So that we can acknowledge them. Where are you . Another yorkshire. I know you are here. [applause] also, a special group tonight that i would like to acknowledge, that is the simpson circle. That is a group composed of former Mary Washington b. O. D. Members. We are here tonight and we would like to have them stand so we can acknowledge them. [applause] in introducing tonights speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, i would like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her phd from the university. Thats right, u. V. A. [laughter] in any case, not long after receiving that degree, she was recognized already as one of the nations top young historians. She has subsequently has achieved widespread recognition as a scholar of the revolutionary and Early National periods of American History. She is the author of numerous articles on those subjects which appeared in prominent and proper academic journals including the william and mary quarterly, amon
[ applause ] in introducing tonight speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, i would like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her ph. D. From the university. Thats right, uva. [laughter] in any case, not long after receiving that degree, she was recognized already as one of the nations top young historians. She subsequently has achieved widespread recognition as a scholar of the revolutionary and Early National periods of American History. She is the author of numerous articles on those subjects which will appear in print in proper academic journals including the william and mary quarterly, the journal of policy history and the yale law journal among others. She has written oped pieces for the New York Times and appeared in numerous documentaries on pbs, the History Channel and radio programs like npr and the bbc. You may have seen her in the past week on the History Channel series on george washington. She has written several books, includ
Corporate kind of support along with matt from so many of you as individuals that enables the great lives series to thrive. So i would like to ask our good friends from the law firm trust so we can acknowledge them. [applause] also, a special group tonight that i would like to knowledge, that is the simpson circle, a group composed of former Mary Washington members. We are here tonight and we would like to have them stand so we can acknowledge them. In introducing tonight speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, i would like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her phd from the university. Thats right, uva. [laughter] in any case, not long after receiving that degree, she was recognized already as one of the nations top young historians. She has subsequently has widespread recognition as a scholar of the revolutionary and Early National periods of American History. She is the author of numerous articles on those subjects which will appear in
Enclosures in the best way forward and handling payment disputes. This is two hours and 20 minutes [inaudible conversations] the committee on Health Education labor and will come to order. Senator murray has an important meeting right now and she has asked me to proceed with the hearing because we have six excellent witnesses and we want to make sure that we hear from each of you. We want the senators to have a chance to ask questions of each of these so patty should arrive around 10 lock. When she comes we will enter and let her make her Opening Statement and then we will resume the hearing. Good morning senator murphy. Nearly a year ago after brent james from the National Academy testified before the Senate Health committee with a startling statistic. Up 21 2 of what the American People spend on Health Care May be unnecessary. Let me repeat that. Up to half of the 3. 5 trillion the United States collectively spent on health care in 2017 was unnecessary according to dr. James and many
That is one thing that were talking about. And then were watching close to see what Chuck Schumer thinks about the idea of having witnesses. We know that democrats have wanted to make this an expedited trial, they want to move quickly and not to take up so much time that it hinders the new president s legislative agenda. But it is an open question right now whether or not theyre going to have witnesses. It is ultimately the decision of schumer but we could see a agreement between mcconnell and schumer to try to get bipartisans into the trial. It would be interesting if they didnt fight and get blocked for witnesses in the last trial. While i have you, because stimulus plan is clearly priority number one for President Biden, without getting too deep into details or reconciliation, et cetera, but if 60 votes looks outside the realm of possibility here, how likely is it now that democrats proceed via reconciliation which would mean they would only need 51 . Or 50 really . Reporter yes. Th