His commitment makes him a valuable asset and we are happy to have you. I would like to join you and welcome mr. Donovan. He is an outstanding attorney and an outstanding public servant. Great to have you on board. Just to show how bipartisan we are going to be, as a democrat, i would like to welcome my former colleague dan donovan. It is great to have you here and i look forward to working with you. Anybody else echo mr. Richmond onto a more serious topic, yesterday in boston, sorts are merging that mr. Rahim was killed by federal Law Enforcement officers after lunging at them with a knife. After communicating with and spreading isis propaganda online. Known associates are also being arrested as we speak. These cases are a reminder of the danger posed by individuals radicalized by social media. In garland one month ago. He urge others to do the same the mohammed cartoon contest that islamists have singled out as a target. The final tweet minutes before the attack, he told his follower
Good morning everyone. Welcome to the newly refurbished oversight investigation room. This is the first one of 115th congress. Welcome here and welcome our Witnesses Today. Welcome back to my friend and colleague. This is our medicaid oversight hearing on ways to strengthen the program. The Sub Committee convenes to examine patient and Affordable Care act. Medicaid and Medicaid Expansion. It provides Health Care Coverage for over 70 million americans and accounts for more than 15 of health dacare spending in th United States. The federal share and medicaid spending is expected to rise from 371 billion in 2016 to 624 billion in 2026, ten years. At a time when Medicaid Program costs are skyrocketing it makes sense to ask is it adequately serving our most vulnerable populations . 20 and 40 cents of value for each the government spends on their behalf. Further, reports by nonpartisan watchdogs, two of which are here today show that the Program Remains a target for waste, fraud and abuse. B
Good morning everyone. Welcome to the newly refurbished oversight investigation room. This is the first one of 115th congress. Welcome here and welcome our Witnesses Today. Welcome back to my friend and colleague. This is our medicaid oversight hearing on ways to strengthen the program. The Sub Committee convenes to examine patient and Affordable Care act. Medicaid and Medicaid Expansion. It provides Health Care Coverage for over 70 million americans and accounts for more than 15 of health dacare spending in th United States. The federal share and medicaid spending is expected to rise from 371 billion in 2016 to 624 billion in 2026, ten years. At a time when Medicaid Program costs are skyrocketing it makes sense to ask is it adequately serving our most vulnerable populations . 20 and 40 cents of value for each the government spends on their behalf. Further, reports by nonpartisan watchdogs, two of which are here today show that the Program Remains a target for waste, fraud and abuse. B
The confirmation hearing to head the office of director of National Intelligence testified before the Senate Intelligence committee. This is just over two hours. Calling the hearing to order i would like to welcome the witness today, the nominee to be the director of National Intelligence. Congratulations on your nomination and welcome back. Im sure you didnt expect to be walking the halls so soon after your retirement and i would also like to welcome back your wife and my good friend and i want to thank her for her support of you and willingness to share with the rest of the country. Ive seen firsthand the strength of the relationship you so thoughtfully described for the record. The goal is to enable the committees qualifications and allow for thoughtful deliberation of the members who already provided responses to 148 questions presented by the committee and its members. Today of course members will ask questions and hear from the senator in both open and closed sessions. He comes t
Welcome to the heritage foundation. Douglas and Sarah Allison auditorium. We welcome throws who join us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. For those inhouse we appreciate that courtesy check that our mobile devices have been silence silenced or turned off. For those watching online and in the future, youre welcome to send questions or comments at any time, simply emailing speaker at heritage. Org and we will post todays program on our heritage home page for everyones future reference. Leading our discussion today is elizabeth slattery, legal fellow in our edwin maceease center. She writes about judicial powers and a variety of constitutional issues and she also manages heritages appellate advocacy programs including moot Court Sessions to prepare litigators for oral arguments. Her commentaries have appeared in the washington post, National Review online and many other news outlets. She received her j. D. From george masons Antonin Scalia law school and her bachelor