Ordered. Id like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing. Today, we will consider the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of the department of health and Human Services. And want to welcome dr. Price to the finance committee. I appreciate his willingness to in a position of this magnitude, especially at this particularly crucial time. Republicans in Congress Warned that the new health care law, basically, would harm patients, emilys and businesses. Too fine apine point on it, but we were right. That will address costs among other things. This will be an important endeavor. One that will and should get a lot of attention here today. But it should not be the sole focus of the next hhs soap secretary. Hhs has an annual budget of over 1 trillion. Let me repeat that. One department, 1 trillion. Hhs and purposes encompasses medicare and medicaid. Disease control and prevention, the National Institutes of whole, the federal Drug Administration and many others. This is no exag
You have described to a degree, but if you could elaborate can you describe how you will prioritize and oversee the larger range of issues for which you will be responsible. Tell us, what in your history has prepared you to lead the department of health and Human Services. Tom price thank you. As you and members know the mission of the department of health insert health and Human Services is to improve the health, safety, and wellbeing of the American People. In order to do that, i am committed to that mission. In order to do that you have to put together teams of individuals in east each sector of health and Human Services. My history of where ever i was or the work i did in communities was just to bring forward greatest quality of talent that we could assemble. The second is to understand the scope and the issues. Clearly having the experience both in the clinical arena as well as the legislative arena you can understand the scope of issues. Finally, focusing on results. Often times
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Price nomination, i wanted to see if i could put a little perspective on the upcoming debate. Focusing on bipartisanship has always been important to me. I know many of my colleagues on the Senate Finance committee on the democratic side share that view. And in 2009, the nominations of democrats tom daschle, tim geithner and ron kirk were all handled in a bipartisan way. Issues came up in the vetting process in each of these cases, and both sides of the committee took the investigation seriously. Unfortunately, mr. President , that has not been the case in 2017. P while congressman price served on the powerful ways and means i committee, he traded in healthcare stock, push policies that help his portfolio, and got special access to a promising stock deal. I asked th the congressman direy in his finance Committee Hearing whether he got a special deal. He said that he did not. I dont think you could be much clearer than the following passage from a recent report by a pulitzer prizewinnin
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] and. A leg to welcome everyone to do this mornings hearing for tom price to be the next department of health and Human Services. With his willingness to serve in this magnitude with obamacare was pushed through republicans in congress was warned the new Health Care Law would harm patients and families not to put too fine a point on it but the next hhs secretary as we work to repeal obamacare replacing with patients under reforms this is an important endeavor this should not be the sole purpose of the next hhs secretary. Having an annual budget of 1 trillion. I will be pete that. Blood department 1 trillion this centers for Disease Control and prevention is no exaggerations to say to affect the daily life in any other parts of u. S. Government. Dr. Price has the experience and quali