The nuclear deal and those who do not to introduce an act you can watch the rest of this program on our website cspan. Org. Leaving it here as health and Human Services dr. Tom price testifies on the president s 2018 budget request. The budget could cut funding by 18 or 15 billion. Good morning, mr. Secretary, its genuinely my pleasure to welcome you to the subcommittee on labor, health and Human Services and education. Were looking forward to hearing your testimony. Mr. Secretary, your responsibilities are many. Your departments responsible for insuring proper payment, overseeing medical search, helping families break the cycle of poverty and protecting our nation against bioterror and pandemic events. The cuts proposed in the budget blueprint are extensive and span the reach of your agency. I believe theres always fat that can be trimmed and priorities that can be reordered. But i will ask you some questions this morning about whether this budget leaves america sufficiently prepared
Performance testing, i want to be clear that we have conducted extensive security testing for the systems on october 1. We continue to test for security on a daily and Weekend Daily and weekly basis. Clocke working aroundthe to fix our performance issue so the vast majority the vast majority of users have a smooth experience. All i cannot go into specifics of our security due to sensitive nature. Scans monitorare data flow and threats by denying access to known source fed ip addresses and actors. Conduct different types of Penetration Testing on a weekly basis. The recent testing showed no significant findings. Cms reviews the operation system , infrastructure, and Application Software to be sure that these systems do not have vulnerabilities. Fuller abilities are fixed immediately on site and we tested to ensure the strength of our security. Each month we review our plan of action in order to continuously improve our system security. For the federally facilitated marketplace we conduc
Compared to what they experiences on day one. Has the website maintenance improved . Yes, they are used to make the changes you have heard about. Even ahead of what massachusetts was. People got closer to the deadline, the l. A. Times reported that a number of states that use their own systems are attracting enrollment targets for 2014 because of a sharp increase in november. California, and they enrolled 31,000 people in private plans last month nearly double that in the first two weeks of this month and several other states are outpacing their enrollment estimates and minnesota enrollment was tripling the rate of the first half grades we see an acceleration, even in the federal marketplace, we show that the New York Times reported that this is double the private plan enrollment and is the first two weeks of november. And we are seeing improvements and the increase of people going back on the site successfully is a very encouraging situation. Rather than just attack the Health Care La
Quorum call the presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 563. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed, no. Ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk carolyn b. Mccue of utah to be United States circuit judge for the tenth circuit i. Mr. Reid i is send a cloture motion to the clesks. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of carolyn b. Mccould you of utah to be United States circuit judge for the tenth circuit signed by 17 senators as follows mr. Reid i ask that the reading of
Im richard lui in for craig melvin on this saturday. We know who he was and how he did it. But why did 23yearold paul ciancia open fire in one of the busiest airports in the world . Obama care is a classic example of what people are tired of. Theyre tired of politicians like the president making promises that they cant keep. In the hot seat, the Obama Administration is promising to fix the befuddled health care website. Now the ceo of the first private Insurance Exchange is offering to help. Well talk to him ahead. A Community Calls for justice in Northern California after a 13yearold carrying a toy gun is shot and killed by a police deputy. Was his race a factor there . Well talk to a civil rights leader whos joining the call. And later, hiphop, humor and public health. Its todays big idea. Were going to start in the west where travelers at Los Angeles International airport are seeing an increased security presence today. It could be days before the airport returns to normal after fri