[inaudible] assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. Nd director of the health agencies. And Program Executive officer of Defense Health care and systems. T today, we have serious questions on how medical reforms have been accounted for in the president s budget for fiscal year 2021. We will have ce, members coming in and out. E are getting briefings on coindividual 19 covid19 as and there are other meetings going on but your full testimony is available. Last members had it night, like i did, to read through it. So well get started. Spectrum in the military Health Care System to benefit care, in many cases the justifications lacks adequate detail for the subcommittee to make informed decisions. And an update on the electronic system, m. S. H. Genesis. We look forward to hearing about these topics and more. To thank you for appearing before the subcommittee and now i want to recognize our distinguished mr. Calvert, for his comments. Mr. Calvert thank you, madam chairman. Thank
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 i did want to make that distinction, thats one point. Yes. And making a second point you think at least that in the context of the whole sweep of history, et cetera, Congress Decision not to do this lends some further support to the idea of application of the settled interpretation. Thats absolutely right. Not to draw those infrensz. I will further add to that, at that 96 point, there was also congress was making these choices at a time when there was over 100 years of established meaning and it was aware of that meaning, we know that from the 1952 legislative history and there was so much law on this, including the 99 guidance or not the 99 guidance, but including the a. G. Decisions that congress was adopting the established meaning of public charge, yet again, while making these other affirmative choices about what to do. The next thing is, the 1999 guidance comes out and for two administrations of two parties nobody says,
Now, latest numbers. The house is preparing to vote on multiple dollar package. What you need to know coming up. The nba suspending season, suspending season until further notice. March madness to be played without fans. Selloff extending across the globe. European markets deep in the red followed by travel announcement by President Trump. 1. 7 . Cac quarante down 258 and dax in germany lower by 588. Almost 6 . Italy tightening lockdown even further allowing Grocery Stores and pharmacies to stay open. The European Central bank out with latest Rate Decision this morning. We will have that for you as soon as it hits the tape. Investors are looking for news of stimulus to battle the Economic Impact of coronavirus. In asia red across the board. The shanghai composite down 1 and a half percent but japan worst performer down 4 and a half percent. Lets check Interest Rates right now. We are talking about a decline of 15 and a half basis points on the 10year yield now sitting at. 718 . This, t
To focus on now of course is a trade deal with the uk and so i have joined a number of other senators and asking you can watch this online at cspan. Org. The senate gaveling in at 3 30 p. M. And they will take a procedural vote on a couple of abortion measures. Live coverage now of the u. S. Senate. 18. The presiding officer under the previous order, the time until 3 30 p. M. Will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. The senator from alaska. Ms. Murkowski madam president , just very briefly here this afternoon, we will have beginning at 3 30 p. M. A series of votes to include the nomination of Katherine Macgregor to be deputy secretary of the department of interior, and i would like to provide my support for this nomination. I want to thank my colleagues on the energy and Natural Resources committee for working with me to report and rereport ms. Macgregors nomination moved out on a bipartisan basis. I thank the majority leader for filing cloture on her nominat
Very, very tough choices. Millions of americans are depending on us here in washington, d. C. , to act and to act quickly. The house jumped into action and began negotiating with the administration on a bill to address some of the most pressing and immediate concerns of the coronavirus. The deal was struck and the house passed the bill with overwhelming bipartisan majority what happened in the senate . Well, last thursday the majority leader sent us home, business as usual. What we should have done, we should have stuck around and did the peoples work. But instead my friends in the majority decided we should operate as business as usual and take off friday and take off the weekend, go home. Well, this is not business as usual. If the majority leader would have listened to the c. D. C. , he would have heard that what he did last thursday went very contrary to the recommendations that they have made. To avoid groups, to avoid airports. We did just the opposite. Millions of americans are