Made in a president ial bid about wanting to eliminate the Energy Department saying after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. This is about three hours and 30 minutes. Good morning. Where did he go . Hes in the front row with his wife. Okay. Im looking for him. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second cabinet level confirmation hearing of this inaugural week. Id like to start by thanking senator cornyn, our senior senator from texas for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee. Always good to have you before our committee and also our fellow committee member, senator manchin from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for our nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willi willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed th
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Access to care. With that i yield to the Ranking Member, ms. Brown for any opening remark she may have. Thank you, mr. Chairman. For calling this hearing today. Following the wait time scandal of phoenix, Congress Passed and president obama signed the veterans access choice and accountability act of 2014. In it, we mandated there be an independent assessment of veterans healthcare. The assessment highlight many of the things we hear from our veterans. We hear that va provides excellent healthcare, especially healthcare related to the special needs of our veterans. We also hear that in certain areas, the va is at the forefront of healthcare in this country. We also hear from our veterans that va care is often fragmented and that it can be difficult to navigate and arrange nonva care. We hear of long wait times and limited access. Following the assessment in the Service Transportation and veterans healthcare act of 2015 we mandated a report by the va regarding a plan for how va could con
And think of a clean sustainable system where our homes are efficient and our transportation is energy efficient, where we move aggressively to talk about solar, wind, geothermal, and other sustainable technologies, we can create millions of goodpaying green jobs [cheers and applause] senator sanders let me repeat now what i have been criticized for saying on many occasions. Let me be Crystal Clear and say it again. And that is, it is my view, that health care is a right of all people, not a privilege. [cheers and applause] senator sanders now, the Corporate Media does not talk about this a whole lot. They are too busy getting as from the insurance and the Drug Companies. Let me tell you what they may not see on tv. We are the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care to all all as a right. They do it in the u. K. , france germany, scandinavia, holland. I live 50 miles away from the canadian border, they do in canada. Right now, as a result of the gains of the Aff