Emergency management. Confirmation votes on two of the nominees are expected at 11 a. M. Eastern today. And now through live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, who is given our lawmakers diversities of talents by the same spirit, use us for your glory. Lord, protect our nation from evil, prevent the weapons formed against america from prospering, for you remain our refuge and fortress. Continue to be the strength of our lives as we remember the many times you have preserved us in the past. Lord, open our eyes to the unfolding of your providence. Open our minds to your truth. Open our lips to speak your wisdom. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for
Families. Frankly were a community that cares, we are an organization that provides education, support and advocacy around Mental Health dare in this country. As we have this discussion, our phone lines are a bit different, split up regional. In the tern time zone, or the mountain or pacific time stones, as folks are calling in, some stats on the state of americas Mental Health from namis latest fact sheet in a given year, and almost nearly 60 of an adult with Mental Health illness didnt receive services in the previous year. To put those numbers in perspective, how bad or good is that with previous years . Actually those statistics have remained fairly constant through the years, but what is shocking is if we think about a comparison to cancer. If half of all People Living with cancer had no treatment in the previous year, we week outraged as a country. The fact that over half of our country is living with Mental Health conditions, going without treatment, when treatment should be ava
And inflation reduction. This is two hours. L all right, let me call this hearing of the budget to order. I want to thank my colleagues we start it 10 00 oclock today had a presentation to make. I thank you for indulging that. 0 [inaudible] no on so let me first say good morning to our Committee Members esent in a special welcome to our witness shalanda young. Director young its always a pleasure to have you here before the committee. There is simply no better communicator of a complicated budget procedure than you. President id have this you in this important position the president is fond of saying, a budget is a statement of values. That message is especially salient this year as President Biden and maga republicans offer starkly different visions of our countrys future. On the one hand President Biden released a fiscally responsible budget that puts the middle class first, cuts the deficit by 3 trillion paves the way for a stronger, safer and more prosperous america. Onâ– the othe
And at the witness table, the Homeland Security secretary, xavier becerra, getting ready to give testimony on the president s 2025 budget request. The priorities of the budget, focusing on Health Care Coverage in the United States, as well as Maternal Health and mortality, Mental Health and suicide in cancer research. Pecting the hearing to start shortly, we have the chair and the Ranking Member in their seats now. Again, senators hearing budget request from health and Human Services secretary xavier becerra. Today, we meet to discuss the year ahead for health care in america. Thank you, secretary becerra, for joining us. I will start off with a little bit of history. Topic one, drug prices. In july of 2020, donald trump said since the day i took office, i have made reducing drug prices one of my highest priorities. For four straight years, donald trump complained about high drug prices, did lots of finger pointing at others about the problem and repeatedly talked about how he was the
For ukraine, the National Debt and inflation reduction. This is two hours. All right, let me call this hearing of the budget to order. I want to thank my we start it 10 00 oclock today had a presentation to make. I thank you for indulging that. [inaudible] none on so let me first say good morning to our Committee Members present in a special welcome to our witness young. Director young its always a pleasure to have you here before the committee. There is simply no better communicator of a complicated budget procedure than you. President biden is very lucky to have this you in this important position the president is fond of saying, a budget is a statement of values. That message is especially salient to this year as pde biden and maga republicans offer starkly different visions of our countrys future. On the one hand President Biden released a fiscally responsible budget that puts the middle class first, cuts the deficit by 3 trillion paves the way for a stronger safer and more prosper