and it was the northern states. the federal government and the southern states coddled slavery. that is a fallacy. this will restore freedom and people have more choices and with more choices, you have more competition. i love this plan. guest: i agree with him. it is about who decides. that is what freedom is about. this isn't about undermining civil rights. this isn't about taking away what is out there. it is about being responsible with what is. a good just heard, was summation of why we ought to do it, but the other reason is because look how much fear we have heard this morning. look how much fear. why is the fear? do we expect the elites in washington to do what is best in the long-term for the country, when in fact their real conflict is what is best for their political career? how in the world -- last year wanted $84 billion published by cbm. the debt when up six point trillion dollars -- you cannot -- that doesn't work. i find it liabilities through $6 trillion. we can ignore that, we can continue but what

the united states has urged peaceful negotiations and respect for the rule of law. united states has advocated the right of all nations to freedom and navigations into international waters. it has maintained its long-standing program globally and in our region. the trump administration is focused on north korea as one of its highest priorities. the dprk represents a profound threat to the stability and peace to the region today. a continues to some its nose at the united nations security council. testing resolution of ballistic missiles. that the five of the security council take all possible steps to send a message to north korea that it must hold its illegal behavior and focus on improving the welfare of its impoverished and long-suffering people. the trump administration is irving china to play a more construct of role in the pursuit of an enduring peace on the korean peninsula. the international landscape is uncertain. there are evident shifts in power between states, and the scale in terms of technical technological advances is disturbing how be living communica

quarters selected by the state. (b)timeline.-each state shall submit its selection of a per capita base period to the secretary not later than january 1, 2018. "(c)parameters.-in selecting a per capita base period under this paragraph, a state shall- "(i)only select a period of 8 (or, in the case of a state selecting a base period under subparagraph (d), not less than 4) consecutive fiscal quarters for which all the data necessary to make determinations required under this section is available, as determined by the secretary; and "(ii)shall not select any period of 8 (or, in the case of a state selecting a base period under subparagraph (d), not less than 4) consecutive fiscal quarters that begins with a fiscal quarter earlier than the first quarter of fiscal year 2014 or ends with a fiscal quarter later than the third fiscal quarter of 2017. "(d)base period for late-expanding states.- "(i)in general.-in the case of a state that did not provide for medical assistance for the 1903a enrollee category described in subse

the bill includes three of my proposal is to help the state department personnel. i hope we can agree to provide greater flexibility to allow separated family members of the foreign service officers to travel to see each other's and other family members. and i recommend -- while i support this committee process i also want to be clear, i do not feel as somehow granted congressional approval of the trump administration is an organization. i appreciate line of questioning by senator young to that effect. i continue to be concerned about the lack of clarity surrounding the organization process and hiring freeze. appreciate what we've heard so far today but look for more. and of course, i oppose the seat budget cuts to diplomacy and development proposed in the administrations school year a team budget request. i am pleased that the bill includes a mechanism by which congress can review, derivatization. and i wanted to move forward. deputy secretary sullivan, thank you for testifying and responding to our concern. fern service officers, families and the whole community o

and that is the state department. and you will all feel that because you will not be able to hire individuals that you need in order to perform the tasks at your departments and your embassies. extraordinary measures have been taken. the revent lateral transfers within the department of state, thus you will see certain functionalties hallowed out because the traditional ways in which state moves people back and forth are no longer available. there's something extraordinary happening. and many of us can't derive the motivation for it. but you're all going to feel the brunt of it. and i hope that all of your answers would be the same as mr. sales, if you felt you didn't have the resources, the notwithstanding decisions by the white house, you would argue for more resources. thank you, mr. chairman. if you have a second round, i might have one or two more. >> before i turn to senator markley on the subject, ms. sales, talk about your experience with dhs and the coordination that will be incredibly important between the de

