Nominate commissioner for another term as the president of this commission. I do that for any number of reasons but they include her un failing good humor. Particularly at very long meetings. Her commitment to the department , herren enthusiasm learning everything a department does. All of the challenges that it faces and her willingness to get in there and try to solve or to advance ordeal with those challenges all the while maintaining her wonderful sense of humor. And because i think this is a job that takes well more than a year to master. Ive been really impressed by the degree to which she has mastered the jobs and the inns and outs of the department and the commission and the confidence she shows now in running meetings with lots of people in the room, compared to when she did it in the beginning i think that shes earned another year in this position. I think she deserves another year in in this commission. I think we will all benefit from having her as our president again. I am
Health and Human Services secretary took questions on the president s proposed budget for 2019. He was asked about funding for medicare and medicaid, combating the Opioid Epidemic and the cost of Prescription Drugs. He testified before the Senate Finance committee. The committee will come to order. I want to express the sadness we all feel in light of yesterdays events in florida. I was personally horrified as i watched the news unfold yesterday though i was also moved to hear some of the stories of the heroism displayed by some of the students and teachers at the school. Am praying for those who were affected. May they all find peace, healing, and a speedy recovery. I welcome everybody here to todays hearing which will be hearing on final the president s budget for fiscal year 2019. We have already had the treasury secretary and hearing acting i. R. S. Commissioner appear before us. Today well be talking with secretary aczar from the department of health and Human Services. I want to
President s would weve ever had. And a grandfather, whirl wind johnson hosted a tennis camp including for Althea Gibson and arthur ashe. My grandfather, a phenomenal physician, but somehow managed to be a student of the tennis game and transform that learning into a program that would, for decades, provide players an opportunity for africanamericans to integrate the sport. Watch the cspan cities tour saturday beginning at 5 p. M. Eastern, sunday at 2 p. M. On American History tv on cspan 3. Working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. Health and Human Services secretary, alex azar spoke before the Senate Finance committee this week about the president s proposed 2019 budget. He answered questions on a range of issues, including funding for medicare and medicaid, the Opioid Epidemic, Community Based clinic training and autism and also discussed the administrations approach for lowering Health Care Costs including Prescription Drugs. Mr. Azar was sworn in as hhs secretary in
We have come up with, the department has come up with, this is not us, the department has come up with it and some of it is our input, we have things on there thats absolutely necessary for the city. A lot of the stations are rundown. The firefighters who live there love them dearly but a lot of them are run down. A lot of the trucks are breaking down and through the leadership of this commission, you guys did a great job of being the squeaky wheel before i got here to make sure we get more people and more rigs but the reason it happened is because you spoke out, not because you rubberstamped a budget and thats your job and you guys did a great job of doing that. But there is more to be done for this department. As we saw from department of Emergency Management, we play a key role in making sure that this city doesnt fall apart when theres an emergency. A key role, and frankly, we need a lot more money to do that to our absolute best. And thats just my opinion and some of these things
Which i know everybody does, but well take care of you and make sure youre in peek performance to serve the people of the city, which ultimately is the only reason were sitting up here as commissioners. We serve the people, the county and city of San Francisco through the Fire Department. Thats our job. That being said, thank you mr. Corso. I appreciate your time and god bless you what you do, its a difficult job to say the least. President cleaveland thank you commissioner for your in depth analysis and comments. Commissioner covington. Commissioner covington thank you mr. President. I would also like to thank my fellow commissioner veronese for amplifying what i have been saying for years concerning the grant writer. I dont think that it is sufficient for this to be part of someones job. I think we need a person who is dedicated to grant writing. We have been successful in the past in grant writing as people were doing this as part of their jobs. We need to really, really understand