it's in a segregated account. >> mr. lee? >> we are spending establishment funds to continue the final establishment of our exchange, federal dollars, but no operational funds. >> mr. wadleigh? >> no. >> can i ask each of you what your operational costs are this year for the exchange, mr. allen? >> for the current state fiscal year which began july 1st, our operational costs are about $12 million. >> ms. o'toole? >> thank you, mr. chair, sorry, i'm having trouble with the microphone. we are about the same, and i'm happy to provide the committee with a full balance sheet of our budget. >> thank you. mr. gutierrez? >> we are still in a very much a build year. our operation and billed expenses within the kerkt are on the order of about $65 million. >> mr. kiss el? >> a little over $8.5 million. >> our total budget is about $330 million. i don't have it off the top of my head >> and mr. wadleigh, would you know? >> our total budget for the year is $28 million. and roughly $18 million of that is dedicated to operational costs. >> s

mr. carrie lee peterson who was the found founder of this organization. when we started to look deeper into mr. peterson's background we found many legal and financial troubles. multiple eviction cases, multiple arrest warrants that are active in arizona. and two breaches of contract where his company has been ordered to pay creditors nearly $200,000. >> so as you're researching this and as stranger and stranger things are happening, you all of a sudden discover that daniel craig whom i think of most commonly as james bond has donated money to carrie peterson's superpac. >> 007 reporting for duty. >> mr. craig did in fact donate nearly $50,000 to american socially united. what did mr. craig know about mr. carrie lee peterson's background was he aware of some of these financial and legal problems in his past? >> did you give his people any sense that maybe the superpacs were not working in tandem with bernie sanders? >> they would only say so much to us on the record and they wanted to leave themselves open to reconsidering, if this was a good investment, o

would you think if we send mr. lee to be the teacher to represent you? >> eric lee was also thrilled. go and seeilled to the gospel in action and be part of that. an historic pilgrimage happening today. sam sweeney is in pennsylvania, where 100 women are marching 100 miles for the pope's historic visit. sam: these women shows to leave from a york county correctional facility because so many women have been incarcerated here and across the country. they are hoping this march will help with that. their energy is palpable. >>[speaking spanish] sam: 100 women walking 100 miles for one purpose. >> for immigration reform. sylvia rosales traveled from seattle. >> it is very important for me that we come together. they want to bring attention to immigration issues, primarily women and children being jailed in the united states. they will block 10-15 miles a day. with each mile, they -- they will walk 10-15 miles a day. hope to getle, they closer to reaching pope francis. >> he speaks about immigrants in various countries. i am in total solidarity with that. : wh

jackson lee: thank you, mr. chairman. the executive council of the president on environmental quality is opposed to this bill. i ask unanimous consent. the chair: this will be approved under general leave. ms. jackson lee: i just want to mention, of course, the president has issued a veto threat. where this bill is going, i do not know. but the main thing i would like to say to my colleagues, can't we stand united around the question of national security? my amendment specifically indicates that this issue of terrorism should be a simple carveout, and i'd ask you you to do -- ask you to do so. let me bring in the comments byle pope. if politics must be at the service of the human person, it follows it cannot be a slave to the economy and finance. politics is instead an expression of our compelling need to live as one in order to build as one the greatest common good, that of a community with sacrifices, particular interests in order to share justice and peace, its goods, its people and social life. the interest of the amer

. >> good afternoon mr. lee. >> good evening tom nolan e tom nolan and members now is a dangerous nationwide running the taxi local business becoming the big major giants in the country find a way this preservation convention coming you have to find where the t nc by a local ownership only you can't allow the the whole taxi business in the world's is starting by san francisco where it starts when to end you have to begin what the tmc the baby tmc is not like the baby you reminder it the nationwide they have a mop monopoly this is one giant it is dangerous to our country's interests if nothing can happen no more transportation like bart's ownership is an important thing you can't allow one guy to kill the smaller guys business they allow you to share in the economy and airbnb you have to have a building that you can do b and b but the people having cars they're killing another guy as a leadership of you, please begin again had this convention thank you for the opportunity to make louder don't go along with the po

