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department of health and services. we are still waiting to get our members here while we wait for that to occur. if confirmed, he will have the opportunity to deliver much-needed change to our nation's healthcare system. he spent his career fighting to end the epidemic and leading advocate for healthcare transparency both for patients and taxpayers. mr. kennedy clearly responded to questions during rigorous due diligence process in the course of answering 900 questions and beyond what's required and has proven his commitment to the role of secretary of the hhs and i will vote in favor of his nomination. i strongly encourage my colleagues on both sides of the i recognize senator wyden for remarks. >> i'll have a brief statement and several colleagues on my side and robert kennedy's nation healthcare officer. before we get to kennedy why he singularly unfit, i'd like to say this. the last several days we witnessed authoritarian takeover federal government by elon musk and trump. they set their sights on a project anyone

board at their peak with a $30 million budget which is a rounding error in the budget for the department of health and human services. host: critics of rfk junior believe he does not know how medicare and medicaid work. do you share that concern and what do you point to from his testimony? guest: absolutely. he confused medicare with medicaid. medicare is our nations program for seniors, people over the age of 65 and older. medicaid is one of the many programs that we have for people whose incomes are around 138% of the federal poverty level. it does not have premiums. it does not have very many copayments if any. sometimes you have to pay a copayment for medication but it is like one dollar or two dollars. he talks disparagingly about the clinical outcomes from medicaid programs. it turns out if you have medicaid, you get a pretty good coverage, extraordinary benefits and all of the studies show that it improves our health. we have a natural experiment in our country where we have 10 states that have not expanded medicaid and when you compare the health outcomes from those states that have expand

department of health and human services. we are still waiting to get all of our members here, and while we wait for that to occur, we will proceed with statements. i will proceed first, then senator wyden, and then we will rotate from one side to the other until we are at a point where we will prepare for the vote. is that good with you? sen. wyden: yes, sir. chair crapo: mr. kennedy, if confirmed, will have the opportunity to deliver much-needed change to our nation's health care system. he has spent his career fighting to end america's chronic illness epidemic and has been a leading advocate for health care transparency both for patients and for taxpayers. mr. kennedy has also clearly responded to our questions during the rigorous due diligence process and his hearing also and in the course of answering over 900 questions for the record that were asked by members of this committee. in response to members of the committee, mr. kennedy has even amended his ethics agreement, going beyond what is required by the government offi

i pointed out that the environmental protection agency monitors this, not the department of health and human services, but they still feel he can make a difference. so as i looked how to resolve this i returned to where i began, would it be possible to have mr. kennedy collaborate in helping public health agencies reearn the trust of the american people? how, regarding vaccines, mr. kennedy has been insistent that he wants good science and ensure safety. but on this topic, the science is good, the science is credible. vaccines save lives, they are safe. they do not cause autism. there are multiple studies that show this. they are a crucial part of our nation's public health spobs. as someone who discussed immu a anizations can -- immu anyonizations, many need to be assured it is safe. robert f. kennedy has issues with reformering nih, it leads back to vaccines. mr. kennedy and the administration reached out seeking to reassure me regarding their commitment to protecting the public health benefit of vaccination. to this end, mr. kennedy and the administration committed that he and i wou

senate finance committee for rfk, jr., the president's nominee to run the department of health and humanbiter up until the end. we didn't know how senator cassidy would vote and gave fox news a statement before walking in and he was a yes. so that was 14-13 in the finance committee. so rfk, jr. now advances to consideration on the senate floor and we'll see how that goes. but looks better for him and also for tulsi gabbard who will get a vote this afternoon. >> president trump: every single one of those countries is dying to make a deal. they're ripping us off really badly. and the united states is tired of just being ripped off. >> john: president trumps explaining why he is using tariffs as a deal making tool as canada and mexico quickly cave to border security demands. china allows a 10% tariff on all its imports to take effect. the president is expected to talk with xi jing ping today but that window may have passed today. do you think they can strike a similar deal to the one trump with mexico and canada? >> i would have to believe he can do that. we have about a $250 billion trade

s nomination to lead the department of health and human services. senate intelligence committee advanced former congresswoman tulsi gabbard's nomination to serve as director of national intelligence. our congressional correspondent lisa desjardins is following the cabinet confirmation process and joins us now. lisa, let's start with hhs first, since it is one of the largest federal agencies. what is the committee's vote mean? lisa: unless something changes, rfk junior will become the next hhs secretary. there are enough votes on the floor for him. he is a 71-year-old, of course, who does not have a history or expertise in health care. he spent years researching and writing about health care. he does deserve credit for changing the conversation about processed foods, and that is what we heard during his senate confirmation hearing, but at the same time, there are open doubts about his views and passed statements about vaccines, studies have shown there is no link between autism and vaccines, and that raised real concerns about him. you can hear are ve

