you heard from my colleague catherine cortez masto who had earned her very office the medicaid fraud unit. we are all for fighting fraud, just like the attorney general of north carolina. but when we are talking about the cuts, the depth they are contemplating, again, nearly a trillion dollars, their tax break for the billionaires is $.6 trillion -- $4.6 trillion, unless the number has changed. they will be digging deep. they will ask the most vulnerable americans to pay and sacrifice so elon musk and donald trump and their like, their ilk, can get massive tax cuts. and that should not stand. sen. wyden: fight fraud, not nursing home services. sen. hassan: and i also add, inspector general of the department of health and human services has a long record of going after fraud and wrongdoers and holding them accountable and getting that money back. the trump administration has fired almost all of the inspectors general, the very people who go after fraud, waste, and abuse in our government and have a track record of getting results for air speaking out of both sides of their mouth here

americans, seniors, and that is what we need to talk about and you know you heard from my colleague catherine cortez masto who had in her very office the medicaid fraud unit. we are all for fighting fraud just like the attorney general of north carolina. but when we're talking about the cuts, the depth that they're contemplating, again, nearly $1 trillion. their tax break for the billionaires is $4.6 trillion. unless the number has changed, and so they're going to be digging deep. they're going to ask the most vulnerable americans to pay and sacrifice so that elon musk and donald trump and their like, their ilk can get massive tax cuts, and that should not stand. >> we'll say fight fraud, right, not nursing home services that are a love line for the elderly. >> and i would also add, look, the inspector general of the department of health and human services has a long record of uncovering fraud, going after wrongdoers, holding them accountable, and getting the money back. but the trump administration, as you know, has fired almost all of the inspectors general, the very people who go after fraud, was

ask ruben gallego or catherine cortez masto. there's such a heavy emphasis, no disrespect, to the blue-collar working-class voters in west virginia and ohio. that's not the future of the party. the future of the party is in the southwest. remember when we used to talk about turning texas blue? you have not heard much of that lately, right? the issue set remains the same. the states that are likely to turn more blue if you get back to a more populist economic agenda are going to be taxes more than ohio for those reasons , for those same reasons. that is where the growth is happening. one final point. there has been a lot discussed about polling in the latino community over the past couple years. in every single one of the races, the democratic polling was wildly wrong with latino voters. they were promulgated and pushed out. bidens pollsters who became harris's pollsters were all the same. they were putting out data showing donald trump would get 31% of latino vote. 15 points lower -- 15 points lower than what actually manifested

s nomination for hhs secretary, senator catherine cortez masto of nevada, speaking there earlier today, republicans managed to break a democratic filibuster on the pick. that vote this morning paves the way for a final vote tomorrow morning, which is expected to go kennedy's way. several key republicans who once were skeptical, most notably susan collins and bill cassidy, now say they will vote yes. turning now to news in what's already a blockbuster drug, according to a new study, the weight loss injection ozempic won't just help you lose extra pounds, it may also help curb cravings for alcohol and reduce drinking. researchers say the findings could possibly one day help millions of americans battling alcohol abuse. dr. sanjay gupta has more. so you worked on a documentary late last year about ozempic. at the time, were doctors curious about what else these medications could do? >> yeah, i mean, what was interesting is there was already a lot of anecdotal evidence coming out. they were seeing people obviously initially controlling their blood sugars, diabetics, and obviously then losi

senator catherine cortez masto of nevada, she was actually dismissive of him at the senate finance committeeheard her say to mr. kennedy, so that's the only reason why you're at hhs, to address this one issue? this one issue? chronic disease epidemic that is plaguing our nation is the key issue to our health care. respectfully addressing chronic disease is what we ought to be talking about for health care for the people of our country. mr. kennedy had to testify and did testify before two separate senate committees as part of his confirmation. most people being confirmed and coming to the senate only testify at one committee. he responded to rigorous questions from both republicans and democrats, and he answered those questions with candor and with clarity. he told the senate help committee that his leadership approach was collaborative. he pledged to empower scientists to do their jobs, not to impose, as he said, preordained opinions on anybody at hhs. he was also clear that he supports vaccines. he told the finance committee, i support the measles vaccine, i support the polio vaccine, i wi

so, when catherine cortez masto received this answer, which was a nonanswer, in fact he actually said something that makes you think is he really going to follow the law and negotiate a good deal for seniors, she asked him to clarify his comments. his response -- president trump asked me to end that. end what? i don't know. mr. president, that is not leadership. he should have known all about the prescription drug program and medicare part d. he is taking over a major agency that does this work for 50 million seniors under medicare. 50 million seniors. out-of-pocket savings 1.5 billion in one year on the first ten drugs. then 15 more, 15 more, 15 more. this isn't the answer of someone who is prepared to stand up and lower drug prices. that is the answer of someone who will do whatever the president asks him to do, no questions asked. mr. kennedy was also given the chance to provide clarity by answering our colleagues' questions in writing. yet he refused to give clear answers to the vast majority of the questions. when asked if he would refrain from making policy changes that raise dr