Drug prices and his experience as an executive at eli lilly. He was introduced by tommy. Hompson i think we better get it going. The committee will come to order. Order. To this mornings hearing. Today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex to servee in the as the secretary of health and Human Services. I would like to welcome him this morning. I want to thank them for being here. Thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. He has his worcut out for them. Health and Human Services is a massive, Sprawling Department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our Nations Health care system. Confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. Knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. Our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience after nearly two decades of experience. Hhs, mr. Azare at played key roles in implementing policies, including the Medicare
Devoted to 56164 to approve the legislation. The Current Authority expires january 19. The debate is just under an hour. Section 702 is one of the most, if not the most Critical National security tool used by our Intelligence Committee to overseas. Elligent some claim 702 packages all information. This assertion is simply false. 702 is a targeted program was roughly 106,000 foreign targets worldwide. It given that the worldwide population is about 7. 5 billion, this program can hardly be described as a question. Improvise foreign adversaries who threaten the United States and locating them is crucial to protecting our troops and homeland. As an example, the second in command in isis was located via section 02. He was later removed from the battle 702. He was later removed from battle. This demonstrates the necessity of this authority. Subject to oversight by all branches of government, section 702 is one of the most intelligenceerseen authority. While compliance incidents occur in our
I think we better get it going. The committee will come to order. To this mornings hearing. Today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex to servee in the as the secretary of health and Human Services. I would like to welcome him this morning. I want to thank them for being here. Thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. He has his work cut out for them. Health and Human Services is a massive, Sprawling Department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our Nations Health care system. Confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. Knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. Our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience after nearly two decades of experience. Hhs, mr. Azare at played key roles in implementing policies, including the Medicare Advantage program. He was also a leader in hhss response to the anthrax attacks shortly after 9 11, t
Through the karl rove front group. What does the chamber do with all this money . It lobbies, it litigates, and it runs political attack ads on television, radio, and the internet. Lets start with the lobbying. The chamber exendz far more than anyone else lobbying the federal government. It spent more than 80 million last year aloan, far more than any individual company. Over the last 20 years, the chamber has spent more than 1. 4 billion, 1. 4 billion. Thats billion with a b, and the nine zeros after it, lobbying the federal government. That is three times more than the next largest lobbying spender. A swamp monster indeed. Much of this lobbying is against environmental policies, with the chamber lobbying congress, the white house, e. P. A. , the department of energy, and the department of the interior on behalf of yes, you guessed i. The Chamber Champions the fossil fuel agenda, opposing limits on Carbon Emissions and supporting drilling and mining on public lands and in offshore wat
We have a cspan audience, Live Streaming soap wonderful to have everybody joining us for what they think wilwethink will be at conversation. Im excited about the people weve gathered and the ideas we are going to be discussing. Welcome to the committee for responsible budget for thostherf you who do not know if they Nonpartisan Organization the board of directors or people many of whom are with us today who have run all the bigbudget institutions in washington so the federal reserve, the treasury department, omb, the Budget Committees comes of a. To try to have a realistic understanding of the budget improvements are going to be needed to improve the fiscal situation in the country and to trick yo to have in a bipartisan way it kind of understanding of how hard it is to make these traces but there are so many reasons they are necessary to keep moving the ball forward. With that said i will say it is a rough time for the budget policy this country. Nobody should be under the impression