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Is the. Saudi led air strikes in yemen have claimed more than twenty four lives just this week. So its the first story the first week of the top stories is the first weekly of twenty eighteen thanks so much for joining us running down the top headlines of the past week and your top stories it was this week that source series of mass rallies in iran both for and against the countrys government it began with protests over the Economic Situation in the country but later these turn First Political violent with twenty one People Killed in clashes. And since the protest started washington has been openly supporting the government activists all the while ignoring the mass rallies in support of irans leadership the us also cold for an Emergency Un Security Council meeting over the situation in iran but other members of the body doubted that internal political unrest in iran is a matter of international security. In the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of iran is
Look forward to your testimony. Of the past year our committee has been working to improve, strengthen, and streamline health and welfare programs under our jurisdiction. We have taken action to cut needless red tape, and make it more difficult for providers to deliver highquality care to their patients. We recently advanced targeted bipartisan reforms to improve medicare for the American People. Continuing the drive to strengthen a quality and care coordination. A role intee played developing comrades of regulation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. With the American Health care act that was passed by the house last may, we delivered marketoriented solutions that would increase flexibility, reduce costs, and return control of health care to the American People. While this bill is stalled, reliefs has delivered from obamacare. We also took action to prevent several Damaging Health care taxes from going into effect. When it comes to the welfare and antipoverty programs, we a
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