in this committee, should continue to apply, regardless of who is president. if what we're seeing now is the new normal for every time control of the white house changes hands, the sfath, quite frankly, will be a much lesser institution. unfortunately, our committee has not been entirely immune to the hyperpoliticization of the nomination process. we saw that last week with the mnuchin hearing and i regret to say i think we'll see more of it today. i hope not. but i think during today's hearing, we're going to hear quite a bit during the process and claims that dr. price's nomination is being rushed and that the nominee hasn't, fully vetted. these allegations are simply untrue. president trump announced his attempt to nominate dr. price just three weeks after the election. dr. price submitted the required