Markup will happen tomorrow but its still called a markup. Welcome to the markup of the budget resolution which is focused on strengthening americas future. This budget represents an important First Step Towards addressing the fiscal challeng challenges. I believe failure to address the challenges now before they become a crisis will only leave our children and grandchildren to deal with the burdens we neglected to fix or in some cases caused. This is the second resolution considered under the rules that were updated last congress to make the Committee Consideration of the budget resolution more orderly, transparent and hopefully more deliberative. We released the mark last friday five days ago in order to provide a senators time to read and stand resolution and im hopeful we can continue to build upon the reforms. The fiscal year 2020 budget we are focused on proposes reasonable in incremental steps to reduce the deficit over the next five years. It recognizes many of them were aspira
I called to order the markup of the committee technically this is Opening Statements that we will do today and the opening markup will happen tomorrow but its still called a markup. Welcome to the markup of the budget resolution which is focused on strengthening americas future. This budget represents an important First Step Towards addressing the fiscal challeng challenges. I believe failure to address the challenges now before they become a crisis will only leave our children and grandchildren to deal with the burdens we neglected to fix or in some cases caused. This is the second resolution considered under the rules that were updated last congress to make the Committee Consideration of the budget resolution more orderly, transparent and hopefully more deliberative. We released the mark last friday five days ago in order to provide a senators time to read and stand resolution and im hopeful we can continue to build upon the reforms. The fiscal year 2020 budget we are focused on prop
Glad break the glass in case of emergency. Watch tv this weekend on cspan2. Out of chronic illnesses, orrin hatch and ron wyden spoke about expanding inhome care for medicare patients. We will also hear from the head of the centers for medicare and from theservices, bipartisan policy center. This is one hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. An important moment. [laughter] senator wyden has always been a proud supporter of families, and i think we understand why. So good morning, everyone. I am jason grumet. I will spend the next hour talking about something that is going right here in washington, d. C. Authentic collaboration, as i think we all know, is not easy. It requires principle, patience, and they, empathy tolerance for discomfort, if youre truly trying to work with someone who has similarly strongly held views and at times disagreement. But more than anything, it requires leadership, so its terrific to be honoring orrin hatch and ron wyden, two liters who have worked togethe
In ron wyden on treatment for chronic illnesses it will hear from medicare and medicaid administrator seema verma on controlling medical costs. From the Bipartisan Policy Center, this is about 90 minutes. Good morning, everyone. [inaudible] an important moment senator wyden has always been a proud supporter of families and i think we understand why. So good morning, everyone. Im jason grumet, it is a distinct pleasure of the present of the Bipartisan Policy Center to spend the next hour talking about something that is going right in washington, d. C. , authentic collaboration as i think we all know isnt easy. It requires principal, patien, creativity, empathy, and the tolerance for discomfort, if you are truly trying to work with somebody who has similarly strongly held views and at times disagreement. But more than anything it requires leadership. And so really its terrific to be honoring chairman orrin hatch and senator ron wyden, two leaders have worked together to improve the lives
The finance committee will come to order. Today, across america, Insurance Companies are selling Mental Health coverage to our people worried about their Mental Health, or that of their loved ones. Unfortunately, too often after these insurers get big premiums from our people. They let them down. The preferred providers to advertise, they are not available. It cannot just get appointments. The firm basically says that we arent taking new patients, which of course, not represented to them initially in that way. The fact is, these americans are being ripped off by what the government account and office has described as a Ghost Network. In the language of Government Accountability office. To me, what a Ghost Network is all about is essentially selling Health Coverage under false pretenses. The providers that have advertised arent picking up the phone. Theyre not taking patience. In any other business, if a product or service doesnt meet the expectation, consumers get the refund. In my vie