Representative Debbie Dingell discusses the latest on the u. S. Response to the coronavirus pandemic. At 8 30, more on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic with indiana congressman larry bushong. Shon. Rry buc morning. D it is wednesday, july 1, 2020. The senate is set to return at 9 30 a. M. Eastern and the house at 9 00 a. M. , joins we will be with you for the next two hours on washington journal. We begin with the question on what schools will look like this fall. With some universities and k12 districts beginning to roll out reopening plans, we want to hear what you think. How should schools reopen . Full lines are different this morning. Parents can call 202 7488000. Teachers, 202 7488001. A line for school administrators, 202 7488002. All others can call in at 202 7488003. You can also send a text to that number also, 202 7488003. Social media, you can catch us on twitter at cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Morning. Od wednesday you can go ahead and st
Host what can congress be doing . Should congress be pushing for reopening oncampus for schools in the fall to get students back physically . Guest thats a complicated and regional issue and i will leave that to the educators to make that decision. That would help on a Mental Health and counseling side but we want to make sure that students are safe. I think a lot of universities are going to have a hybrid version where they have students on campus having remote classes for some of their classes, like a big lecture versus being in a lecture hall with 500 people. Versus the Laboratory Segment which might have 20 people and you can socially distance and protect students, doing the things the cdc is recommending. Its a compliment complicated issue but the services are real and we need to look into reimbursement, licensing issues and how we can make reciprocity among all 50 states more commonplace so people can practice across state lines. And we need to look at how providers are reimburse
Health care summit in washington, d. C. Please welcome Congressional Health care reporter for politico, ben leonard. Ben good afternoon. Good to see everyone again. Ben leonard, congressional reporter at politico. I am the coauthor of a newsletter really glad to be sitting down with representative wenstrup from ohio. Thanks for being here today. My pleasure. Ben we just heard from congresswoman kelly about weight loss drugs andther things going on. You are a podiatrist. We have a lot to get into from the pandemic and so much more. So yeah, just want to jump right in on the weight loss drug ■ni know you support medicare being able to cover the drugs. They can be pretty pricey. How do you hope to pay for that . Rep. Wenstrup one of the things we have discovered, and we have had cbo representatives come in front of the doctors caucus, and what was discovered is they dont know how to evaluate savings that come from acttheyo necessarily put a value to the Healthy Human life compared to th
The irancontra affair, examining the clandestine operation and selling missiles to iran in exchange for the release of hostages in lebanon with proceeds going to contra rebels in nicaragua. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv saturdays on cspan2 and find a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online anytime at cspan. Org history. We will take you live now to the house of representatives. The chambers gaveling and for what we believe will be a brief session. No votes or plan. You are watching cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. , may 10, 2024, i hereby appoint the honorable Larry Buschon to act as speaker pro tempore on this day signed mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, mr. David mason, hot valley baptist church, hot springs, arkans
Pelley today, republicans took the biggest step yet to make good on its vow to repeal and replace obamacare. Just six weeks after their effort appeared dead, the house passed a revised g. O. P. Plan, barely, without a single democratic vote. Just as obamacare was passed without a single republican vote. 20 republicans defected today. The rest joined the president at the white house to celebrate his first major legislative victory. Heres our chief congressional rerrespondent, nancy cordes. This has really brought the Republican Party together. Y reporter President Trump rdvored the legislative victory in the rose garden after House Republicans passed their bill with one vote to spare. The ayes are 217. The nays are 213. Reporter g. O. P. Leaders decided to hold the vote after a tistminute boost in funds for soople with preexisting conditions appeared to sway some holdouts. Im trying to get back and r ad it now. Reporter even as protesters heckled them outside shame tsame de reporter and