Okay, apologies for being late. And let me thank those of you who are here for being here. This afternoon we will be hearing from miss Melinda Young and miss nani colaretti have been nominated to serve as deputy secretary of omb and i want to thank both miss young and miss colaretti for your many yearsof public service. And thank you to your friends and family members who you have brought with youtoday. As we all know the omb is responsible for pairing the president s budget, reviewing federal regulations and providing the proper oversight of agencies. It is a very ulimportant task and i know that both of you are more than capable of leading omb. Since last march, ms. Young has been serving as acting director of omb again, the senate has previously confirmed both of these nominees to highranking positions in the past on strong bipartisan votes. I hope and expect we will do so again in short order. This is our first Budget Committee hearing of 2022. We are facing many challenges as a na
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To abortion and the economic costs of Family Planning. Witnesses include a Reproductive Health care professional, an economist, a prolife advocate and a mother who had an abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy. From the Budget Committee, this is just under two hours. Senator whitehouse good morning. I call this committee to order. We have multiple committees on which we serve in the senate and from time to time its important to go check in at another committee to get in the queue properly and so senator grassley will be along. Ill make my opening statement, yield to him and then ill introduce the first three witnesses. Senator grassley will introduce a witness, senator lee will introduce a witness and then well proceed. We are here today to discuss womens rights, their right to bodily autonomy. Their right to set the course of their own life. And their right to economic freedom. I hear often that the Budget Committee should only be concerned with debt and deficits but any serious conversati
Have multiple committees on which we serve in the senate and from time to time its important to check in with those committees. Senator barasso will be along and ill make my Opening Statement and then i will introduce the first three witnesses. Senator grassleyey will introdue a witness in senator lee will introduce a witness and we will proceed. We are here today to discuss womens rights, the right to bodily autonomy, the right to set the course of their own life and their right to economic freedom. I hear off in the Budget Committee should only be concerned in deficits but in a serious conversation about debt and deficit must analyze threats to Economic Growth and ability. Deficits do not occur in a vacuum. Welcome. They result from a fiscal decision that we make and from what we do. It it strengthens or weakens our economy. Y. Reproductive rights it turns out are intrinsically tied to economic opportunity. Reproductive justice is Economic Justice. Restricting one restrictsin the oth
Need to be ready for anything. Comcast supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. , cup, the joint Economic Committees testimony on Economic Impact of diabetes. During the hearing, medical experts and policy advocates addressed the rise in diabetes diagnosis, the need for increased access to healthcare and the link between diabetes and obesity. Witnesses also outlined the federal governments role in combating diabetes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] shall be give this hearing a start . For this joint economic hearing i actually have 2 give senator heinrich and the entire team, democrat and republican staff, has been in discussion for quite a while. As we look at the Health Statistics of the nation, particularly diabetes, its cost to society not just in healthcare costs, but in so many of our brothers and sisters that just have misery. Where this partially came from is 2 or 3 years ago we