mr. lee, do you think you can handle that?>> i think so. >> reporter: whether a ticket was received or not, these students know what's most important are the lessons pope francis teaches every day about loving each other and the importance of being kind. >> every day at the end of the day, in announcements we get to learn about the pope a little bit. >> and the school principal says on the day of the pope's mass, pope-related lessons are planned all day and surprises are in store for the students. jim? >> what a great story. you'll be down at that basilica and on the hill, too, for us next week. thanks, meagan. there's a new app about the details of the pope's visit as well as other information about the catholic faith. learn more about how the church is going difficult on our nbc washington app. just search digital church. >>> a d.c. entrepreneur is one of 11 women honored by the white house today as a champion of change. the women are recognized for their leadership in their work in inspiring girls in their community. they i

mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, reserving the right to object, i want to point out the federal government currently owns over 600 million acres of land across the united states. in the opinion of many americans, that's way too much. some of my colleagues are pushing a piece of legislation to reauthorize the land and water conserve a little fund -- land conservation fund or lc -- lwcf. and they want to do this before making a single reform to that program. before taking a drastic and i believe misguided step, i'd ask my colleagues to examine the federal government's current landholdings and, in particular, evaluate the manner in which they are being maintained. in many western states, the largest landowner is the federal government. now, in my home state of utah, the federal government owns close to 70% of the land within the state. this reality is hard for a lot of my colleagues, particularly many from states east of the mississippi river, to even comprehend. imagine if the federal government could tell y

quorum call: mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: mr. president, last month before the august recess the senate took up legislation introduced by my friend, senator joan knee ernst, that would have ended federal funding for planned parenthood. unfortunately, the bill failed on its first vote. but the questions raised by the planned parenthood scandal and the challenges it presents to congress and to the american people have only grown since then. at issue are undercover videos released over the last few months that provide an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes glimpse inside america's leading abortion provider. these undercover videos were captured by a pro-life organization called the center for medical progress, and they contain i am annals and conversations -- images and conversations unlike anything ever before submitted for public scrutiny. so far, mr. president, c.m.p. has released 16 hours of footage depicting what appears

kerry lee peterson joins me on the phone. mr peterson, thank you for joining me. you heard the story we ran. senator bernie sanders's campaign says some of the activities of your super-pact are illegal and sent you a seize and desist order. have you complied? >> me and bernie sanders's counsel, we have been in communication since the letter was issued. this is probably back in the month of june, and, yes, compliance has been met due to the fact that, you know, we are rules. that's definitely not what i'm here to do. we are here for the political action committee, supporting the cause of the movement of bernie sanders getting closer to the white house, and when we got the letter, it was obviously pertinent. it was an important situation. >> beckel, the reporter we talked to discovered you had legal and financial troubles, evictions, arrest warrants. you said it is not relevant to what you are doing right now. >> well, we are not going to talk about when i got a traffic ticket 10 years ago, we are not going to talk about business deals i did with a buddy that d go a

. >> what do you think if we sent mr. lee to be the teacher? also caught off guard. >> to see the joy of the gospel in action and to be a part of that. all right, and we want to ask you to join us tomorrow night for a special preview of the pope's the visit. watch at 8:00, "the people's pope in d.c.," only here. and the debate of the woman who was breast-feeding in a public place. nearly 200 of and you have already commented on a momce book age after was forced to breast-feed in a bathroom stall after a marshals employee refused to let her go into a dressing room. not up forsays it is discussion. she is allowed to feed her baby, so the bottom line is that 's broke the law. she should not be told to coverup up as long if she is legally allowed to be there. and another person says that she should be able to breast-feed out in front of the dressing room and add "ugh" at the end. jonathan: we really did not get any comments on the other side of this. everyone was on the same side of the mom. alison: a lot of support. more on ourys find abc 7 facebo

mr. careyy lee peterson's background?id he know about some of these financial and legal problems in his past? >> did you give his people any sense of maybe the superpacs were not working in tandem with bernie sanders? >> they would only say so much to us on the record and they wanted to leave themselves open to reconsidering if this was a good investment or if they might take some other actions if they find out the money is not being spent as they intended it to be spent. >> you have spoken with careyy lee beertson. >> i have. >> you have still peeking to him? >> he has told me that this work is not related to the work from his past. >> the money that he has raised and he has told you that it's around $1 million perhaps. >> uh-huh. >> there is no rule how he spends this, it doesn't even have to be spent in the direction of the candidate he has on his superpac for a while. >> that's right he can spend it on just about anything he wants. >> on a salary? >> co-spend it on a salary, he could spend it on buying a new lamborghi

