Will not stand the rising tide of this Public Health crisis if only two out of ten patients get the treatment they need. It wouldnt work for diabetes, it would not work for hiv and it will not work for addiction. Like many other issues we face closing the gap will be complex effort required and multifaceted approach. The federal government needs to work with prevention as, healthcare providers, payers, treatment systems, Public Health officials, states, tramps, and many others to tackle the challenges ahead. As you heard it addressing these issues are key to this administration. We we are proud to support the strategy. The goal of the hhs initiative is to reduce opiate dependence and has three main aims. Changing prescribing behavior, increasing access, today i will focus on the role in each of these areas. With respect to prescribing behavior it is an obvious tactic to prevent misuse by reducing the number of pills and peoples medicine cabinet. To do that as we noted that physicians a
Engineer, a Petroleum Engineer early part of her career, then a banker for a good portion of her career, a chief executive of a publicly held company and lastly a mountain climber and a kayaker. I think the last two attributes that she brings to this job are probably going to be the most important attributes of washington climbing mountains and avoiding rocks in the rapids. So i think she is extraordinarily well credentialed for this position. Ive had sometimes distressing experience and Energy Policy formation. I have a lot of i see Bennett Johnson in the background here. A lot of us have bruises that have lasted for years from that process. Senator, good to see you. Bob frye, the late bob frye was the head of resources for the future, once testified before the committee i was on that the task of defining the Energy Future was to chart a safe, secure response environmentally responsible energy path that would sustain Human Progress for present and future generations. That was probably
Repeated budget cuts have tested blms ability to keep up with industry demand for new permits and to enforce safety and environmental standards. Thats why the president s budget calls on congress to support a strong on shore inspection program, partly funded through fees. This proposal takes a page from the offshore Energy Industry where industry pays fees for permits and inspections. Which means we can keep pace with the work load, and we dont have to divert funds from other programs to support permitting, leasing or inspection activities. Coupled with the transition to a new automated permitting system, which is under way, that eliminates paper applications, these Budget Resources will strengthen the capacity to do its job well. Thats a perfect example in the budget where Congress Needs to move beyond mindless austerity, brought about by sequestration and i can tell you, my first year in this job was 2013. I thought i left the private sector for this . Crazy budget. But this enables
Behind the closed doors of the white house, president oba has been listening to numerous proposals over the pt two days. For some hse fro house republicans, most recently from their senate colleagues. Press secretary jay carney moments ago confirming the constructi talks that have begun. The talks have been constructive in that there is a recognition, at least among some republicans and Republican Leaders that utdown is not good for the American People or the american economy. And that the threat of the full is damaging to the economy and this would be catastrophically damang to the economy and the American People and it looks like there is a possibility of making some progress here. Within minutes of that statement, jay carney flatly denied that any negotiations are takin place between the white house and republicans. But with a colection of brandnew polls that show the public is tiring of this stalemate, and wall treet responding ositively and strongly the possibility of a deal and p
The president then was offered this hour of time on nbc, simulcast on msnbc and cnbc to do what amounted to a dueling town hall. Were not going to spend the whole hour tonight talking about this, but i do feel like just to be responsible, i want to give you a little bit of summation. There was in news made, especially right at the top, under sharp questioning from Savannah Guthrie. The president told us some stuff about his own covid experience that is new. The president , in his own words, asked about whether or not he had pneumonia, says that he was told his lungs looked a little different, perhaps infected. Theyve never been talked about what the president s symptoms what the president s illness, how it was characterized. Theyve never been able to, you know, describe his scans or describe what his test results were. The president tonight saying he was told that his lungs looked a little different and were perhaps infected. Asked as a followup, infected with what, the president would