Is erin bliss, he was with health and Human Services department and is the assistant Inspector General for evaluation and inspections, welcome to the program. Good morning. Remind people of the role ofthe Inspector General office is in comparison to hhs itself. Our mission is to protect the integrity of health and Human Services programs such as medicare and the healthand wellbeing of the people that they serve. So we do oversight and enforcement of the programs of the health and Human Services department. You turn your attention recently to the topic of hospice. Why is that, what are you looking to find out . The health and safety of Medicare Beneficiaries is one of our Top Priorities and help is a particularly vulnerable population so we looked at information about deficiencies being cited at Health Providers related to quality of care and patient harm. Expand on that, what doyou find looking into this . A report shed light on how common it is to have as providers to be sided with so
New report. And a Health Policy reporter for Bloomberg News on rising levels of vaping and ecigarette use among teenagers. Host it is the washington journal for august second. We want to hear from those of whomurrently undecided on you will vote for in 2020. Specifically, we want to hear about what is the most important issue you will consider when choosing a candidate you will support. May be, perhaps immigration or another issue entirely that has you concerned when making the choice of who you will vote for. For undecided voters only, here is how you can let us know your most important issue. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on our twitter feed, you can do so at cspanwj and you can also do so on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. It real clear politics through ir opinion did an opinion a poll looking at issues the topor those was Health Care Immigration at 11 and making a tie for education and the environme
Continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. Friday, the Trump Administration declared war on state legalization of marijuana. As they come out on the wrong side of history and the american public. The Obama Administration recognized that the vast voterdriven movement to legalize marijuana at the state level was something that couldnt be stopped and, in fact, that the federal government shouldnt interfere. Their Justice Department issued guidance known as the cole amendment. That as long as these voterapproved, state legalization efforts were enforced, rigorously and thoughtfully, the federal government wouldnt interfere with what the voters wanted. Friday, sessions and the Trump Administration overruled that guidance and declared open war on the part of 93 u. S. Attorneys who
The grieving and the desperate scramble to determine whether the attacker was acting alone or whether he had help, today, tuesday, may 23rd, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, terror in manchester, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. We begin with this terror in england. I cant imagine theres anyone in this country that cant visualize that scene. Young people at a concert with that exhilaration coming out. Separated from their parents and reconnecting with their parents. British Prime Minister theresa may asked the people of Great Britain to show the fortitude theyve shown in the past. Lets start by telling you what we do know. Overnight, officials increased the death toll to 22 people, noting that children are among the victims. 59 others were injured. Manchester Police Believe it was one man who carried out this attack, using an improvised explosive device
Speak. Members of the public may submit comment by e mail. Comments submitted will be forwarded to the commissioners and include as part of the official file. I will note we did receive a number of Public Comment items through e mail. They have been posted our website and transmitted to the commissioners. I will call the role. Sullivan aye commissioner ahn commissioner hunter is excused. Commissioner tompkins. Here. Commissioner yuen we have a quorum. The next is consentful items 24. Item two of the president s welcome. This is for discussion. Item 3 is staff introductions to speakers. This is for discussion. And item 4 the approval of minutes of june 3, 24 commissioner of environment meeting. Draft mantle this is is for discussion and action. Thank you. Il start with the land acknowledgment. Commission on environment acknowledges we occupy the home lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. The Ramaytush Ohlone understand the connect