i think we better get it going. the committee will come to order. to this morning s hearing. today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex to servee in the as the secretary of health and human services. i would like to welcome him this morning. i want to thank them for being here. thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. he has his work cut out for them. health and human services is a massive, sprawling department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our nation s health care system. confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience after nearly two decades of experience. hhs, mr. azare at played key roles in implementing policies, including the medicare advantage program. he was also a leader in hhs s response to the anthrax attacks sh
drug prices and his experience as an executive at eli lilly. he was introduced by tommy .hompson i think we better get it going. the committee will come to order. order. to this morning s hearing. today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex to servee in the as the secretary of health and human services. i would like to welcome him this morning. i want to thank them for being here. thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. he has his worcut out for them. health and human services is a massive, sprawling department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our nation s health care system. confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience after nearly two decades of experience. hhs, mr. azare at played key roles in implementing policies, incl
i think we better get it going. the committee will come to order. to this morning s hearing. today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex to servee in the as the secretary of health and human services. i would like to welcome him this morning. i want to thank them for being here. thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. he has his work cut out for them. health and human services is a massive, sprawling department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our nation s health care system. confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience after nearly two decades of experience. hhs, mr. azare at played key roles in implementing policies, including the medicare advantage program. he was also a leader in hhs s response to the anthrax attacks sh
the committee will come to order. welcome everybody to this mornings hearing. today the committee will consider and examine the nomination of vista alex cesar to serve as a sect of health and human services, one of the most aboard jobs in any government anywhere in the world. i d like to welcome mr. azar to the finance committee this morning. thank you for being here and for your willingness to serve in this important capacity. mr. azar certainly has his work cut out for him. health and human services is a massive, sprawling department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities and encompasses all areas of our nation s health care system. as a result, if confirmed, mr. azar s work will impact the lives of every single american. that s a big job. it requires knowledge, experience, and, most important, strong leadership. fortunately, our nominee brings all of this to the table, having nearly two decades of experience in the health care sector, including ab
[chatter] chatter] [laughter] [chatter] order. i d like to welcome everyone to this morning s hearing. today we will consider the nomination of dr. tom price to be the secretary of health and human services. i want to welcome dr. price to the finance committee. i appreciate his willingness to serve in a position of this magnitude, especially at this particularly crucial time. pushed through on a series of 39 votes, republicans in congress warned that the new health care law would harm patients, families, and businesses. not to put too fine a point on it, but we were right. the next hhs secretary will play a pivotal role as we review obamacare and replace it with senate reforms that will actually address costs, among other things. this will be an important endeavor, one that will and should have a lot of attention today, but should not be the sole focus of the next hhs secretary. overas an annual budget of $1 trillion. let me repeat that, one department, $1 trillion. firmlyv