we are so overtaxed, the highest -- one of the highest taxed states in the united states. st: what about the leadership of the state? do you think they are addressing this? house this playing out in california? caller: california is a liberal state, run by democrats in the house and senate for the most part and in-state leadership. republican, i don't always agree with the way it's run right now. i think governor brown, it is time for him to step down. our state is floundering in many ways. it's not a healthy situation for anybody. you can't keep taxing people at the rate they are being taxed and expect states to survive. trust putcharitable out 50 state trends and analysis looking at this issue. they note states have regained much of the fiscal and economic ground they lost in the great recession but not all have fully rebounded despite nearly seven years of recovery. the slow pace of tax revenue growth has left many with little will room in their budgets. 19 states collect less tax revenue than at their recession level peaks after adjusting for inflation and most have a t

a state in the middle of the united states if you put a deployable in the united states you might have a two or three hour drive time but in hawaii it's different. you can't necessarily put one on a boat and go to the next island quickly so we understand we will be putting multiple. we are dealing with a team to determine that number but we understand we need multiple deep labels to meet the needs of hawaii specifically. >> thank you. this is a technical question so i don't even know necessarily this is a challenge, but how does at&t intend to build the network so that hawaii does not depend on continental united states infrastructure to keep the network operational? in other words if there's a problem on the mainland in the middle of a natural disaster in the pacific, are we still required to balance the server in tucson or ho how to does tha? >> unfamiliar with the issue. you are referring to the network that reified subcontinental u.s. so hawaii's traffic does traverse the ocean. your team has brought this up as an issue and we recognize it as an issue and we are working to find wha

after world war two the united states has certainly made mistakes but again overall i think the united states is doing a lot of things well working now to address the north korean nuclear issue we worked for a decade building an international coalition to address the iran nuclear issue to to address isis so sure there are there are challenges but i think the united states is continuing to play an important leadership role in the international system and nobody is trying to diminish the international. the important international role that the united states is playing i just don't understand why the americans as the benton diminishing russia's role because because although each human is that you now listed they wouldn't have been possible without russia's participation all those issues that you have mentioned russia was right there at the table with the americans you know russia did play a helpful role in the iran nuclear negotiations i think that's true russia also played a helpful role and the six party talks but it would be great if russia would contribute to the rules based order i t

it was the leadership of the united states congress and the united states government that has raised this issue to the international community, making it clear we will not tolerate trafficking in persons. and that we will take all necessary steps to end this tragedy. it distorts labor markets. it destroys people. erodes community and undermines stability and rule of law and is fueled by corruption, greed, and violence. we will continue in our trafficking in persons report to me is the gold standard for what is used to have all countries do better. i mentioned previously when foreign guests come into my office, whether they're heads of state or foreign ministers, i have the trafficking in persons report in my office and will review that country's need for additional progress in order to deal with this. so it was with great anticipation that we had this hearing, and look forward to the 2017 report. i want to thank you for your extraordinary leadership on this issue. we know you'll be doing other things, and i want to first and foremost acknowledge that the 2017 report represents the pro

sanctions against the united states to punish the united states for its overthrow of the government of libya and the creation of chaos throughout the world we suffer from what we call american exceptionalism we apply a very different standard to the united states when the united states screws up around the world our motives are always pure but somehow we made a mistake but we're innocent but we have a very very different standard and that's that corrosive environment that we live in in the united states where we judge ourselves by completely different stand than we judge everybody else and unless we begin to get past that we can understand how the world looks to anybody else from the standpoint of the rest of the world russia might be a problem in certain areas but the main threat to world peace over and over again in every survey around the world this is the united states the united states is viewed internationally as the main threat to world peace americans don't know that americans are very limited very parochial and they don't have a sense of how we are perceived in the world or

and it will be made in the great state of wisconsin. so together we had the special bond that we want to build this technology and it just so happened and then to be a snap:tool. and it said he said it would be nice to build something like that right in that area and that is exactly what we're doing today. we couldn't be more thrilled. and all that they represent from the state of wisconsin. also to this and that president and all those that are here thinking of minority leader who has been a great advocate on this as well. also the members of the congressional delegation. those have been working on this project with republican and democrat. [applause] is certainly a big part of that is what we are proud of. just like flipping burgers the speaker of the house has been an advocate all the way through he reached out and made the case while it is exceptional to do business in the great state of wisconsin. and the champion for the people in this country and like the speaker of the house paul ryan. >> what can i say? this is a great day for a

