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The committee will come to orderment good morni o order. Good morning to everyone. Without objection the chair is allowed to declare a recess at anytime. Ill recognize myself for my Opening Statement. Im honored to be conveeting todays hearing, my very first as chair woman. As we continue to mourn the loss of our friend and colleague, elijah cummings. I am mindful of his life long mission to seek not only common ground, but higher ground. With that in mind, im very pleased to hold today tfs hearing on an issue we have been fighting for for many years, the need for comprehensive paid family and...

Pellegrino, dr. Uni libby, ellie newson, and chris dixon, thank you very much for what you have said. [applause] is do a formatdo a little bit different than i usually do because i want to involve you in the discussion. I do not give you a long speech, i will listen i will limit it to three hours. [laughter] sen. Sanders i want to touch on, there are some out there. I want to touch on some of the essential issues and get your thoughts on it. I want to start with the issue of money and politics. If you run for president of the United States, for governor or senator for that matter, it is an exp...

Questions on education, health care, and Climate Change. If you run for the president of the United States, it is an expensive proposition. Now is thatight especially since Citizens United , what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of meaning oneeting person one vote. We are america here. If we were arguing about an issue, majority wins. Everybody has the same vote. But increasingly in american politics, that is not the case. You have a handful of billionaires who are literally spending hundreds of millions of dollars in all kinds of ways electing candid...

[chanting] [chanting] [chanting] hi, everyone. My name is nu. Im a Family Doctor and passionate healthcare provider. Im a daca recipient and im here today as a plaintiff. My family and i moved to the United States when i was 9 years old. My parents worked long hours at the restaurant to help our family achieve the american dream. Following their example i went on to become the first undocumented person to graduate from ucsf medical school. I am also a graduate from the university of harvard berkley and school of public health. I am here today ive also since gone on to be named to 30 under 30 f...

[cheering] [applause] [cheering] [inaudible chanting] [cheering] [inaudible speaking] im a Family Doctor and passionate healthcare provider. Im a daca recipient and here today as a plaintiff. My family and i moved to the United States when i was nine years old. My parents worked long hours at the restaurant to help our family achieve the american dream. Following their example i went on to become the first undocumented person to graduate from ucf medical school. Im also a graduate of the university of california berkeley and Harvard School of public health. I am here today, i have also since g...