outside of work, mrs. lee was athletically talented. she enjoyed playing tennis and riding on horseback. she had a gift for water color painting. she liked to paint fruits, flowers and vegetables. a loving mother, mrs. lee is succeeded by her three children and three grandchildren. she will be truly missed. the rest i submit. >> thank you madam president. supervisor campos. >> submit. >> supervisor christensen. seeing no other names on the roster. that includes the introduction of new business. >> at this time, can you please read public comment. >> the public may address the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes on items, the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. to include the minutes, the items on the adoption without reference to committee calendar, items 27 through 29. items 1 through 24. pursuant to the board's rules of board direct remarks to your board as a whole not to individual supervisors. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. if you would would like to dis

mr. lee: i rise today to pay tribute to elder richard g. scott, a member of the quorum of the 12 apostles of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, who passed away september 22, 2015, at the age of 86. richard g. scott has the razor sharp mind of an engineer, fused with the tender softness of a disciple's soul. a graduate of george washington university in mechanical engineering, who did post graduate training in nuclear engineering, he had a brilliant mind with an uncanny capacity for formulas, projections and calculations. yet, he became known throughout the world for an enormous heart with an equally uncanny capacity to love and to have empathy for people from every walk of life. elder scott's gentle voice invited all who had lost their way, who had given up hope or who had wondered far to come home, home to the faith, family and community that would bring them real peace and lasting genuine joy. countless individuals around the world heard his invitation to come home and rightfu

is to find a new location for the fosters freeze to move the business there, refurish it and keep mr. leend his family in town. >> reporter: the second choice would be to move here in the little league park. it wouldn't be an official fosters freeze but it wouldn't be gone either. >> it would be nice if it would to bergues to the little league park so the kids could get their foster freeze over there. because all their mothers and fathers had their fosters freeze. >> reporter: they're still worried that when foster freeze closes wednesday it'll be for good. >> i will definitely support it wherever they go. >> reporter: all pledges for donations are going through city councilman muller's office right now. there's also a farewell party set for wednesday here at the parking lot. in menlo park, ann rubin. >>> a beautiful evening tonight. this one is from spring lake in santa rosa. beautiful sunset. look at the clouds coming in. these clouds are going to have an impact on the forecast tomorrow. this picture is from holister. and one little pretty one, this is mount diablo from the south side l

agnes lee and interpreting for spanish is mr. norman bustillo and-give filipino tradition will be provided with a suggested 48-hour advance request as well as interpretation for committee meetings. will translate certain public notices crafted by the clerks and the-in addition which list the titles of legislation introduced at will call each week by the board of supervisors, the mayor, and the city departments. further, these translated notices and legislation introduced to be posted on the board of supervisors website. i wish to thank the director and her great staff in addition to the board staff who implement it a lot of good work in a very short period of target our deputy operations peggy nevins and rahal. our legislative deputy rick called eric, his assistant and let's say clerks and the evergreen of mr. darcy from the board division. thank you resident breed >> thank you bit i like to add a special thank you to supervisor yee are bringing this legislation forward and make this happen. with that, colleagues are there any ch

. >> mr. lee, sorry to interrupt you, but how many teachers participate in the down payment assistance program every year? is there a max number? >> we have 55 households -- teachers that have been assisted by the teacher next door program. we are proposing -- i think the original allocation of funds for the teacher next door program was $2 million. i think we're proposing to fund it at the $5 million level, with the proceeds of the housing bond. the goal clearly would be to try to increase the participation of teachers overall in the program. >> right. so at $2 million roughly 55 teacher households have been assisted. is this annual contribution or do we wait for households to refinance or sell to bring that money back out for the applicants? >> the teacher next door is one of the unique programs that is actually a grant. and it's a recoverable grant. so that over time, we get less and less back. >> right. >> so at the end of ten years, if you are still a teacher at the end of ten years, is that

outside of work, mrs. lee was athletically talented. she enjoyed playing tennis and riding on horseback. she had a gift for water color painting. she liked to paint fruits, flowers and vegetables. a loving mother, mrs. lee is succeeded by her three children and three grandchildren. she will be truly missed. the rest i submit. >> thank you madam president. supervisor campos. >> submit. >> supervisor christensen. seeing no other names on the roster. that includes the introduction of new business. >> at this time, can you please read public comment. >> the public may address the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes on items, the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. to include the minutes, the items on the adoption without reference to committee calendar, items 27 through 29. items 1 through 24. pursuant to the board's rules of board direct remarks to your board as a whole not to individual supervisors. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. if you would would like to dis