the most important political figure in the state was william who was the father of democracy in the state. he was one you pushed forest have the initiative and referendum and so that's hard not to talk about early history of oregon as the important role he had to play. the initiative process is a process in which a private citizen can gather signatures and if they get enough signatures they can put a proposal on the ballot for people to vote on. during the early part of the 19th century, 20 century, we used the initiative quite a lot to shape the direction of the state. there was a bit of a slowdown in that within beginning in the 1980s up until about ten years ago the initiative was used a lot. from the sense it was considered progressive reform, change the way government works, it was a populist reform. the notion was we will make sure it's not an elite rule but that the public, the people have a way to the loss on the bow and vote on them directly. so that's one of the reforms. the direct primary election, of course many states introduced direct primary elections but oregon was one of

of the united states? >> thank you, senator, for the question and for the opportunity to address that testimony. i will point out that that testimony was in 2002, not in 2007. so it was 15 years ago that that testimony took place. it was during the time when department of homeland security was just being stood up. it was in the almost immediate aftermath of 9/11. i believe a lot has changed at the state department in 15 years, i'm very enthusiastic about the future of the way the bureau of consular affairs will be doing its -- or fulfilling its function with interagency cooperation, continuous vetting -- >> so let me -- i don't want my time to expire, we have a lot of candidates here. do you believe the state department is committed to the rule of law and the national security of the united states? >> currently, senator, i absolutely do. >> all right. now, let me ask you you went on the same hearing to say the fact -- this is a quote -- the fact that even i was terrified by state's incompetence and apathy t

allies asked the united states to join them in isolating iran. they believe you're engaged in these activities that the united states suggests you are as well. >> i just want to ask you who are behind the 9/11 terrorists attacks. >> rose: who do you think was behind it. was it individuals or was it an act by the state of saudi arabia. me from saudi arabia, 15 ofduals them. we also know the ideology came from saudi arabia. if you change the -- the ideology. if you just check from 2001 to now or even from 1 998 to now almost 90% if not more terrorists throughout the world have been insta gated and perpetrated by people belonging to that school of thought which is the official ideology of saudi arabia and promoted upon billions of billions of petro dollars across the globe spreading extremism everywhere. it's unfortunate because we believe that we need to have good relations with our neighbors and we want to have good relations with our neighbors. but they need to decide about their policy. unfortunately for the united states, the yard stick is not w

' law operating on the united states' official who is acting inside the united states. this case has, as far as the conduct is concerned, united states written all over it. nothing about mexico. the border patrol guard doesn't take these orders from mexico. >> i think it would be up to the united states to prosecute mr. may said criminal he is they were to choose to do so, which would provide a remedy to the petitioners via a -- >> why? they wouldn't get any damages for the death of their 15-year-old son, for their emotional suffering. but i think i have to follow up on what justice ginsburg is saying, a more fundamental question. which is, i don't think you or the u.s. government is suggesting that anyone is condoning people standing at the border and taking pop shots at passing mexicans. >> absolutely not. >> and yes, there is a criminal remedy for the government to vindicate its position. but why should there not be a civil remedy to ensure that border police are complying with the constitution? either under the fourth or fifth amendment, wouldn't shooting pop shots

is that to say the most network state will be the strongest state? hat is the most network state today? and then, what do we do with a state like north korea which is arguably the least networked. but therefore, also apparently least prone to suasion and pressure even from its most important friend, namely china. so is there an odd outlier here that by keeping itself out of the network, north korea is making itself particularly resilient or if not, just stubborn and isolated, is it also then more difficult to move? >> it is exactly the way i think we need to think about the way we need to think about power and the network world or the web world. traditionally power is you know the size, the size of your economy, military, this is your territory and your population. in a networked world is the number of connections and i would say the quality of connections as well. and i don't think that there can be, there is not necessarily one center. because there are multiple states that are connected and again, think about a map of the internet. you have a numbe

