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HB206 Aimed At Helping Thousands Behind On Utility Bills In New Mexico Introduced At 2021 Legislative Session STATE News: SANTA FE — Representatives Kristina Ortez (D-42), Andrea Romero (D-46) and Joanne Ferrary (D-37) introduced legislation Friday aimed at helping thousands of New Mexico families who have fallen behind on paying their utility bills during the COVID–19 pandemic. House Bill 206 gives much-needed relief to New Mexicans impacted by COVID who have been unable to stay current on...

The City of Wilkes-Barre will soon take delivery of a new ambulance that will make it safer to transport patients with COVID-19.

Republican message to me. steve: well, you know what, he was appearing at an event in university of louisville, mitch mcconnell is standing right over there. ainsley: know your audience kind of thing. brian: he did checked off a few items from better deal approach. he got in the last budget 5.8 billion for child care development, block grant program, 20 billion in infrastructure, broadband funds, thats a republican item too and ticked off a few things that he got on the budget, they got the free...

Cutting taxes through the tax cuts and jobs act. so to do anything that would lead to democrats saying, well, you know, republicans hiked taxes on your gas, that will create image problems for them. i do think one thing that is built into this preliminary plan that we saw float on infrastructure that might help the state and local level is this incentive for the mayors and governors to get creative with public and private partnerships. it would play out like a block grant program. so that forces...

Would be almost unattainable, it is aggravating. >> inappropriate for him to talk about this? it is his signature legacy. >> yeah, i have no problem with praumt weighing in on this debate. but i grew he with him this health care process is aggravating. and one thing i do see recognition from democrats is obamacare does have problems. what i dont see areny fixes coming from them. instead the problems contained in obamacare, they just seem to want to use as leverage to get medicare for all. so we ...

With -- he can frame a debate, and he is very good at that, and that will be important going forward, but he is meeting with the governors today. they have some issues. republicans and democrats alike have some questions about how to do this. he is going to have the speaker of the house and the senate majority leader down in about an hour or two to talk to him about that big speech tomorrow night because they want some health care help from the president there. then again, you have a lot of cons...

Dr. tom price. the congressman who has been nominated to become the next secretary of health and human services. its already three hours, jake, theyve been hearing the testimony. the confirmation process going forward. a lot of democrats are deeply concerned about this nomination. >> they are. and theyve been really trying to press for specifics in terms of what exactly will be the bill, the legislation that replaces obamacare after republicans repeal it. even just basic opinions. kellyanne conw...

Who is up to be the secretary for health and human services. we will rejoin that on capitol hill. >> your physician about a whole range of programs that are basically about access and coverage, sort of the safety net that provides coverage to millions of peoples. youve offered up the chance to make medicare into a block grant program, thats because a lot of controversy in virginia and other places among democrats and republicans nu called the chip program for kids "socialized medicine." that is ...

I was at another hearing, so i might be repetitive. by worry as a virginian is your position about a whole range of programs that are basically about access and coverage. sort of the safety net that provides coverage to millions of people. you propose turning into a block grant program. a lot of controversy for democrats and republicans and you have repeatedly voted against the chip program for kids. calling it socialized medicine. thats a combined medicaid chip of 800,000 virginians. you have p...

Governor bobby again dal who revealed his own plan of sorts. >> im certainly for repealing the obamacare law but i think we need to show the american people weve got a better plan to lower health care costs and do what the president promised he was going to do in 2008. >> his plan includes turning medicaid into a block grant program for the states, allowing health coverage to be sold across state lines and introducing premium support for private plans into medicare. he was using the opposition t...