Why pay more to wait longer for worse care . Instead lets give patients the care that they need from a doctor they choose at lower costs. Mr. President , that is our goal. That is our objective. And that is what we are going to accomplish. Thank you, mr. President. I yield the floor. Mr. Durbin mr. President. The presiding officer the democratic whip. Mr. Durbin i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer were not in a quorum call. Mr. Durbin thank you, mr. President. I ask consent to be recognized as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin just a few minutes ago, i had a visit to my office of four young people from the state of illinois. They were of a variety of different ages, from 10 years of age to the age of 17. They all came because they had a similar life experience, and they wanted to share it with me. Each one of them have been diagnosed with type one diabetes. And little owen, 10yearold owen from deerfield, told a sto
that mortality rates in his second aren t that high if you exclude black women. i want to know, what s the hell. plus, new pentagon policy allows service members to request a transfer if they feel discriminated by gop state laws. i will talk to an army sergeant who transition it while in the service, about what this means for fighting forces. all that and much more is coming up. and a good sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. we begin this morning by going down to georgia, where this re-week will get a look at how republican in that state feel about donald trump s big lie. over the last four years we will see don terms fixation with the peach state. especially after refused to go along with trump s lie about the 2020 election results. of, course some say the trumps of frustrations played into the state electing two democratic senators. there is a razor thin majority in the u.s. senate. now, trump is going full throttle to replace the two men who stood up to. him endors
Shanghai index was off 8 1 2 our time. That is the worst performance since 2007. Chinese regulators investing with the market. Investors losing confidence that china cant maintain its market that of course would set off a Ripple Effect through global economies. We saw action in the price of oil, falling on expectations of weaker demand and oversupply issues. What i found interesting so many house hole names do significant business in china. We saw breakdown of shares in prodly weak market. Apple down 1. 3 . Conference call on latest Earnings Call from apple pointing to a focus on apple, im sorry, china, apple, key markets. Shares of apple down 1. 3 . After the Earnings Call apple shares fell precipitously because of concern about demand for apple products there. Yum brands, Las Vegas Sands and wynn resorts have huge resorts in macau. That is a big trouble spot. Wynn resorts down 3. 2 . Baidu, down 4 1 2 . Baidu reporting earnings after the bell today. They released very troubling Secon
The committee on health, education, pensions and labor will please come to order. Senator murray and i will each have a statement and we will introduce witnesses. After the testimony senators will have five minutes of questions. There is a vote scheduled for 10 30. I think we will continue right 10 45. Until 10 4 and then we will alternate going back to vote. I think we will have time for all the witnesses testimony before we have to leave for the vote. We are holding the second in a series on Prescription Drug costs in response to a bipartisan request led by senators cassidy, senator franken, along with senators sanders,white house, and warren, as well as other senators who are interested in this object. Not only was the request for these hearings bipartisan, but both his hearing and the first hearing on drug prices were bipartisan, which means senator murray and i agreed on the witnesses. Despite this, our first hearing in june went so far off track that i delayed this hearing , inst
Sions and labor will please come to order. Senator murray and i will each have a statement and we will introduce witnesses. After the testimony senators will have five minutes of questions. There is a vote scheduled for 10 30. I think we will continue right 10 45. Until 10 4 and then we will alternate going back to vote. I think we will have time for all the witnesses testimony before we have to leave for the vote. We are holding the second in a series on Prescription Drug costs in response to a bipartisan request led by senators cassidy, senator franken, along with senators sanders,white house, and warren, as well as other senators who are interested in this object. Not only was the request for these hearings bipartisan, but both his hearing and the first hearing on drug prices were bipartisan, which means senator murray and i agreed on the witnesses. Despite this, our first hearing in june went so far off track that i delayed this hearing , instead oftors talking about drug prices, w