The Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will please come to order. This morning were holding a hearing entitled implementation at the 41st century cures act responded to Mental Health needs. Senators cassidy and murphy were the leaders in this committee on Mental Health reform and in the senate. And those reforms included in our 21st century cures act. Senator murray is not here today so she asked senator murphy to fill in for her, and ive asked senator cassidy to chair most of this hearing, or at least until 11 45. I will come back and attended but but i think its appropriate senators cassidy and murphy share the hearings, especially given the extensive work in the area and their leadership and interacting the legislation last year. After our witness testifies, senators will have five minutes of questions. National, young adult with a fulltime job who also attends college. In june 2014, two days before 25th birthday experienced his first schizophrenic experience.
Disability in context with both the senate bill emerging and the house bill. On behalf of roan and those who have a loved one with a disability, i ask unanimous consent that no motion to proceed to calendar no. 120, h. R. 1628, the American Health care act, be in order until the bill is jointly referred to the committee on finance and the committee on health, education, labor, and pensions. The presiding officer is there objection . Objection is heard. Ms. Klobuchar madam president. The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar madam president , one of the things that i would most like to work on at the cost is the cost of Prescription Drugs and i think we should make sensible changes to the Affordable Care act. But the bill that came over from the house doesnt really do that at all. And whether its bringing the costs down for seniors by having negotiations under Medicare Part d, whether its allowing for less expensive drugs to come in by generic drugs or from other c
Disability in context with both the senate bill emerging and the house bill. On behalf of roan and those who have a loved one with a disability, i ask unanimous consent that no motion to proceed to calendar no. 120, h. R. 1628, the American Health care act, be in order until the bill is jointly referred to the committee on finance and the committee on health, education, labor, and pensions. The presiding officer is there objection . Objection is heard. Ms. Klobuchar madam president. The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar madam president , one of the things that i would most like to work on at the cost is the cost of Prescription Drugs and i think we should make sensible changes to the Affordable Care act. But the bill that came over from the house doesnt really do that at all. And whether its bringing the costs down for seniors by having negotiations under Medicare Part d, whether its allowing for less expensive drugs to come in by generic drugs or from other c
Cable Television Companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Senate republicans are planning a vote on a Health Care Law repeal and replace as early as next thursday. The legislation has not yet been made public or scored by the congressional budge office. Monday budget office. Monday Senate Democrats held the Chamber Floor to speak on the republican effort. Minority Party Members are protesting that Senate Republicans have not held Committee Hearings on the repeal and replacement legislation. Next, a portion of monday nights debate. We democrats are here on the take a stand against a bill thats a disaster for our o Nations Health care. Medicaid patients, families with loved ones in nursing homes, people who struggle with opioid addiction, women who rely on planned parenthood, people who work in the health care industry. And so we stand with them and for them f tonight. But we also stand for the American Public who is being left in the dark about what tru
Cable Television Companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Senate republicans are planning a vote on a Health Care Law repeal and replace as early as next thursday. The legislation has not yet been made public or scored by the congressional budge office. Monday budget office. Monday Senate Democrats held the Chamber Floor to speak on the republican effort. Minority Party Members are protesting that Senate Republicans have not held Committee Hearings on the repeal and replacement legislation. Next, a portion of monday nights debate. We democrats are here on the take a stand against a bill thats a disaster for our o Nations Health care. Medicaid patients, families with loved ones in nursing homes, people who struggle with opioid addiction, women who rely on planned parenthood, people who work in the health care industry. And so we stand with them and for them f tonight. But we also stand for the American Public who is being left in the dark about what tru