Well, lcome to the session. The Congress Session will now commence. Please welcome to the stage. The 24th and 25th u. S. Secretaries of health and human services, alex azar and Javier Becerra in conversation with Institute Chairman Michael Milken to discuss the road ahead, reflect tions and insights to improve health for all. Mr. Secretary, thank yofor joining us today. And i just want to strs to everyone watching this hour and with us today how important your jobsre. Taking care of the health of not only people in the United States, but in many ways the world. And i ought i might start by going back to a 1754 Benjamin Franklins slide, which told the colonies that they needed to combine in order to survive live. So he took this snake and divide it into parts as a message to try to convince the heads of the 13 colonies they neede to be one and the same thing exists today. When we tnk of a system of health ce, whether its the hundred heads of philanthropists and the medical field that ha
Running out of legal time, but we ourselves are with the Cultural Revolution Council. We sat down and came to the conclusion that we will carry out some reforms. It is logical to say that we will accept it because the law itself is what exists, so that it does not go against that law. In fact, this is what we have in mind. God willing, i hope that this issue can be solved. In fact , now you can calculate 600 thousand. The students who are behind the exam this year are facing all public exams not having studied is just a test to say that on the specialized day of each field, as a test, you tell this student who has planned to go sit down and read 14 general books. 1 year, 2 years, 4 years behind the Entrance Exam, they believe that no, the general public knows well , let them express this, they are pressuring, those 600 people are pressuring that no, we dont want it, why do you want to return it, there was a sign that we are not ready and the president informed us that in this country,
[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my
[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my
We are way beyond that. More work needed in the Oversight Framework as lamar mentioned the presence of Precision Medicine and what that is. The third area is strengthening our ability to carey out the mission. Mark couldnt be with us but talked about how important that is. We have a number of recommendations in the report relating to the fdas Human Resources and how do you hire people today. Many require collaboration with hhs and the office of personal management. We all know in government the hiring and firing and recruiting process happens in the legislatorive branch when legislati legislative branch needs to be investigated. We need to improve the publi publicprivate partnerships out there. And providing access to medical products and there is a Government Role and responsibility looking at the unmet needs that may not have a financial incentive for going there. The biggest, most important drug company in the world is not going there, scientist and researchers are not going there,