. >> what would you think if we sent mr. lee to be the teacher to represent us? would that be good? >> hear that message and bring that message back and share it with the kids. it's not some ancient message. it is an ancient message, but it's still a true message and that's what i want to deliver to the kids. >> three winners have been selected for the archdiocese of washington's you serve video competition. contestants were asked to create a video depicting the way they serve and doctor. their greater community. -- and transform their greater community. the winners depicts the way she serves her every y dalife in her parish and another feeding the hungry and breaking bread with strangers in a d.c. park and then the third video follows a mission trip to el salvador with 10 members of a youth ministry. >> i love how this visit is inspiring people to do great things. >>> we are just getting started on wusa9 news at 5:00 and the pope's visit does not come without some controversy. coming up at 5:30 we'll take a look at why some people are pretty mad to that he's going to make one man a

refurbish it and keep mr. leeown. >> no word on how much moving the store and all of its iconic signs will cost. right now there is a farewell party set for tomorrow evening at 5:00. >>> tonight is the night for the firsthandful of people who ordered tesla's sports utility vehicle. there it is. tesla started taking orders back in early 2012. with the promise of delivering it by the end of 2013 that didn't happen but people who put down the $40,000 deposit say they are not discouraged. tesla has taken orders for 30,000 of the model x's. the base model sells for $71,000. the top of the line version $132,000. >> is that all? >> yeah. >> i want one. >>> time is 5:41. if you use facebook pay attention. don't bother sharing that privacy notice you've been seeing, it's a hoax. there are two fake privacy notice like these. one is to claim to protect you from facebook using your posts and photos. another claims facebook will start charging $5.99 unless you post the status. both urge you to copy and paes them. well, they ar

is to find a new location for the foster frees to move the business there, refurbish it and keep mr. lee his family in town. >> no word on how much moving the store and its signs might cost. right now there is a farewell party set for tomorrow evening at 5:00. >> you know i'm a big fan. >>> still ahead an investigation at an east bay high school. up next this video showing a fight between a high school football player and his coach. >> and finding alternatives to dealing with the drought. the new technology that is taking water recycling to a whole new level. >>> an oakland high school community shaken after this video surfaces of a fight between a student athlete and a football coach. the investigation now underway. >>> an alert to car owners. ta nationwide air bag recall may be expanding. the safety letters sent out to seven more carmakers, including tesla. "mornings on 2" continues. >>> 7:00 on this cool morning. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> i'm dave clark. >>> let's check your weather. how does it feel youth -- outside? >> it's gasia running weather. >> i turnled the heat on in the car. >

agnes lee and interpreting for spanish is mr. norman bustillo and-give filipino tradition will be provided with a suggested 48-hour advance request as well as interpretation for committee meetings. will translate certain public notices crafted by the clerks and the-in addition which list the titles of legislation introduced at will call each week by the board of supervisors, the mayor, and the city departments. further, these translated notices and legislation introduced to be posted on the board of supervisors website. i wish to thank the director and her great staff in addition to the board staff who implement it a lot of good work in a very short period of target our deputy operations peggy nevins and rahal. our legislative deputy rick called eric, his assistant and let's say clerks and the evergreen of mr. darcy from the board division. thank you resident breed >> thank you bit i like to add a special thank you to supervisor yee are bringing this legislation forward and make this happen. with that, colleagues are there any ch

mr. stephen chen. >> miss carol lee and mr. gerard baker. >> i am still on cloud nine. a custom piece of our spring show we just had in new honor to it is such an welcome the first chinese family. being of chinese descent myself. >> how did she look? how did she wear it? >> she wore it perfectly. astute andvery confident. >> will color was it? navy, as a metallic navy combination ensemble. >> the honorable madeleine .lbright an robinson. mr. james gorman. >> the honorable senator jerry tappanau. >> good evening, nice to meet you. it is my daughter-in-law, yeah. good to see you. mr. tim cook and mrs. lisa jackson. mr. shervin pishevar. mr. john lasseter and mrs. nancy lasseter. mr. william neville and mrs. connie neville. mr. jeffrey gettysburg. senator bob corker and miss emily corker. mr. david taylor and mrs. marcia taylor. the honorable sonja stottlemyre and judge josh colton. mr. darren walker and mrs. spencer. mr. robert eiger's. mr. rick stangl's and mrs. mary stangl's. the honorable jacob liu and dr. ruth schwartz. mr. mark zuckerberg and miss priscilla chan. the

