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From reform to maybe substantial tax cut in the end that wont be substantial, i dont know. I dont know. Stuart something is better than nothing. Remember Obamacare Repeal and replace. Weve still got obamacare. Neil god bless your optimism. I dont know what youre drinking there but i mean have at it. Stuart dont start with me on that. Neil all right. You know, im looking at bakery products. As long as they keep taxes low on them im fine. Thank you very much, my friend. We are following that, poli...

Staff testified about the ssi disability program. And the process for filing disability claims. Sam johnson chairs the ways and means subcommittee on Social Security. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Good morning to all of you. And welcome to todays hearing. On the challenges Social Security faces when deciding if a person should receive disability benefits. Since i have been chairman, we have held 18 hearings including today on the Disability Insurance program. On one topic or another. Now thats...

Cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Washington journal continues. The director of Economic Policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center is here to talk about the deal made yesterday, tying emergency disaster funding to the debt ceiling, and keeping the government running through december. Lets break down what is in the deal. The debt limit, what is it . The debt limit limits the amount that the federal government can borrow. Right now, we have ...

Inventories, a much bigger drawdown. A drawdown of 5. 9 million barrels, compared to the survey calling for a drawdown of 3. 1 million barrels. Whats happening now, Hurricane Harvey, of course, took refineries offline. That, of course, caused oil to be in less demand building. We are seeing a bigger build than expected. Gasoline not produced through the refineries. A bigger drawdown. He would not be surprised by this report because he thinks some of the economists surveyed probably did not have ...

[inaudible conversations] please come to order. We are holding the first hearing on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to the individuals Health Insurance market for 2018. How to help the 18 million americans and the individual Insurance Market to give an idea of how many people are interested in this, we invited senators who were not on our committee, which has about a quarter of the senate on the committee. To come to. Weve got senators there so that is remarkable interest. We will each ...

Commissions will please come to order. We are holding our second hearings on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to the individual Health Insurance market for the year 2018. Thats our focus. We are delighted and honored to have the governors of five states here today. Thank you, gentlemen. You have come long distances to be here. We look forward to learning from you. We will each have an Opening Statement and introduce the five governors after almost sounds like a singing group, doesnt it ....

This hearing is about taking one small step. A small step on the big issue that has been locked for seven years, Health Insurance. It is a step Congress Needs to pick by the end of this month. By the end of this month. To the 18 million americans, songwriters and selfemployed farmers, those that dont get their Health Insurance from the government or onthejob committees 18 million by their Health Insurance in the individual market and about half of them have zero Government Support to help buy th...

Before i begin, lets call the meeting to order. Before we begin to take just a moment to say that our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been impacted over the past few days by hurricane irma. Of course, we continue to keep those suffering from the effects of Hurricane Harvey in our thoughts and prayers as well. These have truly been horrific events, and i hope and pray for the safety of everyone involved. I join with my colleagues in the commitment to doing all we can to assist our c...

These storms. Whats harder is the cleanup that follows. Harvey shows people are still good and caring and selfreliant. And people know at some time it may be their turn. Immediate Disaster Response on the federal and local level has been improved. But you dont need psychic friends to tell you that florida will be pummeled again. Our reliance on federal programs incentivizes developers to keep building in flood zones. The National Flood Insurance Program subsidizes policies which you would think ...

Market. The governors of massachusetts, montana, tennessee, utah and colorado spoke with members of the Senate Health committee about issues including allowing states to innovate and create healthcare pools. The hearing is just over three hours. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] the Senate Committee on Health Education labor and pensions will come toward her. Were holding are second to four hearings on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to the individu...