The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, and Human Services, education and related agencies will come to order. Thank you, secretary azar, for being here. It has turned out to be a more eventful week than we anticipated, but we are grateful you have shown up as we asked to at the time we asked you to. The budget you suggested, the request, many of the same kinds of cuts that occurred in 2020, and i am sure we will have questions about that. It is not unexpected. I think you will recall when i called you with the final budget numbers from the 2020 budget. My first comment was, the good news is you didnt get what you asked for. Hopefully, that will be the case again this time. But you propose a 10 cut, similar cut you proposed in the past in programs that we would be very reluctant in the Health Care Workforces and preparedness programs and research programs, all that we have been about earlier today at the members reading on the current virus. Home energy, rural programs we wou
Very welcome you are watching R T International with me niki air and our top story libyas warring sides are in talks in moscow right now in the hope of finding a truce to end the civil war in the north african country and it follows russian and turkish efforts to deescalate hostilities there that helped broker an initial ceasefire in the conflict on sunday and signaled the 1st break in fighting in libya for months the talks underway in the russian capital are expected to put a political solution back on the table ramon culture of has more on the potentially pivotal meeting. Of the truce between the warring sides was suggests meeting between russian president Vladimir Putin and his search for its rich up to the dog it is itself just last week we call on all parties. To declare a sustainable cease fire supported by the necessary measures to be taken for stabilizing the situation on the ground and normalizing daily life in tripoli and other cities and now the Libyan National army led by g
For you know the government has never told us what to do with this children without parents. It was really tragic because you know to bury 3000 bodies at once isnt that simple. Thanks for joining us and. Welcome to the program. I will start with the iranian capital where police have to applaud. Government protesters it ministrations iran is facing intense pressure right now after admitting that its forces accidentally shot down the ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday killing all 176 people on board mainly iranian nationals widespread mass visuals have been held victims. Steadily turned into antigovernment rallies irans armed forces admitted the airliner was mistakenly identified as a Cruise Missile Defense Systems tragedy took place shortly after to iran to launch strikes against 2 air bases housing u. S. Forces in iraq that of course came in response to an american drone attack which left a Senior Iranian command of dead in baghdad on january 3rd officials in washington have spent
A very warm welcome you are watching at the international with me. Now believe it is all of libyas warring factions are in moscow for talks this monday in the hope of finding a ceasefire deal it follows russian and turkish efforts to deescalate hostilities between the internationally recognized government in tripoli and forces loyal to the rebel general belief well that helped broker an initial cease fire in the conflict on sunday and signaled the 1st break in fighting in libya for months but talks underway in the russian capital are expected to put a political solution on the table of more detail to go live now to our caller on the amman calls or over a long time to see you know whats led to this potentially pivotal meeting in the russian capital today. First sorrow. Ongoing as we speak behind closed doors and these talks between the libyan leaders to libyan leaders are happening under the guidance of russian insert issue of foreign and defense ministries and say these talks have been
Health care costs. And much like that partisan lawsuit, President Trumps partisan budget exposes the truth behind that spin. Despite the promise to the contrary, this budget would slash 500 billion from medicare and medicaid. In fact, on seemingly every page of this, it takes huge steps backward on our nations most urgent challenges, proposing a small step forward with hiv pans but takesnsmissions, an enormously backwards with medicaid, which covers more than 2 5 of patients with hiv care, not to mention slashing investments in combating hiv overseas. These medicaid cuts would take us in the wrong direction when it comes to addressing mental and Behavioral Health challenges, like the ongoing Drug Overdose crisis or the increasing suicide rate by making it harder for people to get the care they need. In some states that have expanded medicaid, the Program Covers four out of five people receiving treatment for opioid addictions. To make matters worse for Behavioral Health, the budget eli