the bank of the united states and this is the second bank of the united states because as you recall, from earlier in the semester there was a first bank of the united states. 1791 alexander hamilton. pushes through congress a bank of the united states. this bank a private bank with stockholders and dividends. this bank hamilton says will benefit not only financial -- private financial interests but will benefit the country, the public, how will it benefit the public, because the treasury, the u.s. treasury, will deposit money in the bank, money coming in from taxes and the treasuries, can also borrow money from the bank. this bank has a 20-year charter but it has lots of opponents. you remember, that chief opponent, thomas jefferson, hates the bank. the bank jefferson believes is an institution that imperils american liberty by elevating to power a wealthy financial elite, nonproductive elite. jefferson opposes it and jefferson comes to power in 1800, so does his party the bank of the united states the first bank the charter expires in 1811, but one year later a war erupts with brita

and a representative of the state state, are not willing to fight the case are they manufacturing adversity by appointing new? so is the the case moot?. >> what happens next if the director issues a grant to a church. if she does that under the liberal taxpayers standing rules somebody kansu to say you are violating the state constitution and if there is a determination that they were then the question before the court today would have to be answered. >> do you agree the voluntary policy?. >> i agree they can apply to this it is not perfect compared to the other president but there is no assurance that for years from now with a change of administration and some point in the interim that there would not be a change back to the prior practice. >> i am still trying to understand the answer to the question from justice kagan how does discrimination on the basis of religious exercise is better than the general programs? and how do we tell the difference? what about the. [inaudible] is you can shock to the capital or who ca

direct democracy in the state. he was the one who pushed for us to have the initiative under referendum, and so that's what, it's hard not to talk about the early history of oregon and the important role he had to play. the initiative process is a process in which private citizens can gather signatures, and if they get enough signature, they can put a proposed law on the ballot for people to vote. and during the early part of the 20th century, we used the initiative quite a lot to shape the direction of the state. there was a little wit of a slowdown in that, but then beginning in the 980s up -- 1980s up until about ten years ago, the initiative was used a lot. in a sense, it was considered progressive reform that had changed the way government worked. it was a populist reform. the notion was we're going to make sure it's not an elite that rules, but that the public and people have a way to put laws on the ballot and vote on them directly. so that's one of the reforms. the direct primary election, of course, many st

in the program. states have a lot of flexibility to design their delivery system, is it managed care, accountable care organizations, they design their payment system, they design their care management system. the area where medicaid is clear however is on the benefit protection for children. it is actually 50 years almost to the day where congress adopted the early periodic screening and diagnostic treatment program to make sure all kids in medicaid are screened for vision, hearing, developmental delays, other problems, and if they have a medical problem the benefit requirement in medicaid is that they get treated. >> i'm almost out of time. texas received 1150 waiver, i think bipartisan we supported. there is flexibility in states, although before i was elected to congress i served 20 years in the state legislature and i watched what -- how we were funding medicaid back then. my concern is that flexibility -- we also vote this federal money, in texas our match is two-thirds fed, one-third state. of course

the negotiations seem to be going well but after the fourthh night the state decides to take the prison with brutal force. they send in 500 state troopers, since in about 200 and corrections officers are armed.t this is it after dropping gas so everyone is already immobilized. the shooting begins and all you can here's gunfire. they kill 39 men, prisoners and. guards alike there's a total of 128 men shot some was six or seven bullet wounds and then they torture them in for days and weeks. it was the hardest part of the book to write. probably most extraordinarilythe they step out and tell the world that something different happened which is that the prisoners killed the hostages. and that story is important to shaping what the nation thinks about prisoner rights. the story which i thought was about a rebellion turned out about the cover-up of the police crimes that go on for the next 40 years. it's about two thirds about the cover-up and the prisoner and hostas fight for justice that takes them for decades before they are heard.o -- s >> so talk about, i'm struck about how your book end

