Implement the revised medical screening proceediers, and the improper expenditure of emergency funds appropriated by congress for the care of migrants. In december, two children died in custody. A sevenyearold girl named jacqueline and an 8yearold boy named felipe. Last year another three children died in custody or shortly after being released. On january 4th, 2019, i sent a letter to the department of Homeland Security requesting documents relating to the deaths in 2018. After they failed to produce all documents responsive and in november and they keep my of the communicating requested in my letter ten months prior. The expecter Generals Office issued two one page sum mum rars. But the questions were left with more questions than answers. Earlier this year i sent a l letter to the expecter general. My entire letter is available on the committees wps. Among the concerns i raised were the following. They say there was no malfeasance or misconduct by dhs personnel. It was unclear why t
Is a person in my position supposed to pass the test when it comes back for a substance that im allergic to and they up to my medication the committee is meeting today to receive testimony on children in cdp custody, examining death, medical care procedures and improper spending. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. The committee is convening today to examine three critical, related, and deeply troubling issues. The terrible deaths of Young Children in the custody of ,ustoms and Border Protection cbps failure to consistently implement the revised medical screening procedures it adopted after children died in its custody, and cbps improper expenditure of emergency funding appropriated by congress for the care of migrants. In december 2018, two children died in cbp custody. A sevenyearold girl named jakelin and an 8yearold boy named philippe a. Felipe last year, another three children died in cbp custody or shortly after being releas
Of time were going to go ahead and get started. Todays hearing is about the issue of suicide. As many people in the room know, this month in america is National Suicide Prevention Month across the country. Suicide is a terrible, terrible, terrible loss, and wasteful loss of life. And preventible loss of life. I think john will remember when we first came in as a committee three years ago, our first bill that we passed was the clay hunt Suicide Prevention bill. It passed this committee 990. And we asked the secretary and the other members of the v. A. Here today to give us any report they might have on the progress of the implementation in terms of clay hunt act. But its a very important act. In august of 2014, i held a hearing as a member of this committee. It was a field hearing on the issue of suicide. The reason i did was because in that year, the months leading up to august of 2014, georgia va hospital in decatur had three suicides, two on campus. Some from mishandling of available
With that in mind, usa today takes a comparison of the house and senate bills on health care. When it comes to the increase of people without Health Insurance, the house bill had 23 million. The senate bill had 22 million when it comes to 22 million. When it comes to decreases in medicaid funding, 844,000,000,004 the house 844 billion for the house bill. 772 billion for the senate bill. The house bill allows for 117 billion and the senate bill hundred 7 billion 107 billion when it comes to funds to the state and insurers. These are just some of the comparisons that are made in usa the senate bill. The cbo score that came out yesterday on the senate bill was released yesterday. The New York Times shows you a series of graphics and gives you some of the highlights from yesterdays release. 22 billion americans that 22 million americans would be uninsured by 2026. Federal deficit would be reduced. The savings could have been even taxer, but the bill repeals increases that the Affordable Ca
Times since september 1, improving the experience. Well have more coming up but first we start with election day in virginia. Luke russert is there for us where Terry Mcauliffe cast his vote early this morning. Luke, do you get the sense that virginians are aware that all eyes are on them today as well as seeing that that state could go blue in decades . Reporter yeah, absolutely, thomas. What you see here behind me is a slow but steady stream of voters coming through. From ones ive spoken to, they say they know the whole eyes of the country are on them because of the amount of tv advertisements they have been inundated with for many years about the governors race, lieutenant governors race, among other things. The theme of the day, shall we say here, thomas, is turnout. This is a turnout election. It is a slow but steady turnout here at this precinct in Northern Virginia where im at. 1,000 people have voted so far. The polls opened at 6 00 a. M. Democratic Terry Mcauliffe needs turnou