Health care plan authored by senator Lindsey Graham and bill cassidy. Tomorrow Senate Lawmakers plan to do with the nomination of the National Labor Relations Board and then they will adjourn for the rest of the week for a state work. The coverage of use senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, by whose providence our steps are ordered. You are our source of hope, joy, and peace. Guide our lawmakers on the path of integrity so that they will honor you. Inspire them to recommit themselves to the noble principles upon which our nation was founded. Give them wisdom to trust you with all their hearts and to passionately and humbly pursue your will, knowing that you have promised to direct their paths. Today, may our senators experience the constancy of your presence. Lead them to your higher wisdom, and bring them to the end of this day with their hearts a
Of the aisle who have stood up to this effort because no matter how many changes have been made in support by senators, this would be devastating. The senators are trying to hide the impact of the bill attempting to keep from a vote before there is a full score and analysis of the bill including estimates for how many people would lose coverage and how Health Care Costs would be affected. We received a preliminary estimate from c. B. O. , saying that previous to the trumpcare this would leave millions of Americans Without Health Insurance because of massive cuts to medicare. We wont see a more detailed score for weeks. The Republican Party is trying to rush this through because of rules that will expire on saturday. Fortunately a number of nonpartisan organizations are publishing data on the latest bill and agreed this would have similar impacts as the previous Trumpcare Bills. Tens of millions of americans would lose health care, states would be devastated, and costs would increase. A
Were live at the Senate Veterans affairs committee, where the success tear will testify about preventing veteran suicides as the committee looks into what congress can do to prevent them. Senator Johnny Isaacson chairs the committee. John tester is the top democrat on the committee. This is live coverage on cspan 3. We call this hearing to order. I thank all of you for coming today, especially our witnesses. We have a number of members on the way, but were in the interest of your time were going to get started. Todays hearing is about the issue of suicide. This month in america is National Suicide e Prevention Month across the kocountry. Suicide is a terrible, terrible, terrible loss of life. John will remember when we came in as a committee our first bill we passed was the Suicide Prevention bill. Passed this committee 990. It will ask to give us a report on the progress on the implementation of the act but its a very important act. And in august of 2014 i held a hearing at Georgia St
Of time were going to go ahead and get started. Todays hearing is about the issue of suicide. As many people in the room know, this month in america is National Suicide Prevention Month across the country. Suicide is a terrible, terrible, terrible loss, and wasteful loss of life. And preventible loss of life. I think john will remember when we first came in as a committee three years ago, our first bill that we passed was the clay hunt Suicide Prevention bill. It passed this committee 990. And we asked the secretary and the other members of the v. A. Here today to give us any report they might have on the progress of the implementation in terms of clay hunt act. But its a very important act. In august of 2014, i held a hearing as a member of this committee. It was a field hearing on the issue of suicide. The reason i did was because in that year, the months leading up to august of 2014, georgia va hospital in decatur had three suicides, two on campus. Some from mishandling of available
[inaudible conversations] good morning. Members of the committee i call this hearing on agriculture and forestry to order todays marks the ninth hearing this your dedicated to stakeholders all around the country country, programs are working as we work towards a formal. This includes taking look and spending requests and proposals and do not have day budget baseline. As i said the committee must be mindful of a very tough budgetary impairment that we have to face while it is a principal duty to ensure the next farm bill provides our producers with the necessary tools and resources to feed a growing and hungry world with the responsibilities dont stop there the farm bill needs to support businesses with schools. Said and that is what the farmers and ranchers call home. We had the opportunity to hear from a number of stakeholders. Into the witness is a apologize. Looking at the electric cooperative. And then with an affordable and Reliable Energy. And with the commodities. The roll Telec