Provided and into the record to the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for 5 minutes for Opening Statements. Let me find my Opening Statement here. I believe this hearing is long overdue. Suffering terrible inequalities. Unreliable access to the energy grid, little or no broadband connectivity, and reliable funds for the federal government and other systematic problems that created unnecessary hardship and turmoil and covid19 is exacerbating these long existing problems. One third of tribal members are at high risk of serious covid19 complications due to Underlying Health factors and Navajo Nation has seen higher infection rates than those in china at the peak of the pandemic. Despite this stark reality the impact of covid19 on tribal communities, weve seen the struggles of tribal communities and access to personal protective equipment and testing to protect against covid19. Is this pandemic redesign and covid19 cases continue to rise in many areas of the Country Access to p
Good afternoon, everyone. We have a fair amount of stuff to get you up to speed on and well go well take through this as fast as we can questions. Ake afterward. I think tomorrow were at a different time. Alex, what time tomorrow . Can you come back to me. We have a call with the white tomorrow which conflicts with our normal time. We are going to be earlier. I think noon. 12 00 tomorrow. It will be right here. The only issue with that and ill speak with judy, you may ot have all your data as buttoned down as you would like by noon. It takes judy and her team a morning. Nt of the in fact, all of the morning to get to where she wants so we can be as accurate as possible. Again, im honored to be joined my partner and government, sheila oliver. Great to be with you. The department of Human Services, Carol Johnson. Were going to hear from her. Her left at least answering questions if not jumping on a topics, superintendent colonel pat callahan. O my right, as i said, she no longer needs an
Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 83. The noes are 9. The motion is passed agreed to. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley ive got a couple of issues i want to speak on. One would be trade and section 232 issue. That would be my second one. The first one, i want to speak about commonsense entitlement reform. In the past year weve seen a flurry of drug pricing proposals. Im encouraged by efforts from my colleagues here in the senate, especially Ranking Member wyden, colleagues in the house that agree in the house of representatives who agree with this effort to reduce drug prices and the president of the United States who has already been involved for a year and a half in lowering drug prices. All have made lowering Prescription Drug costs one of the Core Principles of our efforts and particularly a core principle for this administration
Care for 100,000 children in michigan, of working families these are families that dont qualify for health through medicaid or other assistance. Theyre working but maybe at work theyre Getting Health Care but it doesnt cover their children. Or maybe theyre not Getting Health Care and they want to at least be able to cover their children. Thats what my child is all about. Its been 81 days since the september 30 deadline that p stopped the that stopped the federal funding from going forward. Nine million children nationwide, 100,000 children in michigan. In addition to that, Community Health Centers Across the country serve 25 million patients every year, 300,000 of those are veterans, 7. 5 million are children. I had the opportunity last friday to visit one wonderful facilities, one in flint and one in western wayne county. And to see the great work they do and to talk to some of the people that were there to get care, people are counting on Community Health centers and they are countin
Nomination of mr. Alex azar to serve as secretary of health and Human Services, one of the most important jobs in any government anywhere in the world. Id like to welcome mr. Azar to the finance committee this morning. I want to 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 overseas 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 played key roles in implementing new polic