And utah. This hearing runs about three hours. [ gavel tapping ] the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Were holding our second of four hearings on stabilizing premiums and insuring access to the individual Health Insurance market for the year 2018. Thats our focus, and we are delighted and honored to have the governors of five states with us here today. Thank you, gentlemen. We know how busy you are. Youve come long distances to be here, and we appreciate it very much. We look forward to hearing from you. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement. Well then introduce the five governors, after they almost sounds like a singing group, doesnt it . After that testimony, the senators will each have an opportunity to ask the witnesses five minutes of questions. We just left a meeting where the governors met with senators not on our committee. We had 30 senators there, similar to yesterday when we had the state Insurance Commissioners
Governors of massachusetts, montana, tennessee, colorado, and utah. This hearing runs about three hours. [ gavel tapping ] the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Were holding our second of four hearings on stabilizing premiums and insuring access to the individual Health Insurance market for the year 2018. Thats our focus, and we are delighted and honored to have the governors of five states with us here today. Thank you, gentlemen. We know how busy you are. Youve come long distances to be here, and we appreciate it very much. We look forward to hearing from you. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement. Well then introduce the five governors, after they almost sounds like a singing group, doesnt it . After that testimony, the senators will each have an opportunity to ask the witnesses five minutes of questions. We just left a meeting where the governors met with senators not on our committee. We had 30 senators there, similar