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 the news from time to time but they dont follow it closely. Thats what they hire us to do and deal with as policymakers. On this issue of syria, it strikes me, it did earlier this week when i frequent a gas station close to my house, a Little Convenience store with a coffee stand inside. A gentleman comes up to me and basically starts saying why do we care about stuff thats happening there . Its thousands of miles away. These people having fighting forever. Let them figure out. I tell you theres
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 are priced. Secret deals between Drug Companies and the pbms and secret agreements between pbms and insurers. Today were considering seven bipartisan bills that essentially unmask the secrets, that secret process, and ensure that low income seniors can afford their medications and build on the drug pricing package passed by the house last week. The first and very important bill ensures that seniors can afford their drugs. Representatives cunningham and bill araukus introduced a creating lower c
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, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. Our Facebook Page is facebook. Com cspan. The hills right up from the speech reads the president refrained from sprinkling in political rhetoric apart from passing references to his space force. His speech was almost singularly focused on the u. S. Military and its legacy in battle. Several shout outs resulted in energetic responses. Fromrowd only turned away the presid
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 pharmaceutical trade associations. They testified alongside other policy experts. 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 are priced. Secret deals between Drug Companies and the pbms and s
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 coverage, which is the alternative to traditional medicare. And Medicare Advantage is a defined contribution. And what that means is, is that the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary to the beneficiary chosen plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare. The question before the house and before the nation is a very, very big one. That is, how do we provide high quality medical care to a huge and, rapidly growing older population