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The committee will come to order. Welcome everybody to this mornings hearing. Today the committee will consider and examine the nomination of vista alex cesar to serve as a sect of health and Human Services, one of the most aboard jobs in any government anywhere in the world. Id like to welcome mr. Azar to the finance committee this morning. Thank you for being here and for your willingness to serve in this important capacity. Mr. Azar certainly has his work cut out for him. Health and Human Ser...

So please call the roll. Commissioner . Commissioner and chair katie loo . Commissioner tedi vriheas . Commission wallenberg . Can i have a motion to approve the agenda. So move, seconded. Moved, second. So we have the business list the consideration and possible action regarding the proposed budget for fiscal year 201819 and 201920. Thank you. Are you in control . Im in control of the ok. Here we go. For the record, for the record, im dan kaplan. I am the Deputy Director of the Human Services a...

Q a, sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. And it is stop number 18 on the 50 capitals tour across the u. S. And today its jackson mississippi. Named after general andrew jackson. And joining us on the cspan bus to talk about some of the issues facing his state is mississippis longserving attorney general, jim hood. General hood, as a democrat, whats the secret to getting elected statewide in very red mississippi . I was elected in 2003 and i was grandfathered in. But Law Enforcement, fighting ...

Act and we look forward to your testimony. For the past year our committee has been working to improve, strengthen and streamline health care and welfare programs under our jurisdiction. In health care we have taken action to cut needless red tape, makes it more difficult for providers to deliver high quality care to their patients we advanced targeted bipartisan reforms to improve medicare to the American People. Continue the drive to strengthen quality and care coordination. In our committee p...

The government. This came after weeks of acrimony and no shortage of hostility here on the senate floor and elsewhere. And while most of the recent debate has been focused on the future of immigration policy, another vitally important priority and a bipartisan priority, no less, was also addressed this week. Im talking of course about the sixyear extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program which was included in the funding bill. Its a shame really that this bipartisan accomplishment has ...

San jose. Were trying to piece together exactly how martinez was connected to all five victim us. So far police have only released limited information. I dont know. I cant confirm if its the mother. I know theres a past relationship but cant confirm her relationship to the child. Report the Modesto Police posted on its Facebook Page that martinez is the fatherrer of the youngest victim. Right now we still have not confirm the identity of the second woman found dead inside. I was just told by one...

Reporter neighbors here in modesto tell me the people who lived in that house right there were not always very approachable but a they were nonetheless shocked when police descended on the street last night. Theyre even more shocked to find out that one of the victims, the youngest one in there, was the child of the person of interest in this murder. We also learned a few other details about the four other victims found dead inside. According to her family dr. Amanda crews a physician with the c...

The the bodies have been found. They are leaving candles, flowers, they tell me dr. Ahanda cruz amanda cruise was their physician and they are shocked shes gone. Friends of a victim set up candles outside the home. Neighbors say they never talked much with the people. One restident was recognizable. Being that they never like to be friendly. I remember seeing the guy whose picture i saw on facebook. I remember seeing him. Reporter shes talking about this picture released by Police Saturday night...

Training to have medicaid expansion. We did this in Public Housing when i was mayor of charlotte which was effective and we want to know if there is any more flexibility or is that the line drawn in that area. I want to congratulate you on you reaching out for us and the honest dialogue. Sylvia in terms of the benchmarks, that is something we will get back to you and your team directly on. With regard to the question of work and how we think about that particular issue with regard to health, in ...

A lot of areas where we can move forward. Thank you all very much and thanks for having me again. National Governors Association also held assumption on scripture drug abuse Prescription Drug abuse in the u. S. Mary bona also created the Prescription Drug abuse caucus. This is one hour and 20 minutes. If i could have your attention, lets take our seats so that we can get our joint session started. First of all, i am governors Steven Beshear from kentucky. I chair the mga health and Human Service...