funds. it is an investment in philip morris. my question was about senator, your time has been generously senator, i m sorry, senator hassan. i am happy to lead, but i think senator cassidy is next coming and he just came back in. he did, i was going back and forth. i will be glad, that is generous of you. then thank you. congressman price, thank you for being here this morning, mr. chairman, ricky members, thank you for the opportunity to participate. as you and i discussed, congressman, we share a concern for patients. my husband and i have two kids and our adult son at times has had up to ten doctors and a couple dozen medications, so the
congressman price, congratulations on your nomination, and thank you to your wife betty who i know is here as well. before i speak about this nominee, i do want to say we remain deeply disappointed in last night when democrats were blocked from asking more than one round of questions on betsy devos as nominee for secretary of education and are disappointed that we are rushing this hearing as well. mr. chairman, you said seven minutes, but i will just say, i don t think any of us in prior nominees that you keep pointing to, ever thought, if i don t ask for another question, i ve just set a precedent. in fact i think that there s no example of any senator asking to do a question before and being turned down. so these nominees, in a new administration, that many people have questions about, deserve to be asked questions, scrutinized in public, before we have a
care. that s what this hearing should be about. and you re a smart man. senator, we are a minute ove over. okay, and my second round i will be a minute short. sure. thanks. you may be here by yourself. all be here with him. you know, thank you, senator franken. congressman price, since that question ended with him not giving you a chance to respond, do you have any response to senator franken? i would just say that this is one of the things that makes it difficult to reach a solution here in washington. the concerns that were expressed by the senator are valid concerns. the conclusions that he drew on
expand quality affordable healthcare. i urge my republican colleagues to attend and to prioritize what is best for these women, men and families, not what is best for politics as they consider each of the decisions in the coming weeks. congressman price, as we begin this hearing i would ask you to be as transparent and frank as possible about your views and your plans for the department, and urge you to commit to providing us with additional information and answers to any follow-up questions we have in a timely and thorough manner. i m looking forward to what i hope will be a rigorous and open discussion today and i hope that we all arrive at the right decision for the families and the communities that we serve. thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to put in the record the information about the last six hearings that we ve had here without going into detail. the current secretary one round
stock from one company. so a lot of questions about these still remaining. democrats are really pushing this issue. they think this issue is enough to potentially force congressman price s nomination to stall in the senate. shepard: but enough to where they might have a rejection? that is their goal. right now it doesn t seem likely. you saw nearly every republican on that committee today defend congressman price. you heard from johnny isaac son giving his defense saying this could happen to anyone in congress. most other republicans said the same thing, depending him. he will have to face another committee next week, the finance commitsty that does. but if what republicans say, they don t consider this to be the issue that democrats do. while democrats think it s the ammunition to stall the nomination, republicans support it. betsy devos, the nominee for