. >> mr. lee, sorry to interrupt you, but how many teachers participate in the down payment assistance program every year? is there a max number? >> we have 55 households -- teachers that have been assisted by the teacher next door program. we are proposing -- i think the original allocation of funds for the teacher next door program was $2 million. i think we're proposing to fund it at the $5 million level, with the proceeds of the housing bond. the goal clearly would be to try to increase the participation of teachers overall in the program. >> right. so at $2 million roughly 55 teacher households have been assisted. is this annual contribution or do we wait for households to refinance or sell to bring that money back out for the applicants? >> the teacher next door is one of the unique programs that is actually a grant. and it's a recoverable grant. so that over time, we get less and less back. >> right. >> so at the end of ten years, if you are still a teacher at the end of ten years, is that

from time to time, mrs. lee would invite some of the girls from the community to entertain some of the boys. some of the memoirs say how awkward it was between the young cadets and the young girls, but lee took note of the young cadets who were doing well in school and took note of this tall boy, godfreid weitzel. godfrey was one of the top students in his class all four years. this is the grade from his junior year. the number one position was held by cyrus comstock from massachusetts. godfrey weitzel was in third place by the end of their junior year. comstock was 20 when he entered west point. official records say weitzel was 16, but we know he was 15. even though he was five years younger, he was nipping at the heels of cyrus comstock. weitzel had only 60 merits for -- only six demerits for the entire year his junior year, pretty remarkable feat at west point. you can see below him, ebenezer gay had 100 demerits. if you had 100, you were a member of what they call the century club. if you had 200, you were e

mrs. chen. miss carol lee and mr. gerard baker. >> what are you wearing?> this morning. >> you designed it for us. >> i am still on cloud nine. it is a custom piece from our spring show we just had in new york, and it is such an honor to be dressing her at the moment of welcome the first chinese family. being of chinese descent myself. >> how did she look? how did she wear it? >> excuse me? >> how did she wear it? how does she look tonight? >> she wore it perfectly. she looked very astute and confident. >> what color was it? >> it was a metallic navy, a navy combination ensemble. >> the honorable madeleine albright. >> they are always fantastic. >> mr. eugene robinson. mr. james gorman. >> the honorable senator jerry and mrs. sarah tappanau. >> good evening, nice to meet you. this is my daughter-in-law, yeah. good to see you. mr. tim cook and mrs. lisa jackson. mr. shervin pishevar. mr. john lasseter and mrs. nancy lasseter. mr. william neville and mrs. connie neville. mr. jeffrey gettysburg and mr. andy. >> maybe a little. >> senator bob corker and miss e

. >> mr. lee, sorry to interrupt you, but how many teachers participate in the down payment assistance program every year? is there a max number? >> we have 55 households -- teachers that have been assisted by the teacher next door program. we are proposing -- i think the original allocation of funds for the teacher next door program was $2 million. i think we're proposing to fund it at the $5 million level, with the proceeds of the housing bond. the goal clearly would be to try to increase the participation of teachers overall in the program. >> right. so at $2 million roughly 55 teacher households have been assisted. is this annual contribution or do we wait for households to refinance or sell to bring that money back out for the applicants? >> the teacher next door is one of the unique programs that is actually a grant. and it's a recoverable grant. so that over time, we get less and less back. >> right. >> so at the end of ten years, if you are still a teacher at the end of ten years, is that

i'm not saying that mr. lee took it from us. i'm sure that's his outlook and probably has been. since those fed minutes were released. that was so ambiguous, judge, i think that injected even more volatility into these markets. >> you think the fed is going to move next week? >> i think after telling us they're going to. they're going to. dr. walks into the office, judge and he's got a syringe this big and keeps walking in, walking out, what do you feel like? you might as well get it over with, do it they should have done it over a year ago. the fact that now they're waffling perhaps, that's cause for concern for obviously at least 50% of the market. and that 50% is so nervous that they pushed volatility up to double where it was a month ago. >> adam parker, you've given us one of our two provocative headlines. >> you think the market can rally 13% over the next year. near term, is the bulk of the big selling over? is the correction done? >> i didn't anticipate the correction. so i wouldn't be an expert on whether it's done in the short-term. my sense is that the earnings that y

