Secretary, it finance committee receives his paperwork and will vote hon the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and governor of utah whom we welcome today. Mike, good to see you and have you back. And senator young, whos a member of this committee, will introduce him after mr. Azars testimony, senators will each have five minutes of questions. We already have a good turnout so i anticipate a good vigorous questioning period. Confirmed to leave the department of health and Human Services, youll be leading a 1. 11 trillion budget. That almost equals the totals of the Appropriations Bills that Congress Passes each year to Fund Everything from National Defense to national laboratories. Medicare and medicaid. Our nations government run Insurance Programs for it poor and elderly. Mental hilth health and Substance Abuse. The National Institutes of health, where, with francish collins excellent leadership, the leading efforts to disco
Vote on the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and former governor Michael Leavitt who we welcome today good to see you and have you back and senator young, a member of this committee will introduce mr. Azar. After his testimony, each will have five minutes of questions. I anticipate a good, vigorous questioning time. Azar, you will be running a 1. 1 trillion organization. That almost equals the total of the 12 appropriation Bills Congress passes each year to find everything from National Parks to National Defense to national laboratories. You would be overseeing medicare and medicaid, our nations Insurance Programs for the poor and elderly. Mental health and substance abuse, where you will have to address the europe your crisis other issues. The National Institutes of health where with Francis Collins excellent leadership the United States is leading efforts to develop a cure for new treatmentd for cancer. The fda, where Scot
Erik paulsen from minnesota. Id i say that right . And tom reid from new york. Ith that i will yield five minutes to the gentleman from the state up north from ohio, mr. Levin. Mr. Levin youre still bitter about some of the back and forth between our two states. I dont think ron kind was here hen we introduced. And judy chu. And earl was here part of the time. Dr. Miller, welcome. Read your property your testimony and also your executive summary i was just struck by the thoroughness of the work you do. A lot of the issues are controversial. I remember when we first talked about controlling payments to that we s and the heck received and how much ontroversy it was. And you thought the sky was falling and it would never work out for physicians. And i mention that because i really think your report, and it has areas where there are differences of opinion, your thist shows how successful has been, this program, that is in some respects a public, not only public but public and private partn
The state up north, from ohio, mr. Levin. Youre still bitter about some of the back and forth between our two states. I dont think ron kind was here when we introduced judy chu. And earl was here part of the time. So dr. Miller, welcome. As i read your report, your testimony, and also the executive summary, i was just struck by the thoroughness of the work you do. A lot of the issues are controversial. I remember when we first talked about controlling payments to physicians and the heck that we received and how much controversy there was. And you thought the sky was falling and it would never work out. And i mention that because i really think your report, and it has areas where there are difference of opinion, your report shows how successful this has been, this program, that is, in some respects a public but not only public, but public and private partnership. And with a lot of back and forth from the private sector as reflected in your report. And i just want to comment for each of
The state up north, from ohio, mr. Levin. Youre still bitter about some of the back and forth between our two states. I dont think ron kind was here when we introduced judy chu. And earl was here part of the time. So dr. Miller, welcome. As i read your report, your testimony, and also the executive summary, i was just struck by the thoroughness of the work you do. A lot of the issues are controversial. I remember when we first talked about controlling payments to physicians and the heck that we received and how much controversy there was. And you thought the sky was falling and it would never work out. And i mention that because i really think your report, and it has areas where there are difference of opinion, your report shows how successful this has been, this program, that is, in some respects a public but not only public, but public and private partnership. And with a lot of back and forth from the private sector as reflected in your report. And i just want to comment for each of