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Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from florida. Mr. Rubio is the senate in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Rubio i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Rubio its interesting when we come here, we seem to think that everybody in america is reading the blogs and all the major newspapers of the morning. A lot of people do, but some people have lives to live. They get up early, they go to work. They listen to t...

Down Prescription Drug prices. The witnesses at the hearing, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry and advocates for patients. Good morning, everyone. The Sub Committee on health will now come to order. The chair now recognizes for five minutes for an opening statement. Last week our Sub Committee held a hearing to essentially follow the money in the drug supply chain. We came away with much valuable information, but we also found there are many secrets. Secret decisions about how drugs...

Rob richie discusses the recent Supreme Court decision regarding partisan gerrymandering and the groups effort. Washington journal starts now. Starts now. Host good morning. This is the washington journal for july 5. Tell us what you thought of President Trumps salute to america held in washington, d. C. Supporters highlighted the emphasis on america, the military and Law Enforcement. Some vip tickets were distributed, the cost, and the presence of tanks. If you want to call, it is democrats, 20...

Congress. Former special Counsel Robert Mueller is set to appear before two committees of congress. The House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee on wednesday, july 17th, at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Hell testify in open session about his report into russian interference in the 2016 election. Watch live coverage on cspan3 j online at cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. The house energy and Commerce Sub Committee on health heard from officials from two pharmaceutica...

Ladies and gentlemen, coming. Our topic today is medicare, the largest care player in the american, a huge growing federal entitlement. And a little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees and total Program Spending will double today, roughly. Its 1 trillion. And within ten years it will be nearly 2 trillion. At the same time, medicare is changing. Today, half of all seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or a system of private...

Largest care player in the american, a huge growing federal entitlement. And a little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees and total Program Spending will double today, roughly. Its 1 trillion. And within ten years it will be nearly 2 trillion. At the same time, medicare is changing. Today, half of all seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or a system of private coverage, which is the alternative to traditional medicare. An...

Right from the start, mr. Chairman, the nature of this amendment and the nature of this amendment is to try to follow the advice of just about every witness who testified in this room back in september about how to stabilize the exchanges. Everybody said among the three things we should do, make clear that the costsharing reductions offsit the cost of copays, deductibles, make it clear theyre not going away for at least two years. That was one thing they said theyd do. Number two, they said put ...

33, corporate amendment 17. I will make a clear from the start nature of this amendment is to try to follow the advice about every witness who testified in this room back in september about how to stabilize that exchanges. Everyones said we should make clear that the cost sharing reduction which would set the cost of copays and adaptable, make it clear they are going away for at least two years. Number two they said put in place a Reinsurance Program for highly expensive patient care particular ...

We know you are only two weeks into this job, but we expect you to know everything. We are still reviewing the effects of the recent reforms in the budget caps adjustments that were included in last weeks bipartisan budget act and we look forward to your testimony. Over 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. It makes it more difficult ...

The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. One of the most difficult and challenging situation any family faces is dealing with circumstances surr...