the u.s. we combine state, local and federal. why? if you look at the average road in the state of washington, i cannot tell you who paid for it, partly paid by for the state and partly by the fed. if you visit schools, partly local, partly paid by the state, partly by the federal government, title i dollars. if you look at outcomes, the combined spent against the outcome. we did that in our 10k, and our more simplified annual report as well as on our website. maybe i will get you the briefest kind of view of what our website looks like. we will go from our homepage to some of the reports and give you a sense. here is our homepage. into the big picture, first revenue is in bloom. you can look at where the money comes from down to who pays for it. corporate income tax, how much state, how much local. you fan over to expenses and you see the segments, promote the general welfare, secure the blessings of liberty. certain education, investment in human capital is about securing the blessings of liberty. of $185see total spend billion split

the exr for the separation of church and state. remind our viewers about the dispute over a playground that ended up in the supreme court. guest: it was a dispute over a playground that was owned and controlled and called a ministry and mission of a lutheran church. this was integrally related to the church itself. the question was, the scrap tire program that was used allegedly to replace dangerous pebbled craig lowndes -- playgrounds with rubberized tires, whether a religious group could be required to be admitted to a program to receive compensation for this redo of their playground. although it was called the playground case, for many of us, it is a lot more significant than that because it raises the question, can the united states thatme court order states want to protect the conscience of its people and protected zone treasury against distributing funding to churches, can they be ordered to be included in a program that is available to other people? the supreme court majority said, yes, no problem with that. justice sotomayor

the senate foreign relations committee on proposed reorganization of t state department. the plan is part of president trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal. the entire hearing is about 90 minutes. >> senator cardin wanted to make sure and said that everyone had the opportunity to hear everyone's questions, and so in order to accommodate that gladly, at 5:30 we will recess for 15 minutes and come back at 5:45 so everyone can go over and vote and be back so that everyone's able to hear what everyone else's questions. we thank you for being here, mr. secretary, again so promptly. we appreciate that you've made time to appear before this committee twice in a week's time. passing an annual state department authorization bill is one of the fundamental responsibilities of this committee, and when we shirk that responsibility and decline to exercise our oversight we in essence surrender our authority to the executive branch and other congressional committees and fail to do the jobs our constituents sent us here to do. restoring this annual practice was a top priority of mine w

thank you for serving the great state of oregon and the united states senate. the wanted to follow-up on question that was asked in encyclical.e he gave it as a present to president trump when he was there. has president trump had a chance to read or digest that in encyclical? >> i'm not aware. i have looks at some of it. >> farther pieces that resonate for you? >> i think we are all called to be stewards of the land. as i said earlier, president trumpcare's for our environment. clean airo sustain and water and wants the united states to be an environmental leader. we are not backing off of that but we are looking to increase the security of this country. increase the security of this country. more jobs for americans and to have better prosperity. the focus is slightly different. ando what to remain environmental leader. >> the pope indicated he feels there's a huge urgency to acting quickly to address the basic factors driving climate disruption. do you share that sense of urgency? change>elieve climate exists and some is due to human behavior. athink if the pr

i am confident that the u.s. state department and usaid will continue to deliver results for the american people. i thank you for your time, and i'm happy to answer your questions. >> thank you. we'll do seven minute rounds. and one, i look forward to your effort to reform the state department, get the feedback, come to us and say, this is what we can do without, this is what we need more of. i know you've got the perfect right attitude, but we've got to live with this budget until you get there is unacceptable for me. so between 2007 and '17, would you say the world is more dangerous or less? >> the world is changing and it's in a difficult place today. >> so if we've been spending more in the last ten years, there's probably a good reason. and i would say increasing military defense spending by 10% is absolutely long over due. do you support the president's budget to increase hard power by 10%? >> i do. >> do you believe that soft power is an integral part of our national security strategy? >> without question. >>> s

