mr. ron bloom. i welcome his testimony. i also welcome the testimony of our other witnesses, former congressman vince snowbarger, dan ikenson, mr. thomas kochan,d miss dalmia and bruce gump. delphi in 2005 filed for bankruptcy and took over the company's pension plan. gm agreed to top up the pension of delphi unions. meaning they will receive the pensions they were promised. such were not provided to the salary employees or certain other union employees. given the statutory limits on the benefits that they can pay, many of delphi's salary retirees are receiving benefits that are far lower than promised by delphi. the consequences of the short falls are truly heartbreaking, particularly as the employees have also lost their health coverage. this matter is, however, the subject of ongoing litigation that makes the pbgc as a defendant, it names the pbgc as a defendant. mr. bloom is not just being sued, but as an individual on the line. obviously, this will prevent him from answering questions on this matter, a situation that i

mr. bloom for five minutes. >> thank you very much, chairman pitts, ranking member pallone and distinguished members of the subcommittee. i'm shawn bloom, ceo of the national pace association. on behalf of npa and it members, i'm honored to testify today and appreciate the time you've allotted us. i'd like to focus on three things, very briefly describe pace to you and then offer some suggestions regarding ideas with respect to overcoming pairiers that we've expanded -- identified in expanding pace and three, the ability to expand pace to dually eligible. first and foremost, pace is a fully-integrated model of care that exclusively serves the oldest and sickest subset of the duals. we do so in a manner that is really focused in the communities in sense that we're community-based. our goal is to allow individuals to remain live anything their homes in the community. we reduce nursing home use, reducing hospitalization, and we do that in comprehensive family. the heartbeat within pace is the conc

mr. bloom was on a cc really doesn't prove anything here, i don't think, except that -- other than the fact that gm was in control of gm. the treasury department represented observers having to ask, not able to dictate to gm, and, you know, frankly, i think that's what we found here, that gm throughout the bailout remained under private control. and i, i don't see from this memo which has mr. ratner and mr. bloom up here as a cc, that this coming from gm officials that this in any way indicates that it was, it was a non-gm officials who were leading the dance. i just want to point that out and, again, i do that because i understand the concerns that my colleagues have, share many of those concerns. i just wanted to correct the record. and i thank the chairman. thank you m. >> and i thank the ranking member. i'm going to allow myself five minutes. mr. bloom, mr. snowbarger, and i think today the most important thing we can understand about this hearing, it's not about democrats or republicans, i

mr. bloom, thank you for coming on the show today.erything is captured on cell phones nowadays. but this, of course, got our attention. is it rare for victims to photograph their attackers? >> i think it is. i think this is case is pretty unique. i think her presence of mind to do that was incredible. but i don't hear of cases like that very often. >> does your group recommend that women like this woman try to document their assaults or should they get out of the house and get away from the guy? >> we at bay area women against rape our thought is whatever you can do to survive the event is a good strategy. so if somebody is able to do that, that's fantastic. whatever she can do to survive the event is the most critical piece. >> apart from the specific manhunt for the suspect in this case, what would you like view to take away from the story and this video that this woman took? >> i think the most important thing is to, as i said before, to survive the event. for some people, fighting back is a good strategy. for some people being com

. >> pitcher thinks the gentleman that recognizes mr. bloom for five minutes. >> thank you mr.hairman. i welcome today's hearing on the critical issue of coordinating and improving health care of those dual al-awja zero for medicare and medicaid programs also known as dual eligible and i appreciate my colleagues working with us and preparing the hearing to look forward to the discussion. this is an area of the health care system that has potential for effective change. the reality is they are a vulnerable population their care is costly and is uncoordinated which results in poor outcomes in many cases. in total there are 9.2 million americans who rely on both medicare and medicaid. meanwhile they are sycophant lipitor and tend to have extensive health care needs. overall they are more likely to suffer from chronic conditions such as heart disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes and alzheimer's. and their care is complicated and too often not receiving the patient centered care they need and deserve. in addition, they represent less than 20% of the medicare and that ticket program

mr. bloom had nothing to do with it. the chair is well taken in a probing further how those decisions were made. the public has a right to know. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. we're going to recess for one minute. then we have a final panel. >> we want to welcome our second panel. i apologize for the schedule. all of your great wisdom is only get to a couple of members of congress. there's so many different things at this hour. we have the associate director of the center for trade institute. i appreciate you being here. bruce from the delphi retirees association. the george maverick professor of management and at the massachusetts institute of technology. and a senior analyst. thank you for being here. the custom of the committee is to swear everyone in. do you solemnly swear to affirm the testimony about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? everyone answered in the affirmative. your up first. >> good afternoon. i am disgusted direction of the center for trade policy st