Director. Kahina here kahina present chair. Ekin here. Ekin present. For the record, i note that director hinsey is attending this meeting remotely. Director hinsey is reminded that she must appear on camera throughout the meeting and in order to speak or vote on any items places you on. Item number three the ringing use of cell phones and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. The chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone or other similar sound producing Electronic Device places you on. Item number four approval of minutes for the november 21st regular meeting. Thank you directors. Are there any changes to the november 20th one minutes . Yes seeing none, well open Public Comment for anyone in the room on the november 20th one minutes. Seeing none, please open a remote at this time. Well move to remote Public Comment not to exceed a total time of ten minutes. Members of the publ
The committee will come to order. Welcome everybody to this mornings hearing. Today the committee will consider and examine the nomination of vista alex cesar to serve as a sect of health and Human Services, one of the most aboard jobs in any government anywhere in the world. Id like to welcome mr. Azar to the finance committee this morning. Thank you for being here and for your willingness to serve in this important capacity. Mr. Azar certainly has his work cut out for him. Health and Human Services is a massive, Sprawling Department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities and encompasses all areas of our Nations Health care system. As a result, if confirmed, mr. Azars work will impact the lives of every single american. Thats a big job. It requires knowledge, experience, and, most important, strong leadership. Fortunately, our nominee brings all of this to the table, having nearly two decades of experience in the health care sector, including about six years wo
[inaudible conversations] all right, so before we have the doctor, up to give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something that is near and dear to me as one of those two represents a Success Story of the great specialized care system, spinal cord injury does the system of care. Before i get to exactly what the topic is, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why do you choose to become even. Raise your hand if its money. A bunch of millionaires in here. Social status. Everybody respects about her. Job security. You always have people focus on getting better. If you are a healer, youve got some job security and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from perspective of the statement, im willing to bet somewhere on the list of what brought you into your discipline was compassion. What is compassion . A feeling of deep sympathy for another whose
Speefive. The committee will come to order it as we hear testimony from a the ceo from equifax that held those positions until last week i understand you are now an unpaid advisor to the company that we appreciate your willingness to testify here about the events surrounding the breach and equifax response what you were leading the company. Given the severity congress will continue to examine the facts and what can be done to prevent similar situations cyber securities one of the most pressing issues facing Companies Consumers and governments alike is one of the biggest threats to the Financial System the amount of data us the industry collective stores very concerning intrinsic vulnerability collecting and storing personal information when you have the Banking Committee takes the oversight seriously and Financial Institutions Credit Bureau serves the critical function to be a daily part of every americans intersect and get credit cards and car loans and mortgages and other items such