mr. chairman. senator lee: i will now introduce our of our witnesses, before we swear them in and hear from each of them. mark bertolini is chairman and ceo of at not. -- aetna. andecame ceo in 2010 present in 2011. he holds a degree in finance from wayne state university and an mba from cornell. joseph swedish is the president and ceo of anthem. he joined anthem into the supporting and has over 40 years health care. in he received his bachelor's degree from the rest of north carolina at charlotte and his masters degree in health and administration from duke university. dr. paul ginsburg is the norman topping chair and medicine and public policy at the overseer -- then california wher university of southern california. continuing to be based in washington, d.c., he instructs graduate courses and conducts health research. urg served as director of the payment review commission, not the medicare provider commission and is deputy director at th budget office. he earned his doctorate of economics at harvard univer

mr. lee: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: madam president, it is customary to speak in gracious terms about the opportunity to vote for the legislative before us. this is a good day for the senate, the american people will be proud. this bill represents the biggest in front of us. even i have said it myself, but while this one with the majority, not a supermajority of colleagues voting to take up the bill, it is a tragedy that we should have to. that late term abortions, abortions of children who are viable and feel pain, it is an affront to the american people and a stain on america's great history. it is not the fault of the american people who unlike -- not the the american people and those in the world who are in favor of it. lastly, in 1973 it is faulty the scientific ill lit rit found by the supreme court. and now it's shared by the group of

outside of work, mrs. lee was athletically talented. she enjoyed playing tennis and riding on horseback. she had a gift for water color painting. she liked to paint fruits, flowers and vegetables. a loving mother, mrs. lee is succeeded by her three children and three grandchildren. she will be truly missed. the rest i submit. >> thank you madam president. supervisor campos. >> submit. >> supervisor christensen. seeing no other names on the roster. that includes the introduction of new business. >> at this time, can you please read public comment. >> the public may address the entire board of supervisors for up to two minutes on items, the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. to include the minutes, the items on the adoption without reference to committee calendar, items 27 through 29. items 1 through 24. pursuant to the board's rules of board direct remarks to your board as a whole not to individual supervisors. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. if you would would like to dis

mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. lie leemr. lee: last week i began a thorough examination of the facts in the case of planned parenthood and the scandal that's now engulfing our nation's largest provider of abortion. today i'd like to review briefly the evidence against planned parenthood evidence brought to light thanks to whistle-blowers and conscientious journalists working with an organization called the center for medical progress. after hearing that planned parenthood, in addition to performing almost 1,000 abortions every single day was also selling the organs and body parts of its victims c.m.p. began investigating. c.m.p.'s investigation which it calls the human capital project lasted for more than two years. it'sit's findings have finally been published over the last few months in a series of video documentaries posted on the internet consisting of the interviews and undercover videos. the videos have sparked debate and controversy and have thrown the abortion industry and its political clients back on their heels. but

mr. lee: mr. president, i'd like to thank the majority leader for scheduling this debate about the agreement struck by the obama administration and the leaders of the islamic republic of iran. and it's important to highlight right up front what this deal is. it's nothing more than a political agreement between president obama and the current leaders of iran. this deal does not have the support of the american people, nor will it have the consent of their elected representatives here in congress. at no point in the course of negotiating this deal did the obama administration seek the advice and consent of the united states senate or display any respect for the constitutional limits of the executive in foreign affairs. nevertheless, i'm glad that the senate has been debating this agreement because this is how the senate is supposed to function, on the basis of open and robust deliberation. and i hope it's how the senate will function well into the future on matters of national security and domestic

agnes lee and interpreting for spanish is mr. norman bustillo and-give filipino tradition will be provided with a suggested 48-hour advance request as well as interpretation for committee meetings. will translate certain public notices crafted by the clerks and the-in addition which list the titles of legislation introduced at will call each week by the board of supervisors, the mayor, and the city departments. further, these translated notices and legislation introduced to be posted on the board of supervisors website. i wish to thank the director and her great staff in addition to the board staff who implement it a lot of good work in a very short period of target our deputy operations peggy nevins and rahal. our legislative deputy rick called eric, his assistant and let's say clerks and the evergreen of mr. darcy from the board division. thank you resident breed >> thank you bit i like to add a special thank you to supervisor yee are bringing this legislation forward and make this happen. with that, colleagues are there any ch

