know to be a great politician, a great practicing legislator, a great family man, and a great friend of mine. it s an honor for me to do so. i want to thank each of you for taking my call today. i think you ll be impressed with what you hear no matter how tough the question might be. i approached this introduction, if i m being asked what to look for in somebody being entrusted with $1 trillion of my money, the quality of my health care, and the future of america s health care, i would like for five things. first, does this man understand the american family. not only does he understand it, but his wife betty is here, betty, stand return she ll tell you he understands the family. his son robert is not here because he s in nashville, tennessee, writing country music, he s a fine young man. tom is a member of the church,
practicing legislator, a great family man, a great community servant and a great friend of mine and an honor for me to do so and thank you for taking my call before this meeting today when i called to ask you to listen to what tom had to say. i think you ll be impressed with what you hear no matter how tough the question might be. i approach this introduction in what i would look for who i wanted to entrust with $1 trillion of my money, the future of the american quality of healthcare and my own. i ve looked for five things. first does this man understand the american family? not only does he understand it but his wife betty is here. betty, stand up. she will tell you he understands the family and his son robert is not here because he is in nashville, tennessee singing country music and writing songs with the chairman would appreciate. a fine young man and i enjoy working with him. tom is a great family man. active in his community and doing what s right for his
legislator, a great family man, a great community servant and a great friend of mine. i want to thank each of you for taking my call before this meeting today when i called you to ask you to listen to what tom had to say because i think you ll be impressed with what you hear no matters how tough the question may be. i approached this introduction as if i m being asked what i would look for in someone i want to entrust with $1 trillion of my money. the future of my health care and the future of the quality of america s health care. does this man understand the american family? not only does he understand it, but his wife betty is here. betty, stand up. she ll tell you he understands the family. and his son robert is in nashville, tennessee, singing country music and he s a fine young man and i enjoy work wuths him. tom is a great family man. member of the united methodist church, active in the state
of questions, secretariy is beal yurks one round with one member asking a second round. daschle, one round plus three. levitt, six members asked a second round. thompson, one round of seven empties eay iey ies minutes eac. my decision is rather than give six of 23 members a second round that it would be better to let every senator have seven minutes. now, senator isaacson. thank you, mr. chairman. i d like to ask unanimous consent that the remarks that were prepared for me to read be submitted for the record. they will be. because i m not going to read them. i have a unique honor and privilege to introduce a friend of mine for 30 years. someone i know to be a great politician, a great practicing
the president s health care law. that s why so much focus on him from democrats, hallie. even though this is not his official confirmation hearing, the one that ends up in the record boards to get him to the senate floor for a vote. this is the first time he ll be facing senators as a cabinet nominee, someone tasked with shepherding through this replacement plan. i m told we shouldn t necessarily expect price to get into the nitty-gritty of what the replacement plan will be. it s going to be more broad strokes, broad principles. what s the sense you re getting from members of congress who are going to ask him questions today? they seem to be taking this seriously. yes, absolutely. this is a very high-profile event. if he puts a foot wrong in this hearing it s going to follow him and could affect his ultimate confirmation hearing as well. tom price does have more experience in government than some of donald trump s other nominees, the ones we ve seen struggle when those lights go