of the state -- the state municipalities as well. if confirmed i think it's -- i'll need an opportunity to wrap my arms around a little bit better on what they have, and each state operates differently. i'm committed to work with the committee and yourself and to have a thorough assessment. what i can say is when meeting with numerous of the organizations that graciously supported me, the chiefs and the state law enforcement we see the need for it. we need a mechanism to share information. i think it's without question there can be improvements in that. i know undersecretary taylor my predecessor if confirmed was working that -- i'm obligated and i'm committed to do that as well. >> i don't have a -- i don't have a set of recommendations. i do think the whole concept though needs a fresh look. i look forward to working with you on that. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator cornyn. >> thank you, congratulations, mr. glawe. anyone chairman grassley he supports usually guarantees my support so i look forward to your continued service to t

canada's minister of foreign affairs and our ambassador to the united states. [applause] it extends to all levels of governance and society from my continuing instructive dialogue to the chats between the cabinet secretaries to the meetings between state governors and including the premier kathleen with us today. the conversations between municipal leaders to business and nongovernmental organizations to the thousands of personal and business ties to form the bedrock of our national bond. during my time in politics, i noticed this, pundits and i say this wa with the greatest respet and affection to the media seemed to enjoy the word strategy. if you have a plan that's just a plan. anyone can have a plan but if you call i that a strategy, suddenly journalists are leafing through and making references to chess. it has the effect of making the obvious seem complex or at least fancy. it makes for an interesting story. but our strategy on our plan is actually extremely straightforward. canada is a confident, creative, resourceful and resource rich nation. we are weal

i know you have reviewed the state plans. how has the department's decision to exclude those statutory requirements effected the development of state plans and based on your views are states meeting requirements of the every student succeeds act? >> thank you very much for that question. you know, if it is not written, don't know whether it is happening or not. so i agree that especially around some of our most vulnerable kids, our homeless students and our kids in foster care, not having specific questions for those students means we don't know what is going to be happening. that said, just because it is not in the template doesn't mean those requirements don't exist. >> right. >> it is very important that we still carry out and oversee the implementation of those provisions, even if the questions are not asked in the template. >> thank you. more need for certainty. madam chairwoman, as i yield back i want to take a moment to acknowledge my senior legislative assistant, adrienne anderson, who has worked with me for several ye

shared with the states. someone may disqualify from being a voter in whatever , state the conviction may occur. dhs forms where the person indicates that as a noncitizen they were registered to vote. and of course the larger question of dhs databases that were mentioned that states have had very limited or no access to to ensure that noncitizens are on the rolls. and online registration. and non-registration states like north dakota. so with, if there is no objection, we have at least really a dozen topics that perhaps we can ask staff to bunch together in some coherent ways so each meeting we can address the related topics and hopefully we can start to dig much deeper into those related topics. the next topic on the agenda is future meetings. and i know in discussions with staff, the general idea has been that we should shoot for perhaps having four more public meetings with lots of staff working in between to collect information for us to assess. we may have more meetings than that if necessary. but i think

so the state needs to be unitary if under attack of the different corporations with the secretary of state and treasury so when we are under threats there were many different contexts with the state department that was is a unitary state somebody in charge on the same playbook but at the same time in a globalized world our networks are great source of power into vintage and what is seen around the of world the universities are attracting with running campuses abroad and the civic organizations we have to be able to do both. so for instance that means our cities and states are able to ring gauge others like on climate change so california they are now working with their counterparts because they can do things on the ground if you are fighting terrorism you of the ability to help build educational institutions in the states that don't have opportunities to fight the long-term causes of terrorism ever rose zero toggle back-and-forth all hands on deck but it is critically important to say a - - to stay open and participate. >> but in that the state of california and even to convene the me

