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listening into that press conference was that we also had quite a strong warning about not underestimating president putin. jens stoltenberg said putin has a very high tolerance for casualties, that they have amassed a large missile stockpile ahead of this winter and that they are getting a lot of ammunition from north korea. so it nato members believe that president putin is on the war path and they are not seeing any signs of a possible, imminent peace when it comes to ukraine. becau...

Highest quality care for folks. and when it is, thats fine. when it isnt, its incumbent on policymakers to make certain we do the kinds of things to adjust that policy so that it can work, especially for patients. >> my lasti question is about te individual market. the obamacare exchanges are 4% for all of us who have insurance. our insurance commissioner in tennessee says the market is virtually collapsing. im told by many people that we need to basically have a rescue plan or a reform plan for...

Who has a question to ask. for the record i would like to ask consent to put parts of the record of the nominees of michael levitt and tom daschle into the record of this hearing. >> that will be fine. >> our members have questions because this nominee is going to have jurisdiction over the health care and lives of millions of americans, and we want to know where he stands before we make a decision yes or no, our imprimatur to be there. thats why its so important to members of our committee. hav...

And then days later introduced legislation that would have benefitted the manufacturer of that device. >> thats right, this is news that our reporter manu raju broke on the air. chuck schumer wants to look more heavily into this, scrutinize this. i think for tom price, in the way that you saw senators like jeff sessions, hes a member of the club, tom price not a senator but hes a member of congress, i think hell get some deference because of that, and because hes been at the tip of the spear in ...

Congressman price, congratulations on your nomination, and thank you to your wife betty who i know is here as well. before i speak about this nominee, i do want to say we remain deeply disappointed in last night when democrats were blocked from asking more than one round of questions on betsy devos as nominee for secretary of education and are disappointed that we are rushing this hearing as well. mr. chairman, you said seven minutes, but i will just say, i dont think any of us in prior nominees...

That they had the financial feasibility to do so. >> okay. >> thats whats different about the plans we put forward. >> i think its really important that we have clear answers. so let me just say this. your bill only allows people with preexisting conditions to obtain health insurance if they maintained continuous insurance for 18 months prior. millions of americans with preexisting health conditions lack insurance for short periods of time. under your plan, insurance companies could deny those a...

Cost health insurance. let me give my view on how to proceed with that and during the question and answer session ill ask you more about your view. following the presidential election, president-elect trump said on "60 minutes" said that repeal and replacement of obamacare would be done simultaneously, his word. to me that means at the same time. recently, speaker of the house paul ryan said repeal and replacement of obamacare would be done concurrently. and then senator mcconnell said last week...

Know to be a great politician, a great practicing legislator, a great family man, and a great friend of mine. its an honor for me to do so. i want to thank each of you for taking my call today. i think youll be impressed with what you hear no matter how tough the question might be. i approached this introduction, if im being asked what to look for in somebody being entrusted with $1 trillion of my money, the quality of my health care, and the future of americas health care, i would like for five...

Available to young adults up to age 26, that is correct, right? >> the bill that i authored did not include coverage up to age 26. the insurance companies have said that they were working that, that they were including that in their plans going forward, so we felt it was covered. >> and your bill takes away current benefits which include prescription drugs, mental health benefits, and maternity coverage among others, correct? >> its different in the legislative arena than the administrative aren...