For seniors and people who are disabled or blind. Benefit levels were last updated in the 1980s. I call this meeting to order. Senator young, thank you, Ranking Member of the subcommittee, for working with us to schedule this hearing. I appreciate the professionalism and confidence of your staff and my Office Working with all of you is really helpful. Thank you to chairman whiting for being part of this, the efforts to protect and strengthen this critical part of our Social Security system. Todays hearing on supplemental security income, ssi, is long overdue. This is the first hearing in the finance committee since 1998, before i was in the senate, for sure. That would be almost a quarter of a century. Theres not been a hearing in congress specifically about increasing benefits and eligibility since the reagan administration. In fact, that 1987, the last year or so of the reagan administration, in 1987, ways and means hearing called ssi, quote, the forgotten safety net. It was a fittin
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Next, deborah tice spoke about her son, austin, who has been detained in syria for 11 years. The discussion focused on journalists detained internationally and strategies the u. S. Government can use to bring them home. This conversation was hosted by the National Press club and runs an hour and 15 minutes. Of and s one hour 15 minutes. Will do that. Well do that. Good morning, everyone. Im eileen oreilly, president of the National Press club, managing editor of standards and training at axios. Today we meet in a light filled comfortable room surrounded by friends and colleagues. 6000 miles away, austin tice is marking his 11th year away from family, friends, and colleagues and is likely not in a comfortable situation. He was doing very important journalism, covering what was happening in syria when he was taken august 14 of 2012 and has not yet been freed. This is a tragedy of unthinkable proportion. Let us pause for a minute to give our thoughts to austin and his family today. Thank
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Host good morning. It is saturday, march 16, 2024. The house passed a bill this week that has the potential to band tiktok in the United States, but the legislation faces a tougher time in the senate. Increasing tensions between top u. S. Democrats and israels leadership first into the open with a speech from Chuck Schumer calling for a change in leadership amid the ongoing conflict in gaza. We want to hear your top new story of the week. 202 7488000. Republicans on 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us that number is 202 7488003. Please be sure to include ynd where you are writing from. On social media facebook. Com cspan or on x cspanwj. That tiktok legislation passed with bipartisan support in the house. Republican Mike Gallagher who cosponsored the bill to regulate the app and is the chair of the flex committee on the u. S. China competition defended the legislation on the house floor. Tiktok is a threat to our national security, because it is owned b