president of the united states is the chief executive officer of the united states. if wants to fire the fbi director, all he's got to do is fire him. somebody said the other day if john f. kennedy had fired j. edgar hoover over investigating and wiretapping martin luther king jr., would people have thought it was obstruction? be so, you know, so there's not really collusion. so what's the latest leak to "the washington post" whose record, by the way, of running anonymous leaks is actually beating "the new york times." it's an enormous achievement. and i give the post credit -- [laughter] that in their energy and enthusiasm, they have been even more consistently wrong than the times, which is actually in the olympics of stupidity, an enormous challenge. [laughter] so the latest thing is mueller, who will not be able to get anything on russia or obstruction, is now going to look at finances. and what you're seeing, obviously, is exactly -- this is why when i was speaker i opposed renewing the independent counsel act. you bring in a whole bunch of high-priced lawyers, t

the security state program is just the beginning. our state government assistance can help these cities develop a more effective national strategy to combat the opioid crisis in areas of substance abuse prevention and education, training, treatment and recovery, law enforcement expanded access while testing for drugs in correctional facilities, data collection and determining what reforms can men be made to the cfr and better coordination among care among physicians and we can prevent relapses and improve patient safety. we are in one of the worst medical tragedies of our time , perhaps the worst. although this committee has given the subcommittee's attention to many other problems in the past, we recognize this is paramount among them.this is a national emergency and we look forward to hearing from the states and what you are doing on the frontline and i yield to my colleague. >> thank you so much mister chairman and i appreciate this most recent hearing on opioid addiction. as you said, so accurately, this crisis is really devastati

it has really been left up to the state. one area where i am interested in states improving is to think about how do we intervene in low performing schools. the last thing i'll say because i don't want to take all of my time -- is just, as we have these conversations, it's really important that we get into the plans and figure out what states are actually doing. states may have submitted something to the federal government that may not have anything in it that they are going to do in their state. because of the way the template played out and other things. the federal government is only asking for certain types of information from states. their process and their plan may be bigger than what they submit to the federal government. i think it's important for reporters to ask, what else besides the plan is going on in the state to improve schools. i will stop there. >> thank you, chris. i would like to turn to liz and ask about what the change in this administration means for these plans. obviously civil rights advocates have bee

they go in effect in september, for the non-expansion states but for the expansion states they would go into effect even after the enhanced match goes away. those are some of the major things. i need to get going on this so if you go to the next slide, it briefly shows you what the reductions are. if you go to the next slide, please. next slide. no, back. follow your booklets. it just shows the year-by-year reductions that cbo has identified in the bcra. overall -- and you are probably familiar with the cbo scores -- the cbo says it would produce a loss of $772 billion over 10 years for the medicaid program and of course very importantly, by 2026 cbo projects that 15 million people covered by medicaid would lose their coverage, would no longer have that coverage. if you go to the next slide, i want to talk a little bit about how the cap works. i am not going to spend a lot of time explaining this. it is a wonderful diagram and hopefully it will teach you, but we can have some time during q and a. spending isc trended forward by a trend rate and both of those factors are critical in te

they emigrated to the united states. was filled with stories about what it is like living in a dictatorship. children that as the right to vote is a precious right and one that can be easily lost. our duty towas always participate in the democratic process. i want to ensure every american who is eligible is able to vote and, that his or her vote is not stolen or diluted because of administrative mistakes, errors by officials, or intentional wrongdoing by those willing to take advantage of what we have, which is basically an honor system. i have a must-read decades experience in the field of voting elections. not just legal experience as a lawyer in the u.s. department of justice and federal laws that protect the right to vote, but i have been a local county election official in two states, georgia and virginia. i know how hard election officials work to administer the voting process fairly. we do have problems that need to be fixed. we have vulnerabilities in the administrative system. votero have a history of fraud in th

third, the quality of the state plan is uneven. certainly some strengths but missed opportunities and many weaknesses including some proposals that simply violate the law. in particular, many plans fall short of the equity promise of e.s.s.a., let me give you a few examples. it made the commitment if a school has a single subgroup that consistently underperforms african-american students, latino students, the school would be identified for target the support and those kids would receive help. it applies this requirement to each individual subgroup separately because groups of students perform differently and if you combine them together, you can mask the low performance of a single group. unfortunately, this is exactly what some states are doing. one state combines the achievement levels of african-american, latino and native students together even though it risks the schools may not be identified. it also violates the law. a related but distinct problem that states are not including historically underserved kids in their school rat