and supervisor chan was talking about the billions of dollars that it's in department of public health. a lot of that money can't come out of the department of public health because one thing in san francisco we have over abundance of services one person may have seven case managers from six agencies. so again i support mary louise and i just pray that you vote for. >> thank you. thank you much for addressing this committee. next speaker. >> hello, my name is leah mckeever. i live in d. i'm actually a homeowner basically at seventh and market, a very affected area. >> you speak often of stanching the bleeding. but if your environment doesn't change and you're just getting injured over and over and over again by say homophobia of racism, transphobia, labor exploitation, domestic abuse, unaffordable housing, unaffordable bills, unaffordable groceries, child abuse, disability ptsd for military service if you're continually being bled by your society, what right does your society have for arresting you for using substances simply to cope? >> society should be mutually beneficial not a one

s nomination to lead the department of health and human services. another critical vote is just minutes away. tulsi gabbard, trump's pick for director of national intelligence, is also trying to clear a senate committee hurdle. cnn's lauren fox is standing by for us on capitol hill. and lauren, just last week, republican senator bill cassidy, a physician, said that he was struggling with kennedy's nomination over his stance on vaccines. obviously, something changed his mind. >> yeah. i mean, he had a lot of conversations, and he made clear in his statement earlier today, as well as a long speech on the floor of the united states senate, just how he got to. yes, he really credits vice president j.d. vance with helping him get to. yes. he also says he was able to get several promises from the administration. serious commitments. he said, about what exactly was going to transpire at hhs in the months ahead, including getting quarterly hearings if he wanted them from rfk jr.. as the chairman of the health committee. he also said that there were assurance

i pointed out that the environmental protection agency monitors this, not the department of health anduman services, but they still feel that he can make a difference. so as i looked how to resolve this, i returned to where i began. would it be possible to have mr. kennedy collaborate in helping public health agencies re-earn the trust of the american people? now, regarding vaccines, mr. kennedy has been insistent that he just wants good science and to ensure safety. but on this topic, the science is good, the science is credible. vaccines save lives. they are safe. they do not cause autism. there are multiple studies that show this. they are a crucial part of our nation's public health response. but as someone who has discussed immunizations with thousands of people, i do recognize that many mothers need reassurance that the vaccine their child is receiving is necessary, effective, and most of all, safe. while i'm aligned with mr. kennedy as regards ultraprocessed food, reforming nih and taking on chronic disease once more, it leaves vaccines. now, mr. kennedy and the administration r

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the contra costa county department of public health today did issue a recommendation that residents of parts of pacheco and clyde who have respiratory sensitivity remain indoors with the doors and windows shut while smoke continues to clear out of the area. a map of the affected area has been posted on cw alerts.com. >> and tonight officials on the scene tell us the fire is mostly out. after burning out of control for hours yesterday. ktvu tori gaines spoke to nearby residents about what they heard and felt moments before that fire started. >> an explosive fire broke out at the martinez refining company on saturday. six people were injured. all of them have since been treated and released. that fire sending plumes of thick black smoke into east bay skies. the fire was reported around 145 on saturday afternoon. hours into the incident, several alarms were sounded as a warning to residents about air quality concerns. a shelter in place order was established and later lifted in areas north of the refinery, where the plumes of smoke were carried. contra costa health has issued a public hea

donald trump's picture run the department of health and human services, two days of intense hearings. and center behind him, she made it her life's work to change america's food supply and she joins us now, the food bed, i know how much it means to you, i know he represents the movement i would argue that you founded, how did he do? >> he did phenomenal held his own in the hearing and the whole purpose of confirmation hearings is to grill the person really hard and uphold your special interest. big pharma, big food but they were grilling him and the political parties like the fact that this line of questioning was down little lines was disgusting for someone like me because i'm coming at this from a bipartisan perspective. human health is not a partisan issue. poison is not artisan. we are being decimated in terms of our health outcomes. we spend the most on healthcare. we have the worst health outcomes. there's a larger elephant in the room that day not being addressed which is really disheartening to me, the fact that we have the most highest rates of chronic obesity, diabetes and h

board at their peak with a $30 million budget which is a rounding error in the budget for the department of health and human services. host: critics of rfk junior believe he does not know how medicare and medicaid work. do you share >> we are going to leave this here and go live to the headquarters of the treasury department, where democratic lawmakers have gathered to protest elon musk's access to the agency as well as being hosted by moveon civic action, indivisible, and working families party. >> i want to thank you for joining us.

