Civic [inaudible] this morning we are focused with the United States expenditure is on Prescription Drugs rising faster and reacting to the concern the warehouse is expected to unveil the executive order even as we wait for direction with a Prescription Drug Delivery System and with those that are being explored we will hear from government leaders and Patient Advocates and here in the studio we our lives dreaming please keep your phone on silent the we encourage you to join the conversation on social media follow less on twitter or comment. We will take questions throughout the program. And before to get under way with affordable Prescription Drug description. Good morning. Was in is very important conversation today with the speakers and panelists and watching on line there is nothing else that you could be focused on some things for the years all kidding aside of the very real issue of rising drug prices and the impact they have American Families and employers, a taxpayer the Health
Civic [inaudible] this morning we are focused with the United States expenditure is on Prescription Drugs rising faster and reacting to the concern the warehouse is expected to unveil the executive order even as we wait for direction with a Prescription Drug Delivery System and with those that are being explored we will hear from government leaders and Patient Advocates and here in the studio we our lives dreaming please keep your phone on silent the we encourage you to join the conversation on social media follow less on twitter or comment. We will take questions throughout the program. And before to get under way with affordable Prescription Drug description. Good morning. Was in is very important conversation today with the speakers and panelists and watching on line there is nothing else that you could be focused on some things for the years all kidding aside of the very real issue of rising drug prices and the impact they have American Families and employers, a taxpayer the Health
Offeofficer of the academy. For those of you who were here who was here at the demystifying healthcare session this week . You will hear a little overlap. The academy itself is its 30th year of existence and 30 years ago wilbur cohen, bob myers, real legends in the area of a social insurance realized that we needed the academy for two purposes. One, to serve as a network of consisting social insurance scholars so they can support each other in advance the field. At that time 30 years ago we scoured the country and could come up with just about 100 people in this country who were legitimate social insurance scholars. Today, the academy has a thousand members so within 30 years weve had a nice growth. The second goal of the academy and this is the essence of what is today is a magnet to attract younger people and at that point the academy younger people were me. It was a fear that we boomers were not understand why we had programs like Social Security and medicare and workers comp. The f
A live look once again at trump tower. This years of not guerilla to do these begin with a dinner tonight called the chairmans global dinner blacktie invitationonly of 204 and diplomats will be among the 500 guests and we are hoping to show you some of their arrivals. This is live again on cspan2. A short while ago the senate adjourned with Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer complaining about a hearing underway for the nominee for betsy dubois to head up hew and he was complaining that the hearing was not sufficient. You can watch that hearing live now on cspan the Senate Health Education Committee listening to nominee betsy dubois. Well continue here with a look at again at previous inaugurations. This is herbert hoovers 1929 inauguration. Up next at 12 minute silent film from 1929 documenting the president ial inauguration of herbert hoover. [silent film] [silent film] [silent film] [silent film] [silent film] [silent film] [silent film] [silent film] [silent film] [silent film] yo
South carolina governor tim scott. The hearing of the Pensions Committee will come to order to consider the nomination of betsy devos to be United States secretary of education. Openingmake an statement to introduce the nominee. We welcome senator scott and senator lieberman. He will make introductory remarks. Following the nominees comments, we will have a fiveminute round of questions. One note, we have capital will removeay who anyone who attempts to disrupt the hearing. This is the First Committee in our new congress. It has considerable differences of opinion on a variety of issues. We have found that we can sometimes resolve them in important ways. What was thee past most important bill in the congress, 21st century cures. The year before, no child left behind, which president obama called a christmas miracle, plus 33 other bills signed by the president. I want to thank senator murray and republicans on the committee for operating in that fashion. We have done that by showing cou