On internet platforms each witness has information on algorithms and Machine Learning, as well as engagement and persuasion and brings unique perspectives to these matters. Your participation in this hearing is appreciated mr. Rosensteinly as this committee continues to work on drafting data privacy legislation. Icon veeped this hearing in part to inform legislation im developing that would require internet platforms to give the user information to engage with the platforms without using algorithms pushed by certain data. The vast majority of content on these platforms is at its best, entertaining and beneficial to the public. However they also have the ability or at least potential to influence the thoughts and behaviors of literally billions of people. As one reason why theres widespread unease about the power of these platforms and why its important for the public to understand how they use the algorithms to make inferences from the reams of data about us that affect behavior and in
Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac this hearing on the medicaid cliff currently facing the u. S. Territories. The medicaid funding is provided provided by the aca is set to expire this calendar year and the lack of a funding solution will be particularly harmful for American Samoa as i know it will be for the other territories. Id like to thank our witnesses for making the long trip to washington to testify before the committee today. Welcome. Each of your firsthand experiences will provide congress with an accurate assessment of the situation. Acas first allotment of funds became available in july of 2011, long before i and many of us here were elected to congress. Those funds were only accessible after the normal annual allotment was exhausted. Medicaid and chip payment and access commission, otherwise moan as mack pack published a fact sheet for American Samoa which has a list for cal table of total medicaid spending from fy 11 to fy 17 taken from reported expenditures from t
Of young people around the world like coco. Its illegal to sell it to under 18s but she tells me that never stopped her or her friends. The older kids sell to the younger kids and lots of shops dont check id. You can just walk in there, you can even go in your uniform and theyll sell it to you. Were coming up here to the other vape shop, whichever gate the kids come out, theres a vape shop. Theres one just here. Like many mothers, Marnie Wilton is worried about how prevalent vaping has become. And this is the primary school, 60 metres away. She said new regulations which include keeping any new vape shops more than 900 feet from schools, failed to address the problem. Absolutely does not go far enough to help our children. The laws that the government announced, the new laws, do nothing to affect existing stores that are already built. Only a few weeks before the new rules were due to come into effect, another vape shop opened near local school. Parents took to the streets saying their
You, secretary becerra, fojoining with a little bit of history. Topic one, drug prices. In july of 2020, donald trump said, since the day i toke office i have made reducing drug prices one of my highest priorities. For four straight years, donald trump complained about hh did r pointing at others about the problem, and repeatedly talked about how he was best friend seniors could depend on. What was actually accomplished over his four years . ■exactly nothing. Fastforward to the Biden Administration. Forward to the Biden Administration. From the time fastforward to the Biden Administration. From the time joe biden took office, he made it clear he was committed to lowering drug costs and Health Care Prices for families. I remember him having a conversation with me shortly after the election. He said the finance commiee is a place where things happen. And everybody has been talking about doing something about drug prices forever. Now is the time to get something done. And to actually he
Pharma. Big pharmas holy grail, what they cared abo prohibiting negotiation for a better deal on medicine. Look at wth going to court, trying to stop any negotiation. But we have it written in the law that there isation. On top of it, most americans have access to free vaccines. Osts for seniors were capped at 35 a month. As we said, when the government leads on these issues, particularly the showpiece of American Health care, medicare almost always the private sector copies it. We have seen Real Progress in the private sector as well. We want every buddy in america to get that pricing relief but we are making Real Progress. We also created price gouging penalties ■7qfor the rst time to hold big pharma accountable for high drug costs. Those are benefiting patients and taxpayers. Plenty more to it is essential that finally, after all of this debate, we get pharmacy manager or Pharmacy Benefit Management and congress can finish this crucial change thats going to help all of these wonde