The hearing will come to order. My understanding is that the democrat caucus has not designated who all the members are. We need to do unanimous consent that all members be allowed to fully participate in todays hearing without objection, so ordered. Welcome to the new congress. If you would like a we have mr. Mitchell and i know a number of other new members will be joining us from the democrats side, as well. So i want to welcome mr. Mitchell to the committee this afternoon. Lets start with Opening Statements and get right to our witnesses. And we appreciate our witnesses being here today, talking about an important this important subject. Health insurance premiums are soaring. President obama and the administration promised multiple times that Affordable Care act would Lower Health Insurance premiums by 2500. American families are still waiting to see those reductions. Instead, the Health Insurance premiums have skyrocketed under the Affordable Care act. Theres about 25 average incr
The hearing will come to order. My understanding is that the democrat caucus has not designated who all the members are. We need to do unanimous consent that all members be allowed to fully participate in todays hearing without objection, so ordered. Welcome to the new congress. If you would like a we have mr. Mitchell and i know a number of other new members will be joining us from the democrats side, as well. So i want to welcome mr. Mitchell to the committee this afternoon. Lets start with Opening Statements and get right to our witnesses. And we appreciate our witnesses being here today, talking about an important this important subject. Health insurance premiums are soaring. President obama and the administration promised multiple times that Affordable Care act would Lower Health Insurance premiums by 2500. American families are still waiting to see those reductions. Instead, the Health Insurance premiums have skyrocketed under the Affordable Care act. Theres about 25 average incr
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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] and. A leg to welcome everyone to do this mornings hearing for tom price to be the next department of health and Human Services. With his willingness to serve in this magnitude with obamacare was pushed through republicans in congress was warned the new Health Care Law would harm patients and families not to put too fine a point on it but the next hhs secretary as we work to repeal obamacare replacing with patients under reforms this is an important endeavor this should not be the sole purpose of the next hhs secretary. Having an annual budget of 1 trillion. I will be pete that. Blood department 1 trillion this centers for Disease Control and prevention is no exaggerations to say to affect the daily life in any other parts of u. S. Government. Dr. Price has the experience and quali
Rockville is one of the centers targeted overnight. The bomb threat came by email. They admit they need Montgomery County help but some residents are calling into question the separation of church and state. Montgomery county pondering handing the Jewish Center 225,000. Like a genie out of the bottle. They explain the money would blanket the 57,000acre campus in rockville with more security cameras. The upper campus would have remote controlled locks and cameras it every door. Jewish advocate underscores that the local Jewish Centers received three bomb threats this year alone. This is not something that you evacuated or held in classrooms. Still online, some question the legality of using public funds for religious organizations. While others accused the county exec ike leggett of pandering. They assert the move is altruistic necessity. I understand that people wish we didnt have to spend taxpayers dollars. I, too, wish we didnt have to spend. It a choice to say we stand with you and