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Committee met for a second day to examine and consider amendments to the bill. The committee will come to order. The purpose of this afternoon session is to discuss the details of the chairmans mark. We are not here to speculate about items that may or may not end up in the house will. We are not here to debate items that are not currently part of the chairmans mark. As of now there is no official or final version of the modification. So i made clear this morning we are still working to finalize the details of the modification. When that work is done, the details will be provided to the commit...

Well, i was sort of in the middle of that one. Because john chafee, i never had a more valued friend in my life. He was an 18yearold marine grunt. He was sent off to school and was the platoon leader at okinawa. And then he stayed in the reserves like i did and we all got called up again for another conflict, korea. He was a wonderful man. But ive got to be really careful here. He had a little bit of a liberal streak in him. Mel laird had a little bit of a liberal streak in him, that wisconsin water, you know. It produces we call that beer. And string cheese and so forth. And i was very strong...

Well, the committee will come to order. The purpose of this afternoons session is to discuss the details of the chairmans mark. Were not here to speculate about items that may or may not end up in the house bill. Were not here to debate items that are not currently part of the chairmans mark. Because as of now there is no official or final version of the modification. As i made clear this morning, we are still working to finalize the details of the modification. When that work is done, the details will be provided to the committee with ample time to go through them. After that, most likely tom...

Committee with ample time to go through them. And after that, most likely tomorrow morning, we will have another walkthrough and give members an opportunity to discuss and ask questions about the modification. Long story short, no one needs to be talking about the individual mandate at this point. Its not part of the mark. Arguments, questions, or statements about the individual mandate are a distraction from the meet weerg having nre havi frankly theyre a west of this committees time. Members have told me they have additional questions about the mark, and i want to be reasonable, accommodatin...

Who has to go to another committee hearing. But i welcome everybody to this mornings hearing on the president s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 with specific intention to the department of health and Human Services. So let me and i want to thank secretary price for being here. These hearings are an annual event for the finance committee. Secretary price, since this is your first time around, ill just warn you that these hearings can be a little grueling. So of course you already know that. Im grateful that the president and h. H. S. Are eager to work with congress to fix our Health Care S...