i understand that there are an estimated 69,000 pregnant rohingya refugee women in bangladesh. i am not sure that number is correct, but the main assistance they are getting is certainly pa and i support that. i support the efforts they make around the world to help pregnant women and women -- vulnerable women who are in need of pre and postnatal care. i guess, ambassador storella, can you tell me if the administration supports unfpa's efforts here and how we do that? mr. storella: senator shaheen, the united states does support efforts for women who are particularly vulnerable. we are working with a number of different agencies to ensure there are things like ender-appropriate latreens available. senator shaheen: but we are not supporting the efforts of unfpa, is that correct? mr. storella: the united states is not. senator shaheen:

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i was proud to have a chance to work with senator isakson, the chair and ranking, and many -- on on the security act the global food security act. as senator cardin reminded all of us, there will always be a role for u.s. commodities in response to crises, but we remove someways to of these harmful restrictions and requirements that i think are so inefficient. earlier this year, senator corker and i visited a camp in northern uganda. i was grateful for you joining us on that trip. they are and in south sudan, i had a chance to visit sites were people defend on food a -- depend on food aid for existence. i traveled to nigeria, where millions have been displaced by boko haram. when we talk about a cash assistance program, we are not talking about sending out envelopes full of cash. this is a card from a specific individual in an idp camp that allows you to go out and buy locally food that is appropriate for children, and it changes the relationship. it provides stability for the local markets. it provides relationship between the refugee community and the community that is hosting them, a

it is so happy, i'm so happy to see you all here and want to thank steve clemons and walter isakson forhe invitation to be with you today. i am so happy every time we have a collection of the nation's most prestigious innovators and thought leaders and business politics and media, and that you choose to meet in our fair city. i know that you wouldn't be here at this conference if you were not also committed to the things that we champion in our city, and that's innovation, inclusion and solutions. we share this commitment with you. since my first days as mayor of d.c., i committed our city to these big ideas as well. part of what i want you to take with you today, take to your towns and cities and all the work that you do, is just exactly who we are and what we are in washington, d.c.. and i tell people this all the time. we are not your grandfathers washington. we are more than a government town. in fact, we are a business capital that is experiencing unprecedented growth as one of the fastest-growing and most exciting local economies anywhere in this country. we are a leading city for

senator isakson and i will reintroduce the international violence against women act and it speaks tohe importance of that legislation of you look at how to address these crimes that are happening not just unfortunately are happening not just here with the rohingya but in other places around the world. i understand there are no estimate of six to 9000 pregnant rohingya women in bangladesh. i'm not sure if that number is correct that the main assistance they are getting is from the unfpa, and i certainly support that. i support the efforts that unfpa makes around the world to help pregnant women and women, vulnerable women who are in need of pre-and postnatal care. i guess ambassador storella, can you come if the administration supports unfpa efforts here and how we do that? >> center, the united states does support efforts for women who are particularly vulnerable. we are working with a number of different agencies to ensure that there are things like gender appropriate latrines that are available. >> but we are not supporting efforts of unfpa, correct? >> the united states is limitin

increase of flexibility to allow her office, whether it is shipping in more quickly, the foods senator isaksontalked about, we are all able to do that with the funds we have now and we are doing that. in these dynamic situations, having flexibility to do this, to be able to respond to the changing needs of those will give us better ability to handle this effect to leave. i would say that we are well fed right now and we have been as we look forward to the increase accessibility we have or can have will enable us to ensure we are doing this. >> that's very vague. i will follow-up with you. you have a command center. do you have a command center where you have experts in all the logistics say we need bulldozers to get roads in there, gravel, how are you going to do that. everyone in that area is already starving, so how does that change it. what we have pre-position, where is about, how is it impacted, do you have a command center like that to respond to these world emergencies? >> we do not have a command center here in the u.s. right now to respond to that. we do have are people on the ground.

i was proud to have a chance to work with my good friend to senator isakson and that ranking chair and others on the global food security act permanently authorizing the emergency food security program with an import step in providing flexibility for delivering aid and also senator cardin reminded us there will always be a role for us commodities in response to crises, but we can and should work together to find ways in advance of this farm bill to remove some of these harmful restrictions and requirements that, i think, are so inefficient. earlier this year's senator corker and i visited northern uganda and was grateful for you joining us in both there and south sudan i had a chance to visit sites with people depend on food aid for assistance. later in august i traveled northeast nigeria where millions have been displaced. i was struck by an innovative program that this is an example from save the children, but i suspect it's well known to you and when we talk about a cash assistance program, we are not talking about sending out envelopes full of cash. we are talking about a card from

