[indiscriminate chatter] rep. Neal will members and their guests please take their seats . The ways and Means Committee will come to order. That morning and welcome. We are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation and that is how to care for our loved ones as they age. It is certainly appropriate that we work to address this matter in november which is alzheimers Awareness Month and u. S. National family caregivers month. It is a deeply personal issue for many of us in the room, for those of us who have not personally struggle to ensure an older relative receive the care they need, you most certainly know someone in your life who has. Fragmented and insufficient longterm care system not only be confusing and emotionally taxing but also enormously expensive, indeed, even unaffordable. Inhome careock costs about 180,000 a year, it costs over 80,000 a year to live in a nursing home and assisted living causes 43,000 a year. These high prices certai
1890, when wyoming was seeking statehood, members of the senate were outraged. Some people say senators are always outrage. They said wyoming cant join the union unless they rescinded suffrage for women. Famously tabled back to d. C. And said, quote, we re not coming in without our women. Wyoming is very proud of our trail blazing heritage. Im tremendously proud and honored to represent wyoming in congress and very grateful you us this morning to help commemorate. Thank you very much for that. We have a few other things we want to talk about as well. Id like to start by turning things over to the republican ways means committee, mr. Brady, to talk about usmca. Brady good morning, everyone. The announcement of the the United Statesmexciocanada agreement major win for american america. President trump and ambassador have fought hard and delivered hard for a progrowthed a modern trade pack with our north american neighbors after much delay by democrats. Ow its time for congress to pass th
Speakers include doctor anthony tolkien, director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases and hamburg , former fda commissioner. This is about an hour. Why are we even hear. I will give one example. In 2009 there was a pandemic flu. Make a swine flu, i dont know why. Its beside the point. Doing you want enough to go back and out of blake instructed more than 2 billion people. As far as i can tell and theres a lot of reporting on this, the who acted incredibly admirably and rapidly in getting vaccine out. And the only reason that it wasnt one of the most devastating epidemics in the history of humanity is because that person particular flu decided not to be berlin. We dont get a vote but the Gates Foundation else modelers who are pretty good and they estimated that had been anything like the 1918 flu, 33, 37 Million People would have died and then we wouldnt be having this conversation or at least some of us wouldnt becausewe began. And what happens when these sort
Frank santorum join us. Bridget bowman talks about the key house and senate house and o watch in the upcoming 2020 elections. Yeas are 354, nays are 64 recorded as present. Two thirds being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended. The joint resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Host in a bipartisan vote with 129 republicans joining democrats, the house of representatives voted to oppose President Trumps decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from syria. The resolution also calls on President Trump to present a clear and specific plan for the enduring defeat of isis. Good morning, everyone. We will begin with your take on this debate in washington. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independence, your number, 2027488002. You can text us with your first name, city, and state at 2027488003 or join the conversation on twitter at cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your thoughts on syria in a minute. We begin wi
Being late. The days take on a life of their own. So, but i wanted to say good morning. Good morning, dr. Collins, welcome back to labor hhs to the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say a thank you on behalf of the of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work. We met with the researchers who were working to cure Sickle Cell Disease, to develop treatments for major depression, the shrinkage of cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials. So it was a moving and an informative, but a very moving experience, as well. Let me welcome our witnesses including the five institute and Center Directors who join us today, and in addition, and always a great addition dr. Francis collins who has joined us many times, director of the National Institutes of health. Today joined by dr. Bruce tromberg, by the institut