daniel nagro, the commissioner of the fire department from the city of new york and mr. lee ielpi, the president of september 11th families association and finally mr. gregory thomas, president of the national organization of black law enforcement executives and senior executive for law enforcement operation in the office of kings county district attorney. let me first introduce the mayor. if you would have a seat at the table. mayor rudy giuliani serves as a partner and chairman of the chief executive officer of giuliani partners. previously, mayor ghoully annie served two terms of new york city as mayor and was with the city during and in the aftermaths of the 9/11 attacks. i can't think of a more important witness to be here today than you, sir, and we thank you for your service, both before and particularly after 9/11 where you brought such a tragedy, brought this country together, sir. and it's with great honor that we have you and i now yield to you for your testimony. >> mr. chairman, it's a great honor for me to be here. i thank the committee for holding the hearing

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mr. pollack. >> thank you. chairman lee, ranking member and subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to be here today. these proposed acquisitions would eliminate two of the largest health insurance companies leaving three dominant providers of health insurance. this unprecedented consolidation should be of extreme concern for consum consumer, as well as doctors, hospitals and others who are working to improve quality and efficiency while making care more affordable to patients. for consumers, the deals could make health care more expensive and less expensive. this applies to insurance purchased in the commercial market as well as medicare advantage plans. we're also concerned about the negative consequences for consumers and health care providers that could result from further entrenching the power of the bluecross blueshield system whose plans currently dominate the market in nearly every state. another likely casualty of these deals is derailing the momentum hospitals have established to improve the nation's health care d

agnes lee and interpreting for spanish is mr. norman bustillo and-give filipino tradition will be provided with a suggested 48-hour advance request as well as interpretation for committee meetings. will translate certain public notices crafted by the clerks and the-in addition which list the titles of legislation introduced at will call each week by the board of supervisors, the mayor, and the city departments. further, these translated notices and legislation introduced to be posted on the board of supervisors website. i wish to thank the director and her great staff in addition to the board staff who implement it a lot of good work in a very short period of target our deputy operations peggy nevins and rahal. our legislative deputy rick called eric, his assistant and let's say clerks and the evergreen of mr. darcy from the board division. thank you resident breed >> thank you bit i like to add a special thank you to supervisor yee are bringing this legislation forward and make this happen. with that, colleagues are there any ch

dani daniel -- and mr. lee ielpi, president of september 11th families associations. omas present of the national organization of black law enforcement executives and senior executive for law enforcement operation in the office of kings county district attorney. let me first introduce the mayor. and if you would have a seat at the table. mayor rudy giuliani serves as a partner at bryce well and giuliani. previously served two terms as new york city's mayor from 1994 to 2001 and led the city during and in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. i can't think of a more important witness to be here today than you, sir. and we thank you for your service both before, but particularly after 9/11 where you brought such a tragedy brought this country together, sir. and it's with great honor that we have you. and i now yield to you for your testimony. >> mr. chairman, it's a great honor for me to be here. i thank the committee for holding the hearing here. as you said, there could be no more appropriate place. this is not just a museum. this is sacred ground. there are people buried

senator lee: they do not weigh the same, is one way of putting it. mr. pollack: exactly. senator lee: i will get back to mr. bertolini and mr. swedish. i'm sensing that you want to respond to that. you can with that in to this question. i've questions for both of you. both of your company's have represented that entry into health insurance markets is relatively easy. if that is the case, why not enter into the markets that are already in, instead of buying those competitors? hy cap edna -- why can't aetna expand instead of hem?ng ant i think thei: trade-off as to whether or not enter markets versus acquire markets is simply an economic discussion. how do we want to deploy our capital, and how quickly do we want to get there? aetna was going to spend the next five years getting into markets that cover 70% of the medicare eligible. why is that more important? seniors are more portable. wey want to keep the prices offered to them which are often zero policy premiums. with this acquisition, when it wills, if appropriate, we be in markets covering 92% of the medicare eligible's