Watch afterwards on cspan 2s book tv. Tom price recently testified before the Senate Finance committee about the president s 2018 budget request for his department. Lawmakers also asked about the current state of the Health Care Law and proposed cuts to medicaid. This hearing runs just over two hours. The committee will come to order. Were going to first listen to the distinguished senator from oregon who has to go to another Committee Hearing so well show that deference to him. I welcome everybody to this mornings hearing on the president s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 with specific attention to the department of health and Human Services. But let me i want to thank secretary price for being here. These hearings are an annual event for the finance committee and, secretary price, since this is your first time around, ill just warn you that these hearings can be a little grueling. Of course, you already know that. Im grateful for the president and that the president and hhs are
Targets, with having advisors on the ground . Should we be at war in yemen . Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org. Right on our home page or by searching the video library. Up next, testimony from health and Human Services secretary tom price on President Trumps proposed 2018 budget request for his department. He discussed a range of issues including proposed cuts to medicaid and allowing businesses to opt out of providing insurance that covers Birth Control to female employees. Held by the Senate Finance committee, this is just over two hours. The committee will come to order. Were going to first listen to the distinguished senator from oregon who has to go to another Committee Hearing so well show that deference to him. I welcome everybody to this mornings hearing on the president s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 with specific attention to the department of health and Human Services. But let me i want to thank secretary price for being here. These hearings are an annual e
Lawmakers walk through their starting legislative session. We will bring you live coverage here on cspan. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our gratitude. You have created us with opportunities to serve other people in their need, to share together in respect and affection
Of the year, its 95 and humid, and i cant sit out in the sun im so circumi cant sit out in the im so sick, i cant sit out in the sunday all. Ive got to do two of the three. And i said, which are the worst . He said, look, ill do dental and ill do medical. But even though ive grat got glasses, i cant wait around, i cant wait around because im so sick out in the hot sun, youre just going to have to give me the two of the three. I cant wait all day. In this dusty fairground on the 21 ost of july to get health care. These people need us to be at our best. They need us to be thinking about them. The first time i went to this clinic in weiss, i was struck by the magnitude of the need. But the thing that really hit me was when i went in the parking lot and i expected to see cars from virginia and kentucky kentucky is ten miles away from this fair ground, and i might have expected to see cars from West Virginia, or tennessee, but North Carolina is 150 miles away and South Carolina is 350 miles
Of the year, its 95 and humid, and i cant sit out in the sun im so circumi cant sit out in the im so sick, i cant sit out in the sunday all. Ive got to do two of the three. And i said, which are the worst . He said, look, ill do dental and ill do medical. But even though ive grat got glasses, i cant wait around, i cant wait around because im so sick out in the hot sun, youre just going to have to give me the two of the three. I cant wait all day. In this dusty fairground on the 21 ost of july to get health care. These people need us to be at our best. They need us to be thinking about them. The first time i went to this clinic in weiss, i was struck by the magnitude of the need. But the thing that really hit me was when i went in the parking lot and i expected to see cars from virginia and kentucky kentucky is ten miles away from this fair ground, and i might have expected to see cars from West Virginia, or tennessee, but North Carolina is 150 miles away and South Carolina is 350 miles