featured authors will look include senator al frank opinion biographer walter isakson and many more. for more informs about upcoming book fair and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage click the book fairs tab on our website. booktv.org. >> so could you -- recount for us the importance of the black burn affair and the underground railroad -- >> no doubt that detroit played. >> i think earlier we had a sculpture see if i can go back to it that ed dwight who is a fantastic and down to the quarter front where you have these a group of black people who are looking across the detroit river you know to canada i think it is the next one here. this this here particular, many people have come to detroit and sometime i can say scratch their heads what is that all about? this symbolizes you know, the determineness of the you had underground railroad. when you have people like lambert and joy bap east liam webb madison, i mean you can go on and on in terms of these pioneering abolitionists. they were joined by some extent bit white ab ligsessist many of them being quakers because we

senator isakson? >> if i remember, the program for employees participating in the wellness program?ect. from yourve you found work with companies willing to put in the wellness programs you have suggested? voluntary for withyees and about 70% spouses. what i do not want the committee to do is think it is all about incentives. i think they are necessary not by themselves self-sufficient. going back to something that was said earlier, the secret sauce at safeway was creating small support groups. we had thousands of groups that came together on their own, set goals and objectives and time frames, maybe exercise goals are -- exercise goals or weight loss them take thesaw tools we gave them to work towards those goals. it really was a driving force along with ceo leadership. i look at government as being an enabler in this process, but i also think there's an opportunity for government to lead. one opportunity to lead would be officesore government adopt programs like this for their own employees. i actually offered it to do this for the secretary. people at blue cross blue shield, to d

featuring smart al franken, best selling biographer walter isakson and katy among many other authors.for or more information about book pair and festivals to watch previous are festival coverage the bock fair tab on our website booktv.org.

featured authors will look include senator al frank opinion biographer walter isakson and many more. for more informs about upcoming book fair and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage click the book fairs tab on our website. booktv.org. >> so could you -- recount for us the importance of the black burn affair and the underground railroad -- >> no doubt that detroit played. >> i think earlier we had a sculpture see if i can go back to it that ed dwight who is a fantastic and down to the quarter front where you have these a group of black people who are looking across the detroit river you know to canada i think it is the next one here. this this here particular, many people have come to detroit and sometime i can say scratch their heads what is that all about? this symbolizes you know, the determineness of the you had underground railroad. when you have people like lambert and joy bap east liam webb madison, i mean you can go on and on in terms of these pioneering abolitionists. they were joined by some extent bit white ab ligsessist many of them being quakers because we

chairman isakson, ranking member tester and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of montana, i would like to extend our gratitude for the opportunity to share with you our views and recommendations. we applaud the committee's dedication in addressing the critical issues around veteran suicide. as someone who has personally lost a family member who was a veteran to ptsd, i want to appreciate my sincere thanks. montana has the highest suicide rate in the country with 68.6 per 100,000. this is significantly higher than both the national veterans suicide rate and the western region veteran suicide rate. as an organization that's immersed in suicide prevention, we think it's very important that you have a framework to understand suicide. the model that we use is a combination of biological susceptibility and environmental factors then lead to malfunctioning neuron communications which develop into suicidal ideation, behavior, and other symptoms. examples of the factors of biological susceptibility are genetics and physical trauma, examples of factors on the environmental side are

for my good friend senator isakson and many others on by global food security act which permanently authorized emergency food security program and it can step in providing flexibility for delivering emergency food aid and as the senator reminded all of us, there will always be a role for the u.s. commodities in response to the crisis, but we can and should work together to find ways in advance of this coming farm bill to remove some of these harmful restrictions and requirements that i think are so inefficient. earlier this year senator corker and i visited the camp in northern uganda and work grateful for you joining us on that trip over there in south sudan i had a chance to visit where people depend on food aid for their existence and later in august i traveled to northeast nigeria where millions have been internally displaced. i was struck by an innovative program that this is an example from save the children but i suspect is well known to you when we talk about any cash assistance program, we are not talking about sending out envelopes full of cash. we are talking about this, this is a c

senator isakson and senator grassley to the sponsor which will be two additional republican sponsors, i would say to senator murray. so that gives us a total of 13. the presiding officer: without objection alexander no, take -- mr. alexander: no, that gives us a total of 12. i apologize. we have a total of 12 i would say to th through the chair to r murray. that would give us 12 democratic sponsors. i thank senator grassley for his willingness to do that. i want to thank -- the only thing i would say to those who want to negotiate further to get more flexibility is to keep in mind with the cost-sharing payments, you can't get most of those changes without 60 votes in the united states senate. now, i want to thank senator murray for being an able and effective negotiating partner. we worked on many pieces of legislation together. she's tough and respected in her caucus and she does what she says she will do. and she's interested in getting a result. i respect that. and i thank her. i want to thank president trump for his encouragement. he's the one who called me ten days ago and culled