Subcommittee on health in Human Services, education and related agencies will come to order. Thank you sec. A desire for being here. It has turned out to be a more eventful week than we anticipated but we are grateful you have shown up as we asked to at the time we asked you to. The budget you suggested, the request, many of the same kinds of cuts that occurred in 2020, and i am sure we will have questions about that. It is not unexpected. You will recall when i called you with the final budget numbers from the 2020 budget, my first comment was, the good news is you didnt get what you asked for. Hopefully that will be the case again this time. You propose a 10 cut, similar cut you proposed in the past in programs that we would be very reluctant in the health care workforces and preparedness programs and research programs, all have been about earlier today at the members reading on the current virus. Rural programs we would be reluctant to discuss. We will need more money this year in m
Coronas outbreak and the federal government coronavirus outbreak in the federal governments preparedness. And the federal governments preparedness. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, and Human Services, education and related agencies will come to order. Thank you, secretary azar, for being here. It has turned out to be a more eventful week than we anticipated, but we are grateful you have shown up as we asked to at the time we asked you to. The budget you suggested, the request, many of the same kinds of cuts that occurred in 2020, and i am sure we will have questions about that. It is not unexpected. I think you will recall when i called you with the final budget numbers from the 2020 budget. My first comment was, the good news is you didnt get what you asked for. Hopefully, that will be the case again this time. But you propose a 10 cut, similar cut you proposed in the past in programs that we would be very reluctant in the Health Care Workforces and preparedness progr
The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, and Human Services, education and related agencies will come to order. Thank you, secretary azar, for being here. It has turned out to be a more eventful week than we anticipated, but we are grateful you have shown up as we asked to at the time we asked you to. The budget you suggested, the request, many of the same kinds of cuts that occurred in 2020, and i am sure we will have questions about that. It is not unexpected. I think you will recall when i called you with the final budget numbers from the 2020 budget. My first comment was, the good news is you didnt get what you asked for. Hopefully, that will be the case again this time. But you propose a 10 cut, similar cut you proposed in the past in programs that we would be very reluctant in the Health Care Workforces and preparedness programs and research programs, all that we have been about earlier today at the members reading on the current virus. Home energy, rural programs we wou
Health care costs. And much like that partisan lawsuit, President Trumps partisan budget exposes the truth behind that spin. Despite the promise to the contrary, this budget would slash 500 billion from medicare and medicaid. In fact, on seemingly every page of this, it takes huge steps backward on our nations most urgent challenges, proposing a small step forward with hiv pans but takesnsmissions, an enormously backwards with medicaid, which covers more than 2 5 of patients with hiv care, not to mention slashing investments in combating hiv overseas. These medicaid cuts would take us in the wrong direction when it comes to addressing mental and Behavioral Health challenges, like the ongoing Drug Overdose crisis or the increasing suicide rate by making it harder for people to get the care they need. In some states that have expanded medicaid, the Program Covers four out of five people receiving treatment for opioid addictions. To make matters worse for Behavioral Health, the budget eli
Good afternoon and thank you for coming. My name is siri worthington, executive director of the United States Energy Association and this is a us ea briefing on addressing Energy Poverty in the United States, a federal state collaboration. This is a little bit of a different topic for your sca. But one that we are very eager to have a conversation about and im hoping that this will be the first of a continuing conversation. Because the matters that were going to address this afternoon are taking on a degree of urgency. It always been urgent but i think myself that the urgency is growing so thank you all for coming. We have an excellent set of panelists here today. Or our discussion, we hope to have audience participationas well. Moderating todays session is mark will, mark will provide the discussion and moderate the discussion forthe need for Energy Assistance. He is an economist, and is an expert on local andregional energy and housing financing. He is consulted regularly for general