Watch live at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 2 online at www. Cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. This weekend newsmakers, the chairman of the House Budget Committee is joining us from louisville. Thank you for being with us. Good to be with you. We also have with us sarah ferris with politico. And jennifer with roll call. Lets begin with the budget rollcall act. You face a deadline. Remind us how we got to this point. The budget cap. Thank you. In 2011, there was a special committee of 16 members of the house and senate. Their goal was to come up with a deficit reduction plan. The process was under the budget control act, which ultimately passed, they set motion sequestration. The idea was that if these 16 people could not come to an agreement in a way to reduce the deficit, there would be automatic budget cuts. It has a 10 year duration. It expires after 2021. Right now, if we dont by statute increase the levels part of the budget control act, we will face cuts of abo
Not that that it was a ut happened in milwaukee is still progressing to this day, still thriving to this day, and landed back in, beautiful words. That was the outcome there. There may be people im sure there are people will break away briefly from this program to keep our over 40 your commitment to covering congress to retake your life now to the floor of the u. S. Senate where lawmakers are holding what we believe will be a brief session today. No votes are expected. The appropriation for the department of health and Human Services. The food and Drug Administration is an agriculture appropriations bill ive never been quite been times. Will do the American History to tv. If theres not some resolution either continuing resolution maybe they come to some kind of a deal on these spending bills thin piece of the department of health and Human Services will cease to function until they figure out how to find them here the department of health and Human Services is one of the departments wh
President s would weve ever had. And a grandfather, whirl wind johnson hosted a tennis camp including for Althea Gibson and arthur ashe. My grandfather, a phenomenal physician, but somehow managed to be a student of the tennis game and transform that learning into a program that would, for decades, provide players an opportunity for africanamericans to integrate the sport. Watch the cspan cities tour saturday beginning at 5 p. M. Eastern, sunday at 2 p. M. On American History tv on cspan 3. Working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. Health and Human Services secretary, alex azar spoke before the Senate Finance committee this week about the president s proposed 2019 budget. He answered questions on a range of issues, including funding for medicare and medicaid, the Opioid Epidemic, Community Based clinic training and autism and also discussed the administrations approach for lowering Health Care Costs including Prescription Drugs. Mr. Azar was sworn in as hhs secretary in
Speech on the grounds of public speech, then think of gary trudeau and carson on the tonight show. The watergate case from all the president s men. These two were assigned to it. These two were apointed to the case. Burglars have their own counsel . Thats right. Thats kind of unusual, isnt it . For burglars its unusual. Do you know the name of the counsel . And the loving story about the case invaldating the laws prohibiting interracial marriage. We pinch ourselves and say were handling a major civil rights case. Im not going to vote. That is the right of richard and milton loving to wake up in the morning or go to sleep at night knowing the sheriff will not be knocking on their door. Supreme court cases that played a role in popular movies. Listen to cspan radio at 90. 1 fm in the washington, d. C. Area, online at cspan. Org or download our cspan radio app. Next, a discussion on a recent state Department Report which rates countries across the world on efforts to combat Human Traffick
Abide by the rigid man daytodays under the law. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the law results in 2. 5 million fewer fulltime jobs reflecting what we heard over and over again from employers who have no choice but to cut hours or delay hiring because of the laws burden mandates. Prices skyrocket. Health Insurance Companies are seeking rate increases of, quote, 20 to 40 or more. Markets are still adjusting to the quote, shock waves, set off by the Affordable Care act. After nearly 2 trillion in new government spending, its estimated more than 25 million individuals still lack basic Health Care Coverage. Yet, just last month, president obama said the law, quote, work the out better than some of us anticipated, close quote. Of course, for those who oppose this government takeover of health care, this is precisely what we anticipated and preciseprecise ly why the American People deserve a better approach. In closing, madam secretary, thank you for joining us this morning. It is