worst crimes that you can think of. and child predator is just about the worst thing that you could call anyone. and yet, republicans have managed to weaponize child sexual abuse in recent weeks and turn it into a cheap political attack line. i want to begin tonight with how exactly we got here, why we find ourselves at this absurd juncture, and what could possibly come of it. think of how judge ketanji brown jackson was treated by top republicans on the judiciary committee at her supreme court hearings, with the republicans even now still claiming that the democrats are putting a child abuse enabler on the nation s highest court. and anyone who says otherwise, well, they hate children. have been told things like, child pornography is actually all a conspiracy. it s not real, it s just a conspiracy. it s made up. let me just say for the record, sex crimes against children are not fiction. do you believe child predators are misunderstood? senator, i don t have a context
funny, that. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. it s estimated that 80,000 children could be the victims of sexual abuse in the united states every year. it is indisputably one of the worst crimes that you can think of. and child predator is just about the worst thing that you could call anyone. and yet, republicans have managed to weaponize child sexual abuse in recent weeks and turn it into a cheap political attack line. i want to begin tonight with how exactly we got here, why we find ourselves at this absurd juncture, and what could possibly come of it. think of how judge ketanji brown jackson was treated by top republicans on the judiciary committee at her supreme court hearings, with the republicans even now still claiming that the democrats are putting a child abuse enabler on the nation s highest court. and anyone who says otherwise, well, they hate children. have been told things like, child pornography is actually all a conspiracy. it s not real, it s just a conspir
order. ietd like to welcome everybodier everyone to this morning s hearing on bipartisan medicare policies to improve care for patients with chronic conditions. it was almost exactly two years ago today we reformed a bipartisan working group cochaired by senators isakson and waern to work on legislation to address these issues. that work group spent many months listening to stakeholders in the healthcare community both in person and through more than 850 formally submitted comments. in december of 2015, the working group released a comprehensive document. in october of last year we issued a legislative discussion draft. soon after that we finalized four of our policy proposals in its 2017 medicare physician fee schedule rule, and twon provisions from our discussion draft where included in the 21st century cures act which president obama signed into law this past december. in other words, sefrlt working group s policies have already been enacted and we re working to get rest s
850 formally submitted comments. in december of 2015, the working group released a comprehensive document. in october of last year we issued a legislative discussion draft. soon after that we finalized four of our policy proposals in its 2017 medicare physician fee schedule rule, and twon provisions from our discussion draft where included in the 21st century cures act which president obama signed into law this past december. in other words, sefrlt working group s policies have already been enacted and we re working to get rest signed into law fully implemented. toward that end, we introduce the latest version of the chronic care act, the bill that encompasses the working group s proposals in april. the legislation currently has 17 bipartisan cosponsors and has been endorsed by numerous organizations in the healthcare community. today, is the latest step in our in our efforts. the next step will come later this week, as we ve noticed a markup for thursday morning. i want to
very different reasons better very isolating and problematic so the most vulnerable usually speak concerned and we recognize that but even those who have resources is extremely expensive if you have resources well beyond your means if you go into a retirement community it is not affordable for so many americans and that is a real stress but just don t wait until that moment to figure out how they re in the suburban areas where there is a town center and a main street that doesn t have to be planned for but is available and then you can make up half down to the park to watch the kids so we all need to think about publicly financed and assisting the communities because there will be a lot of seniors out there looking for places to live and hopefully. i think hud could play a major role i know you re talking about some venues and i see mike in the audience who is formerly assistant secretary of policy development but looking read other departments to take the lead to make a di