Here. And for your willi in ingness t serve in this important capacity. Mr. Azar certainly has his work cut out for him. Health and Human Services is a massive, Sprawling Department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities and encompasses all areas of our Nations Health care system. As a result, if confirmed, mr. Azars work will impact the lives of every single american. Now, thats a big job. It requires knowledge, experience, and most important, strong leadership. Fortunately, our nominee brings all of this to the table, having nearly two decades of experience in the health care sector, including about six years working at the highest levels of hhs. During his time at hhs, mr. Azar play eed key roles in implementg new policies including Medicare Part d and the Medicare Advantage program. He was also a leader in hhs responses to the anthrax attacks shortly after 9 11, the sars and monkey pox crisis, and hurricane katrina, just to mention a few. If confirmed, mr. A
Planning and autism. He talked to senator or in chairs the committee. The committee will come to order. Before i begin i wantto discuss on behalf of the committee how we all feel. In light of yesterdays events in florida. I was personally horrified as i watched the news unfold yesterday, that though i was also moved to hear some of the stories of the heroism displayed by some of the students and teachers at the school. In times like these i know that the thoughts expressed by those of us far away can sometimes seem empty and meaningless in the face of such a terrible tragedy. I will simply say i am praying for all those affected by these acts of senselessviolence. That of course includes a member of our committee will i know is mourning the loss in his own state. May they all find peace, healing and a speedy recovery. I welcome everybody here. And todays hearing which will be our third and final hearing on the fiscal year 2019. Currently, we already have the treasury secretary and the
The committee will come to order. Welcome everybody to this mornings hearing. Today the committee will consider and examine the nomination of vista alex cesar to serve as a sect of health and Human Services, one of the most aboard jobs in any government anywhere in the world. Id like to welcome mr. Azar to the finance committee this morning. Thank you for being here and for your willingness to serve in this important capacity. Mr. Azar certainly has his work cut out for him. Health and Human Services is a massive, Sprawling Department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities and encompasses all areas of our Nations Health care system. As a result, if confirmed, mr. Azars work will impact the lives of every single american. Thats a big job. It requires knowledge, experience, and, most important, strong leadership. Fortunately, our nominee brings all of this to the table, having nearly two decades of experience in the health care sector, including about six years wo
President is arrested and accused of accepting bribes. The hottest year on record as calls heat up for a global deal on Climate Change. People in burundi are voting in a controversial president ial election. One person died in violence leading up to the poll. The elections being boycott by several opposition leading parties. The u. N. , e. U. And African Union have all said they wont recognize the results. They urge the president not to go ahead with the vote, but he refused to back down. These are pictures of him casting a ballot. Theres been months of violence since he announced he was staying for a third therm. Critics say that violates the constitution. Its another great turn in democracy in the country so we allow the burundian people to vote or to choose someone who they believe in, then the leaders are the authorities they trust and also to choose from the many programs that feed them. We have two correspondents monitoring events. Catherine soy is in eastern rwanda where refugee
Good morning everybody. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors budget and finance subcommittee meeting for wednesday july 22, 2015. My name is mark farrell. I will be chairing the committee. I am joined by supervisor katy tang and i would like to thank the clerk linda wong and sfgtv covering this meeting. Madam clerk do we have any announcements . Yes mr. Chair. Please silent all cell phones and electronic devices, complete speaker cards and documents to be part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted on today will be on the july 28 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Okay. Thank you madam clerk. Lets get rolling here. We have a number of items here and at the end we have two hearings and please call item 1. Item 1 hearing hearing to consider the release of reserved funds, Arts Commission to build out the secure basement Storage Space and related location costs for the citys civic Art Collection. Great. We have tom mckinney here. Good morni