Railroad from the west and the Union Pacific railroad from the east met upon a summit in utah. It was here on may 10th, 19 1859 that Leland Stanford wrote broke the last site, also known as the gold site joining the rails of the Transcontinental Railroad and forever linking Stanford University to this transformational event and the changes it brought to california and the nation. The completion of the Transcontinental Railroads connected the vast expanse of the United States with safe and convenient transport. Reducing coast to coast to travel from six months down to one week. In addition the railroad evoked social change through migration, Economic Growth and the introduction of Chinese Labor to the west. While at the same time delivering a death blow to the way of life of the plains indians. Another of the consequences was great wealth to the big builders of the roadway. Among them california senator Leland Stanford. This fortune and the land that Leland Stanford purchased with it wa
Culture, the idea of seeing the man in front of the tank, many of us have all seen that, at least if your speedy we believe this hearing to go live to discussion from axios on Prescription Drug prices. Well hear from Senate Finance amity church are progressing but first former fda commissioner Scott Gottlieb and later senator Debbie Stabenow of michigan. This is live coverage on cspan2. And real quick, it could have been to one of our events before, we try to keep things short and sweet, four segments of interviews. We want you leaving here feeling smarter about what we talked about, and this particular is what drug pricing in america which obviously will continue to be an issue going into 2020. So with that in mind i like to welcome our first guest, senator chuck grassley. [applause] good to be here with you, bob. Thanks for coming. All right. I think its only, its a good place to start by talking about your constituents. What are they still telling you about their own drug prices in
Of slaves. If you support such acts, 2027488000. If you do not support it and say no, 2027488001. If you are not sure, 2027488002. You can also post on our social media sites. On twitter it is cspanwj and you can post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. The New York Times highlights a little bit of the legislative efforts being made, which was a topic of this hearing saying the tol titled the Commission Study and develop reparations proposals for african act now sponsored by Sheila Jackson lee, democrat of texas. It would authorize 12 million for a 13 Member Commission to study the effects of slavery and make rep recommendations to congress. It would cost 12 million for the commission. The commission would hold hearings across the country and recommend ample remedies to congress after it is formed and the money supplied for it. When it comes to members of the commission, it would have three members appointed by the president , three by the house, one by the senate, and 6 membe
The committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Senator murray has an important meeting right now and she has asked me to proceed with the hearing because we have six excellent witnesses and we want to make sure that we hear from each of you, and we want the senators to have a chance to ask questions of each of you. So patty should arrive about 10 00. When she comes, why, well interrupt and let her make her Opening Statement and then we will resume the hearing. Good morning, senator murphy. Nearly a year ago dr. Brent james from the National Academies testified before our Senate Health committee with a startling statistic. Up to onehalf of what the American People spend on Health Care May be unnecessary. Let me repeat that. Up to half of the 3. 5 trillion the United States collectively spent on health care in 2017 was unnecessary according to dr. James, and many of the other witnesses at our hearings agreed with that. Thats 1. 8 trillion, three times as much
2007, the longest stint in senate history. He plans to remain in the senate until his current term expires in january 2027. Nt. Was it a surprise yesterday . The decision itself was not necessarily a surprise to a lot of people. There were questions as to if he would try to go for a leadership position again. The fact he decided to step down was not shocking to many people i was talking to, but the fact that he did it yesterday and the timing of it was a surprise to most people. Only a handful of people knew ahead of time that he was planning to announce this decision yesterday. There was surprise on the timing. Host who was given a heads up . Guest i have heard from a couple of people who are close to mcconnell who got a little bit of a heads up that this would be coming, the lead no he told colleagues. Many of the senators did not know ahead of time that mcconnell was planning to make this announcement yesterday. We all got to talk to the senators reacting to the news because the vas