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And at the witness table, the Homeland Security secretary, xavier becerra, getting ready to give testimony on the president s 2025 budget request. The priorities of the budget, focusing on Health Care Coverage in the United States, as well as Maternal Health and mortality, Mental Health and suicide in cancer research. Pecting the hearing to start shortly, we have the chair and the Ranking Member in their seats now. Again, senators hearing budget request from health and Human Services secretary x...

Thank you for being here today welcome to the staged Vice President for clientt heidi sommer. Good afternoon everyone. I name is ryan i am coauthor and host of politico playbook deep dive podcast. In addition to this being a public conversation for you all this is our first alive taping of the deep dive podcast. Thank you for joining us for that. If you want to know more about that podcast there is a qr code in your program so please check that out. Welcome, thank you for doing this. Clicks than...

For ukraine, the National Debt and inflation reduction. This is two hours. All right, let me call this hearing of the budget to order. I want to thank my we start it 10 00 oclock today had a presentation to make. I thank you for indulging that. [inaudible] none on so let me first say good morning to our Committee Members present in a special welcome to our witness young. Director young its always a pleasure to have you here before the committee. There is simply no better communicator of a compli...

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You, secretary becerra, fojoining with a little bit of history. Topic one, drug prices. In july of 2020, donald trump said, since the day i toke office i have made reducing drug prices one of my highest priorities. For four straight years, donald trump complained about hh did r pointing at others about the problem, and repeatedly talked about how he was best friend seniors could depend on. What was actually accomplished over his four years . ■exactly nothing. Fastforward to the Biden Administr...

Pharma. Big pharmas holy grail, what they cared abo prohibiting negotiation for a better deal on medicine. Look at wth going to court, trying to stop any negotiation. But we have it written in the law that there isation. On top of it, most americans have access to free vaccines. Osts for seniors were capped at 35 a month. As we said, when the government leads on these issues, particularly the showpiece of American Health care, medicare almost always the private sector copies it. We have seen Rea...

All right, let me call this hearing of the budget to order. I want to thank my colleagues we start it 10 00 oclock today had a presentation to make. I thank you for indulging that. [inaudible] none on so let me first say good morning to our Committee Members present in a special welcome to our witness. Director young its always a pleasure to have you here before the committee. There is simply no better communicator o you. President biden is very lucky to have this you in this important the presi...

Committee. This first portion is just under three hours. [inaudible conversations] the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Today is a busy day. As we all know very important both will be taking place, republicans of knickers will be meeting in their caucuses so people are going to be coming in and out. I also think that this hearing is important enough that we extend the time for questioning from the usual five minutes to seven minutes, if thats okay wit...

Like to welcome to stage politico Vice President for client partnerships, heidi summer. Up next, white house counselor to former President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway and Samantha Power on Health Policies in the u. S. And spoke at Politico Health care summit in washington, d. C. Good afternoon, everyone, im ryan, the coauthor of playbook and the host of politicos playbook deep dive podcast and in addition to this being a public conversation here for you all, its actually our first live taping...

[inaudible conversations] the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Today is a busy day. As we all know very important both will be taking place, republicans of knickers will be meeting in their caucuses so people are going to be coming in and out. I also think that this hearing is important enough that we extend the time for questioning from the usual five minutes to seven minutes, if thats okay with folks. Let me begin by welcoming the ceos of Bristol My...