Part in a discussion about the Childrens Health Insurance Program. The program is up for reauthorization in congress this year. This is 40 minutes. Starting the panel, we have the president and ceo of the Childrens Hospital association, the president of the American Action for him and a former director we were joking about the cbo scores and withstanding criticism and so forth and we also have the former director of the Medicaid Services and bill, the favorite of reporters everywhere, the Bipartisan Policy Center very helpful and also a former director of the Senate Budget committee thank you. Thank you for coming. We appreciate everyone being here today. When we planned the conference we thought we would be a little further along in the discussion of the Childrens Health Insurance Program reauthorization. We thought there would be conversations going along. There have been a few private conversations but not as we might have expected all those many months ago. When you think of Childr
Start to improve transparency on solitary confinement. At the hearing we heard testimony from a wide range of stakeholders, including the head of the bureau of prisons and advocates. Hud i ofer testified that our nation has seen a dramatic increase in the use of reliance on solitaire confinement over the last couple of decades. I also introduced the mercy act, a bill that would prohibit the use of solitary confinement on youth adjudicated delinquent in the federal system unless it is a temporary response to a serious risk of harm. To the juvenile others. Our Justice System must ensure justice in the deepest, richest meaning of that word. Its what we swear an oath to, that we will be a nation of liberty and justice for all, not just some but for all, and it means that we need to begin to expose the practices that are happening in our prisons and understand the consequences to all of us increased financial expenditures, increased risk to our security and our safety, increased risks of re
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