Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for having me here today. Id like to thank the u. S. Global Leadership Coalition for welcoming me and for convening this important gathering about how the United States can and does lead in healthcare around the world. This is not necessarily the kind of stage i expected to be on when i was a young washington lawyer two decades ago. Before my first job at hhs. Many of you may never have expected to need to attend gatherings like this one in your professional roles either, but were united here by the shared recognition that American Leadership on the world stage is indispensable to american prosperity and peace at home. When i was first asked to serve at hhs in 2001, as general counsel, i didnt imagine that National Security and Foreign Policy would become a significant focus of my work at the federal governments largest domestic department. But i was confirmed in august of 2001. One month before 9 11, when everything changed. The day of 9 11, i q
Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for having me here today. Id like to thank the u. S. Global Leadership Coalition for welcoming me and for convening this important gathering about how the United States can and does lead in healthcare around the world. This is not necessarily the kind of stage i expected to be on when i was a young washington lawyer two decades ago. Before my first job at hhs. Many of you may never have expected to need to attend gatherings like this one in your professional roles either, but were united here by the shared recognition that American Leadership on the world stage is indispensable to american prosperity and peace at home. When i was first asked to serve at hhs in 2001, as general counsel, i didnt imagine that National Security and Foreign Policy would become a significant focus of my work at the federal governments largest domestic department. But i was confirmed in august of 2001. One month before 9 11, when everything changed. The day of 9 11, i q
We are on radio and television ,fx tuesday and were looking at markets. Teachers are 25 and or substantially lower than 24 hours ago, dow futures 160 in the vix was in 18 level. Away from the markets, foreignexchange is a litmus paper for the system this morning. Lisa the dollar is front and center and has been but giving but getting back a little bit of it. When we talk about dysfunction in washington, d. C. Is the dollar. The currency of the nation, are we at a breaking point . Tom its a theme we will go through today and lisa has an edge on what im doing. Each pair and the triangulation of foreignexchange speaks to what we see in the bond market. We will do it in the data check today. Lisa you buried the lead. We had an argument about much gloom as warranted, something that always happens in this time of year. It feels different to me. I think yield space feels difference different because there is a backdrop of what it means if you have rates that can keep climbing potentially to 7
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C before we say or do anything else today i want to pause to extend our thoughts and our prayers for the wellbeing of with scalise and our colleagues. Police and staff who were attacked by gunman this morning in virginia. Several members of this committee were there. This is a sad day for our country. We still dont have all the details but we do know that there are those who want to use acts of violence to create chaos , to disrupt our democracy. The American People will not let them when. So after deliberation with the Ranking Member, we have decided to proceed. The secretary has a very challenging schedule. Given the circumstances of the delayed start of our hearing, i want to appeal to members who intend to use less than their full five minutes so that more of our colleagues have a chance to speak and i will be abbreviating my Opening Statement. Today secretary tillerson will testify on the administrations budget and reorganization plans for the department of state. First off mr. Se