[indistinct chatter] [gavel] the hearing will come to order. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Today, we are reviewing the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Dr. Price, we welcome you and congratulations on your nomination. Welcome, to you and your wife, betty, who is here with you. I enjoyed having the opportunity to visit with you in my office and learn about your plans. Dr. Price will be introduced today and a few minutes by a member of this committee and dr. Price plus his home state senator. Before senator isakson introduces the nominee, senator murray and i will make a few introductory remarks. After the nominee makes his statement, we will have a usual round of questions. Let me Say Something about that round of questions. Last night, we had a hearing of 3. 1 hours. I tried as chairman to be fair by following the same precedent we had with president obamas two education nominees by having one ro
[indistinct chatter] [gavel] the hearing will come to order. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Today, we are reviewing the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Dr. Price, we welcome you and congratulations on your nomination. Welcome, to you and your wife, betty, who is here with you. I enjoyed having the opportunity to visit with you in my office and learn about your plans. Dr. Price will be introduced today and a few minutes by a member of this committee and dr. Price plus his home state senator. Before senator isakson introduces the nominee, senator murray and i will make a few introductory remarks. After the nominee makes his statement, we will have a usual round of questions. Let me Say Something about that round of questions. Last night, we had a hearing of 3. 1 hours. I tried as chairman to be fair by following the same precedent we had with president obamas two education nominees by having one ro
Ordered. Id like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing. Today, we will consider the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of the department of health and Human Services. And want to welcome dr. Price to the finance committee. I appreciate his willingness to in a position of this magnitude, especially at this particularly crucial time. Republicans in Congress Warned that the new health care law, basically, would harm patients, emilys and businesses. Too fine apine point on it, but we were right. That will address costs among other things. This will be an important endeavor. One that will and should get a lot of attention here today. But it should not be the sole focus of the next hhs soap secretary. Hhs has an annual budget of over 1 trillion. Let me repeat that. One department, 1 trillion. Hhs and purposes encompasses medicare and medicaid. Disease control and prevention, the National Institutes of whole, the federal Drug Administration and many others. This is no exag
Ordered. Id like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing. Today, we will consider the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of the department of health and Human Services. And want to welcome dr. Price to the finance committee. I appreciate his willingness to in a position of this magnitude, especially at this particularly crucial time. Republicans in Congress Warned that the new health care law, basically, would harm patients, emilys and businesses. Too fine apine point on it, but we were right. That will address costs among other things. This will be an important endeavor. One that will and should get a lot of attention here today. But it should not be the sole focus of the next hhs soap secretary. Hhs has an annual budget of over 1 trillion. Let me repeat that. One department, 1 trillion. Hhs and purposes encompasses medicare and medicaid. Disease control and prevention, the National Institutes of whole, the federal Drug Administration and many others. This is no exag
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