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Secretary, it finance committee receives his paperwork and will vote hon the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and governor of utah whom we welcome today. Mike, good to see you and have you back. And senator young, whos a member of this committee, will introduce him after mr. Azars testimony, senators will each have five minutes of questions. We already have a good turnout so i anticipate a good vigorous questioning period. Confirmed t...

Cheryl stocks open higher in europe on the back of a big extra for a vote in the senate that happened friday. European markets pointing to a higher open. Trip and half . Cost it one to 2 . Cheryl done deal, cbs by aetna for 65 billion. Fbn am beginning right now. Lauren good morning. 5 01 a. M. Right now. Thanks for joining us. And lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning. Im cheryl casone. A latenight decision to get the tax reform bill in the senate done and done. Lauren the wee hours of the Morn...

Vote on the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and former governor Michael Leavitt who we welcome today good to see you and have you back and senator young, a member of this committee will introduce mr. Azar. After his testimony, each will have five minutes of questions. I anticipate a good, vigorous questioning time. Azar, you will be running a 1. 1 trillion organization. That almost equals the total of the 12 appropriation Bills Congr...

But we want to ask you. Helping or hurting his administration . The phone numbers are on your screen. It was over the weekend which the president sent out several tweets which got a lot of attention. Me dealt with the former f. B. I. Director. F. B. I. Director. Also Michael Flynn. A lot of attention was paid to this tweet in particular. Were interested to hear if you think it helps or hurt the administration and the information you may personally gain from the tweets he sends out. The president...

Guest were completely independent, we have a staff of researchers and analysts who sift through information for us, to Public Meetings, present information, we have six Public Meetings per year, we have 17 by the oners appointed comptroller general, from a wide variety of different backgrounds bring expertise and commentary and advice to the commission. Host the Childrens Health Insurance Program, give us a and what f what it is it does . Guest enacted in 1997, been reauthorized several times si...

Publicly commit that medicare reductions would not be triggered, given the amount of fear, anxiety, and misinformation that is out there. I wrote to the Senate Majority leader urging that we immediately remove the threat of an automatic cut in medicares funding. In response, i am pleased to say both the majority leader and the speaker of the house released a joint statement that pledged this will not happen. And that is the issue before us tonight. Medicare provides essential Health Care Benefit...

Winners of the year, and they are rallying a twoyearend. Yearend. G into here are some of the companies doing well in todays session. We have seen outperformance for semiconductors this year. You can see the activity we have had for some of the semiconductor makers. Here is the Philadelphia Semiconductor index in white and the rally over the past two years versus the s p 500 has been extraordinary. Even the s p has gained 31 over the twoyear period. The semiconductor gains have been pretty much ...

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And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs statio...

Different uses of the program. One of them is controversial, outsourcing. [applause] thank you and please be seated. Welcome the to president of Colgate Rochester divinity school, who will deliver a blessing, and rabbi angela who will deliver our invocation. Shall we pray. God, we acknowledge you as the sovereign lord of all creation from everlasting to everlasting and from sea to shining sea. You are our god. Hear aboutoday to conditions in our empire state. We come from crowded cities and snow...