Secretary of state Rex Tillerson testified before a Senate Subcommittee about his departments budget request. Sanctions against russia, cuba policy, and the north Korean Nuclear threat. The hearing was chaired by South Carolina senator lindsey graham. Subcommittee hearing will come to order. The hearing today is on the president s fiscal year 2018 funding request and budget justification, department of state. Like to welcome our witness, secretary of state tillerson. After Opening Statements from myself and Ranking Member we will hear from the secretary. Well accept your written testimony and anything you would like to tell us personally. So this is going to be a little bit longer than normal. This is a very important issue for the country, a passion of mine. Number one, secretary tillerson, i like the way you represent our country. I think you have a style thats pretty good for the world as it is today. You are a man of few words. I think when you talk, people listen. Your view of qat
That mandate equal coverage for physical and Mental Health care. Mental Health Care Providers testified about difficulties in implementing a federal health care parity law. This hearing of the house energy and subcommittee on health is an hour and 40 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, if youll take your seats, well start. The subcommittee will come to order. Before we begin, i want to make a note that members may be filtering in and out throughout the hearing. Unfortunately, the condensed september session, there are a number of scheduling conflicts this morning. But we wanted to be sure to have this important hearing before congress recessed at the end of the month. With that being said, chair recognize himself for an Opening Statement. Todays Health Subcommittee hearing will examine the federal Mental Health parity laws and regulations. In 2008, Congress Passed a bill requiring most Group Health Plans to provide more generous coverage for treatment of Mental Illnesses comparable to what