the government claims it is young people who will bear the burden of the state pension, in fact it isto bear the burden of the cuts they are facing all ready, education, housing, working age social security as well as the endless extensions to the state pension age. sadly, like much of the policy platform, the conservatives approach this matter has changed little since their election manifesto. at that time, they promised to ensure the state pension age reflects increases in the life expectancy while protecting generations fairly. so how does this make the promise made in the ma nifesto make the promise made in the manifesto given the evidence of life expectancy that we have seen over the last week? what conversation has the last week? what conversation has the minister had with his new friends in the democratic unionist party whose manifesto promised advocating for the interests of older people? perhaps that the pensions minister astonishingly suggested earlier this month the government will force people into their mid—60s to seek out apprenticeships. a constituent of mine suggested

the state? the federal government to give us an overview on how we are at least attempting to deal with that piece. and also if someone is obviously in an od, are they given narcan without really, you don't know. are they od'ing on opioids or fentanyl? >> thank you. we are expanding the coverage on narcan in every community. there is some resistance. particularly from a rural jurisdiction meefrly because they are not the first to respond under a large jurisdiction. it is usually emergency medical services. ems does carry it. the majority of our jurisdictions in law enforcement communities and certainly in urban areas now carry it. as i mentioned, virginia beach has a tremendous success rate. they are saving in upwards after life week with the use. that's ems. we appreciate the grants, so we can provide without any cost of the local jurisdiction. now in terms of lay people, our department of health commissionerish you eed an order so someone can go into the pharmacy and receive a prescription for

i share your concerns regarding the state and the russian intrusion into the state electoral. i also understand the challenges with sharing that information regarding the individual states' vulnerabilities. i'm committed to working with you and to be completely transparent with that. i understand the need to understand who has been hacked or the intrusion occurred. and the unique vulnerabilities to each state, which may be different and working through those challenges. and i concur with you completely. the solutions are not going to be easy, and the problem is increasing. and i fully commit if confirmed to work with you, sir. >> i hope you would be willing to share with us, even if it's on a confidential basis, this committee, so we can figure out a way to sort through to make sure we're better prepared. >> absolutely, sir. >> i'm going to hold you to that. i look forward to working with you. i'm down to the last minute. one of the things, as i mentioned in my opening statement, the concept of the fusion center makes a great deal of sense. i do wonder at times if there's not d

of russian espionage in the united states. evan perez along with pamela brown broke this story of more russian spies and an embolden russia after the election and, evan, what are you learning? >> we're learning that russian spies are ramping up their intelligence gathering efforts in the united states according to current and former u.s. intelligence officials who say they have noticed an increase since the election. the russians have not been slowed by retaliatory efforts after it meddled in the u.s. election according to u.s. intelligence community. since the election u.s. authorities have detected an uptick in suspected russian intelligence officers entering the country. they have been replenishing their ranks apparently since the u.s. expelled those 35 russian diplomats suspected of spying. they have tried to gain employment. the fbi would not comment for the story and the russian embassy in washington didn't respond, erin, to our request for comment. >> so if u.s. intelligence knows this, right, evan, they know this is hap

ambassador for the united states. she was speaking on cnn and she said, for an interview that will air tomorrow, in fact, that everybody knows that russia meddled in the u.s. election. of course, president trump asked about this on this trip, when he was in poland, says, nobody knows for sure. nikki haley, druuring that interview, said you'll have to ask the president himself why he won't answer that question more declarityively. it's notable as they wrap up this g20 summit, as the president heads home, jacob, that it's tradition that these heads of state, presidents, prime ministers, will hold news conferences in the last several hours. we heard from vladimir putin, angela merkel, ma kron of france, trudeau in canada, but president trump himself left without holding a news conference so that question couldn't be posed to him today. >> i don't think anybody's surprised by the way that president trump described that mean with president putin as, quote, unquote, tremendous. looking forward to seeing you back stateside so