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[inaudible conversations] we are thrilled to have you all here today to discuss the administrations review an important document that just came out on groundhogs day of this year following the earlier National Security strategy of december and Defense Strategies of the administration is doing a nice job keeping its work running smoothly on issuing the guidance prior to now the unveiling of its budget request. We are thrilled to have decent beginning our discussion today. He has one of the longer titles but one of the more important titles, Principal Deputy undersecretary of defense for policy,...

Agreement, ultimately, those things can be negotiated into the final package, such as a shuttle, the amount of parking and otherwise. I think the concerns of the neighbors are very real and this will have a big impact. But i think theres a lot of opportunity and i know supervisor yee has been leading this and ive been kind of backing him up in many ways. So, i feel comfortable moving forward with this. I do have a lot of reservations that supervisor cohen brought up. But i think we can finalize that. Chair peskin commissioner yee. Supervisor yee i also want to mention that i have been asking t...

Logically say they probably require ratification. And if they require ratification, one could make an argument that they perhaps were not proper. Okay. Ill allow a colleague to pursue this, because if they choose because im out of time and for the record will ask mr. Williamson what is noble about the cost of purchasing this care without contract 7 billion do we know it or is it noble . But i realize i dont have time now. Well ask this question for the record and yield back to the chair. Thank you, mr. Orourke. Now five minutes. Thank you mr. Chairman. I am aiming this in the direction of mr. ...

Will continue to do that, and to make sure that in the second incident that were using their input. Well, i think its absolutely crucial. Mr. Chairman, i would like to really thank you also for having the ig at the table, when i chaired the committee, it was my habit or really my administrative procedure that all of my subcommittees either had an ig come in what was the hotspots for agencies or at least submit written testimony, the fact that youre utilizing that is really crucial. Well have a lot to talk about this afternoon. Thank you so much for your service. We so value the work of our Ins...

We cant lose ground. The new treatments can be extremely expensive and cost as much as 1,000 a pill. I understand the v. A. Has been able to negotiate with the Drug Companies to a lower cost. And ive heard estimates that v. A. Is instead paying closer to 600 a bill, is that correct . I you may not have a answer. I would like to not have to answer that question. We work very slowly and collaboratively with the manufacturers of those drugs and have been able to reach attractive arrangements for the continued purchase of those drugs. And we continue to have those conversations. My what im curious...