Chfts approved by congress a year ago this month. This runs about two and a half hours. Order. Chair recognize himself. A monumental achievement. Cures was the product of a by partisan multiyear effort by the energy and Commerce Committee. To brought the laws into a modern era of medicine. It has been one year since cures was signed into law. I remember remarking at that press conference a year ago to imagine a world in which government was not an obstacle but an ally in helping us deliver drugs and devices to patients cures to patients. Todays hearing marks the Health Subcommittee first look into the implementation of the what many in the Healthcare Community called it transformation bill. That would positively impact not only the researchers and the scientists who are developing the latest breakthrough therapy. But physicians seeking treatment for their patients. Giving home to them, their loved ones and advocates. This morning we will hear from two leader responsible for implementin
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Well, it is before the Budget Committee now, anything you input back goes to the clerk and back to the Budget Committee. That is where it is at now. What they want to do with this proposal to meet with you, i dont know. I will say one thing, and that is that i have attended joint Commission Meetings like planning and other meetings on common interest issues such as seismic. This is done not routinely but has been done with some degree of frequency. Thank you. Commissioners open government. Again, i understand your comments, however, for the public, i would like to point out what we end up having is going from a year and a half, two years whatever the length of time commissioner keen said the staff worked on this and put out to the public what was considered for adoption for the ballot measure and furthermore sent to the board of supervisorses now we are going with some sort of thing, yes, in the package as proposal from supervisor peskin. Now we have this amalgamation that we are creat