The National Institute of health and dr. Scott gottlieb, the commissioner of food and drug. Well have as i mentioned to senator murphy, well have a hearing next wednesday on another important part of the cures act which was the first reorganization of our Mental Health laws in a decade which senator cassidy and senator murphy played a major role in. Senator murray and i will have each an Opening Statement then well introduce our panel of witnesses. Our witnesses will have five minutes of questions. In 2007 doug oliver who is in the front row, i believe, a Computer Programmer began to have trouble seeing and after a near accident had his drivers license taken away and was declared legally behind. The culprit was a rare form of macular degeneration. Doug moved to nashville where his doctor told him while there were no cures, doug could Search Online for a Clinical Trial. Doug found a rejen tiff medicine Clinical Trial in florida where doctors took cells out of the bone marrow in his hip,
To everybody in this room, welcome, but particularly secretary nielsen, we welcome you. Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule for being here for a very important part of congresss responsibility to the congressional oversight. Yourartment is department is a very important part of the executive branch, plays a very central role in overseeing our lawful immigration system besides protecting the country and our people. Oversight is a very important part of what we do here in congress. Events like todays hearing allows the peoples representatives to investigate and question the policies and the actions of the executive branch could there are important issues in your departments jurisdiction that are facing our country. One of those important issues is the continuing fate of at least 690,000 individuals enrolled in the daca program. Every member of this committee, especially this member, has an interest in ensuring that we find a fair and equitable solution for that population.
National security. Well hear from senators paul, you can watch it live here on cspan. Well show you some of this mornings testimony of secretary nielsen on capitol hill and begin with questions from enator lay hey of hee. Reportedly he said the most vulgar things. Any president utter anything even similar. Now he denies using the specific word and there has been some, maybe used a different word, maybe he didnt. And madam secretary, you were in the room. Youre under oath, did President Trump use this word or a substantially similar word to describe certain countries . Secretary nielsen i did not hear that word used. Ms. Lee senator leahy did he use a word similar to that . Secretary nielsen i dont diss beauty that the president used tough language. The concept and the context i believe in which this came up was the concept that the president would like to move to a mere i havebased system and no longer senator leahy did he use vulgar language to certain countries. Secretary nielsen he
She answered a number of questions on daca program. Also, President Trumps alleged longer comments. She said she did not hear the president say a vulgar word to describe african countries in haiti. This Committee Hearing lasted over four hours. We will show you three hours of it. To everybody in this room, welcome, but particularly secretary nielsen, we welcome you. Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule for being here for a very important part of congresss responsibility to the congressional oversight. Door department is your department is a very important part of the executive branch, plays a very central role in overseeing our lawful immigration system besides protecting the country and our people. Oversight is a very important part of what we do here in congress. Events like todays hearing allows the peoples representatives to investigate and question the policies and the actions of the executive branch. There are important issues in your departments jurisdiction that ar
Surveillance reauthorization, 6038 was the vote. The 60th vote was needed to announce that bill. Also on capitol hill, a number of hearings we covered, a rather lengthy one on Homeland Security. A routine oversight hearing with Kiersten Nielsen kirstjen nielsen. Testified before the judiciary subcommittee on this issue. And also talked with a number of senators about the recent changes in daca and immigration. Here is what she had to say with some senator amy klobuchar. Listening to your answers under oath that you did not hear and i will not repeat this word and give it any dignity, we will collect the word shole. You testified under oath you did not hear the president use that word up a meeting. Correct. Is a possible he said the word at the meeting and you do not hear it . Anything is possible. Yes, maam. A possible he also said that wording you do not hear it . It is possible. There was crosstalk. I unfortunately was not the meeting was unscheduled. Lastminute, when i was notified,