Confident, yet humble, wise, yet dependent on your guidance. Give them the wisdom to cultivate a faith that preserves, keeping them from growing weary in doing what is right. Strengthen their ability to see among their colleagues your divine image. May our senators increase in favor with you and humanity. Fill them with a passion to live for your glory. We praise you for being our helper and we desire to magnify your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa is a recognized. Mr. Grassley i ask one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley quite often in our newspapers you can read about a lot of city, state Pension Funds that are in trouble. Theres
In the meantime Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell announcing yesterday the senate will vote on a plan to repeal the Affordable Care act within two years. Instead of replacing it immediately. Now the live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. By dr. Hance dilbeck, Senior Pastor from Quail Springs Baptist Church in oklahoma city, oklahoma. Were very happy to welcome you here. The guest chaplain let us pray. O, lord, youve made heaven and earth and all that dwells within and we praise you as our creator. You rule above men and nations as the king of glory, and we praise you as our king. Father, we bow before you humbly because we believe that you judge men and nations. And we praise you as our judge and we delight this morning that jesus teaches us to call you our father. And, father, we give you thanks for the freedom that we have in this nation. We thank you for those who fight and serve to protect those freedoms. We thank you for the men and women who serve here in this cha
Thank you, mr. President. I yield the floor. Mr. Prince president , the majority leader says he will move forward this week with about on a straight repeal of the Affordable Care act in its entirety. I dont believe that a majority of senators are willing to support a reckless leap in the dark but that both would mean. Its a vote that would end protections for people with preexisting conditions and would take Health Coverage away from tens of millions of americans, tens of thousands in New Hampshire. It would terminate the Medicaid Expansion that has been critical to siding the Opioid Epidemic in my state in so many states across the country. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, a straight repeal of the Affordable Care act would result in more than 32 Million People losing their Insurance Coverage by 2026. Premiums would roughly double in the individual marketplaces. I urge my republican friends not to go forward with this misguided approach. The idea that they can
We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Were getting it together and its going to happen. Right, mike . Right. The Gop Health Care bill collapses. Theres a couple wheels off this bus right now, but this is a bus full of republicans that are determined to ultimately deliver it to its destination. They are not going to give up on it. Ing to nothing is not an option, and i have confidence theyll Bring Solutions to the table to get us to yes. In central arizona, more crews join the search for a man missing after a flash flood. The death of a whom shot and killed by police in minnesota is ruled a homicide. Were desperate for information. A new clue in the unsolved killings of two deep age girls in indiana. Police released the sketch of a man they are looking for. A grand jury in texas indicting a former Police Officer on a murder charge in the shooting death of a high school freshman. We will prosecute this case vigorously. Investigators want to know the cause o
[chatter] [indiscernible chatter] [gavel] the hearing will come to order. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Today, we are reviewing the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Dr. Price, we welcome you and congratulations on your nomination. Welcome to you and your wife, betty, who is here with you. I enjoyed having the opportunity to visit with you in my office and learn about your plans. Dr. Price will be introduced today in a few minutes by a member of this committee and dr. State senator. Before senator isaac introduces the nominee, senator murray and i will make a few introductory remarks. After the nominee makes his statement, we will have a usual round of questions. Now let me Say Something about , that round of questions. Last night, we had a hearing of 3. 5 hours. I tried as chairman to be fair by following the same precedent we had with president obamas two education nominees by having one round o