After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
Know they are really playing us. Are they not . Spice girls reunion. The event that brought the five women back together over the weekend, fans are thanking David Beckham for a look at the party. All right, but just a look because theyre not going on tour. Okay, good. I mean as far as i know. Good morning. On this monday, april 22nd. Yes, were going to start the check of our forecast. Yeah, we had a wonderful weekend. Some of that warm weather will continue today. Heres a live look outside at sutro tower. We do have good visibility. Some clouds are banked up along the coast this morning. And we do anticipate later on this afternoon that our marine layer will begin to surge back across the region. But before it does, well get one more warm afternoon in. In fact, this morning, its pretty mild in most cities right now. Its 60 degrees in san jose, the same in brentwood right now at 56 in concord, the city at 54. The same in oakland. Santa rosa right now coming in with a temperature of 51 d
Amendment 233, amendment number 17. I would like to make it clear that the nature of this amendment and the nature of this amendment is to try to follow the advice of about every witness who testified in this room in september about how to stabilize the exchanges. Among the three things we should do, make clear that the costsharing reductions what upset the cost of copays, deductibles. Make clear they are not going away for at least two years. They also said that they put in place a Reinsurance Program. For highly expensive patient care for particular patients. Number three, they said we should retain the individual mandate. If we decide not to replace it with something just as effective, getting a good mix of young and Healthy People to be part of the insurance pool within the exchanges across the country. The legislation before us apparently repeals proposals to repeal the individual mandate. Happens, that would leave us with costsharing reduction and no reinsurance. Instead of a thr
Right from the start, mr. Chairman, the nature of this amendment and the nature of this amendment is to try to follow the advice of just about every witness who testified in this room back in september about how to stabilize the exchanges. Everybody said among the three things we should do, make clear that the costsharing reductions offsit the cost of copays, deductibles, make it clear theyre not going away for at least two years. That was one thing they said theyd do. Number two, they said put in place a Reinsurance Program for highly expensive, very expensive patient care for particular patients. And number three, they said that we should retain the individual mandate and if we decide not to replace it with something thats just as effective in getting a good mix of young and healthy pool to be part of the insurance pool within the exchanges across the country. The legislation before us apparently repeals or proposes to repeal the individual mandate. So that would if that actually hap