A federal spending package to fund the department of agriculture, transportation, Homeland Security and more. They will be taken up on the house floor tomorrow. Next, we show you some of the hearing from earlier today. We are going to move our prorations processed further today. My colleagues from the Democratic Party has asked me to go ahead. We are in the middle of the afternoon, they know what is going on, they are well represented. But some of our members are outgained about. We are in the middle of some hearings, some things going on with sensitive matters. So were going to keep pursuing this. Today we will resume amendment 354, make on hr3 america secure and prosperous appropriations act 2018. The committee will be taking general and amendment testimony on the commerce, justice, science and related Agencies Division, Financial Services, and general Government Division, interior defilement and related Agencies Division and labor health and Human Services education and related Agen
Designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 149 printed in the house report 115297 offered by mr. Flores of texas. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman from texas, in flores, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Flores i rise to offer an amendment that redirects 120 million from c. M. S. Overhead spending, a 3. 5 reduction, toward increasing funding in three specific areas. 40 million for pediatric Cancer Research, 40 million for alzheimers research, and 40 million to address the countrys open yode crisis. The approval of this amendment will motivate c. M. S. To modify its punitive bureaucratic culture. Ardworking american c. M. S. failure to taking is a notable example of bureaucratic incompetence. American families expect them to work with Health Care Providers to ensure the efficient delivery of health care. In 2012, the act was passed and signed into law due to the mandatory and harsh sanctions that c. M.
If i knew that these costsharing reduction subsidies were coming, it would be 10 . I can eliminate 20 of the anticipated increase in premium cost if these subsidies came through. Well, its pretty clear to me, this is sound policy on a bipartisan basis that would have a dramatic impact in reducing the costs of the subsidy the cost of premiums to many individuals. That came through loud and clear in every meeting we had with senators murray and senator alexander. The second thing they talked about was state reinsurance. And i dont understand that as well as some, but it has worked in states where the state picks up a share of the liability for Health Insurance between certain dollar amounts, and so the private Insurance Companies dont end up with that burden. Because of this reinsurance, they are able to keep premium costs down. The third thing is to provide states with more flexibility without undermining some really fundamental issues, without undermining, for example, preexisting cond
For years after the passage of the Affordable Care act, the republican party, house and senate, has called for the repeal of the bill. And yet when the time came with the majority of republicans in the house and the senate, of course a republican president , and the task was immediately before them, they faltered because they didnt have a replacement. They didnt have something to propose that was better. And as a consequence, their efforts stopped short, one vote short on the floor of the Senate Several weeks ago. Now, we still face some they didnt have something to propose is better and as a consequence, their efforts stopped one vote short on the floor of the Senate Several weeks ago. We face some significant challenges, some very immediate. Before the end of september we will face the prospect of reauthorizing the Childrens Health Insurance Program, this Program Provides Health Insurance coverage for 9 million children and pregnant women across the country, 350,000 in my state. This
Is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. The white house has requested 1. 1 trillion for the department of health and Human Services. Of the budget request includes cuts in Public Health and Biomedical Research took hhs secretary tom price talked at a Senate Finance committee the twohour hearing begins with opening remarks by the chair of the committee, lauren hatch of utah. Of the committee will come to order. We will first listen to the senator from oregon who has to go to another committee hearing, so i welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on the president s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 with specific attention to the department of health and Human Services. I want to thank secretary price for being here. These hearings are an annual event for the finance committee and secretary price, since this is your first time around i will warn you these hearings can be a little grueling. Of course, you already know that that the president and hhs are eager to w