the non-government organizations, the ngos who acted as an of both the department of homeland security and the departments of healthhuman services. by the way, i failed mention and i apologize for this. do you all realize we have 350,000 unaccompanied minors within the united states right now? okay okay. you know, this is what we're talking about. okay. we're talking about government. bad policy being incapable of supporting those bad policies and using other organizations and to the tunes of billions and of taxpayer dollars. and of course, we've seen the paperwork the ceos of these ngos are great care of themselves at our expense. and so this is this is what happens. so, look, there's a lot of guilty parties in this. i think we're you can turn that switch off through executive order. i think you're going to see the trump administration do exactly. i think they're going to go for a much bigger border bill than h.r. two, although i think the foundations of that will mirror h.r. to let's remember you also had that senate bill which essentially put a cap on illegal immigration and it legalized illegal immigration, whi

to run the department of health and human services. >> president trump has selected poem of intelligencentelligence, people who are articulate, they're unflappable, they defend themselves and they're willing to fight. >> reporter: vice president vance warning republicans who to oppose the president's nominees. >> you don't get to make these decisions. president trump gets to make these decisions, and he alreadies d -- already has. >> you learn a lot about people. you see who's really answering questions, and you see who cardiologies -- dodges the questions. >> reporter: consider consternation over rfk jr. for chairman bill cassidy. >> there are issues, man, um -- ultra-processed food, obesity, we're simpatico. >> reporter: but cassidy's also a doctor. he worries about a kennedy's past opposition to vaccines. >> aye been struggling with your nomination. >> reporter: maine's susan collins could be a swing vote on tulsi gabbard. >> i have not made a final decision. she responded well to my questions. >> reporter: democrats doubted whether gabbard would protect the nation's secrets after he

. >> officials at the department of health and human services say some of the web pages might go back up after the language is reviewed, but it's not clear which ones. >> this content needs to come back, it needs to come back quickly, and it should be able to use language that helps explain to the american public how to keep safe. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> we are keeping track of the trump administration's first 100 days, and you can as well at abc seven news.com and on our bay area app. still ahead tonight on abc seven news at 11. what are the warning signs as a deadly virus is spreading quickly in one san francisco neighborhood? plus, the parents of an openai whistleblower filing a lawsuit. what they're now demanding from police. and a look at what city departments are facing layoffs as oakland struggles w (woman) oh, come on! come on! (vo) fargo lets you do this: (woman) fargo, turn off my debit card! (woman) i found it! i found my card! (vo) and also, this: (woman) fargo, turn on my debit card. (vo) do you fargo? you can, with wells fargo. what else can fargo do? quickl

. >> officials at the department of health and human services say some of the web pages might go back up after the language is reviewed, but it's not clear which ones. >> this content needs to come back, it needs to come back quickly, and it should be able to use language that helps explain to the american public how to keep safe. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> coming up on this week as president trump starts imposing these tariffs against canada, mexico and china, abc news anchor george stephanopoulos sits down with canadian ambassador to the u.s. kirsten hillman about her country's plan to respond. you can watch the full interview on this week with george at eight this morning, right here on abc seven. all right. let's get you outside. good morning. lisa. >> hey, stephanie. good morning to you. we have some scattered light rain showers up in the north bay with a flood advisory for sonoma county until 10:00. and a flood watch for the rest of the bay area until late tonight. but really, the big headline is going to be the late monday and tuesday storm, which is a level three. de

. >> officials at the department of health and human services say some of the web pages might go back up after the language is reviewed, but it's not clear which ones. >> this content needs to come back and needs to come back quickly, and it should be able to use language that helps explain to the american public how to keep safe. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> coming up on this week as president trump starts imposing these tariffs against canada, mexico and china, abc news anchor george stephanopoulos sits down with canadian ambassador to the u.s. kirsten hillman about her country's plan to respond. you can watch the full interview on this week with george at eight this morning, right here on abc seven. all right. let's get you outside. good morning lisa. >> good morning stephanie. it's a quiet start to your sunday. we still have some wet roadways and very gusty winds out there. scattered showers, level one today. still a flood. watch through tonight, but we still have the heaviest rain and windiest conditions to come. i'll have it for you next. >> also ahead, we take a look at

is the context that informed me when considering rfk as the nominee to be secretary of the department of healthervices. it was a decision i studied exhaustively. i took very seriously. as i said i would, i spoke with mr. kennedy not once but multiple times over the weekend, including this morning. we had in depth conversations about the medical literature, about the science behind the safety of vaccines, he referred me to studies and to people, i reviewed them and spoke to those whom he mentioned i should speak to. now the most notable opponents of mr. kennedy were pediatricians on the front lines of our children's health who regularly have to combat misinformation, combating vaccine skepticism with correct information. correct information that comes from their education, their training, and experience as physicians. they are aware of the falling vaccine rates and inevitability of increasing hospitalizations of death and children from vaccine-preventable diseases and aware children are now contracting diseases they would not have contracted if the child was vaccinated. now i heard from others p

the county says this cluster of covid cases involves 58 residents and 14 staff members at the tamalpais marin senior center in greenbrae. the health department is calling this one of the largest covid outbreaks in marin county during the past year. it is still not clear if anyone living in this facility has become serioly ill from contracting covid. >> rainy roads in rush hour a tough combo for drivers across the bay area. what conditions are looking like this morning? from puddles to close calls will take a look at some of the biggest dangers. >> then, the largest home insurance company in the state is making an emergency rate hike request. why? state farm says the los angeles wildfires have led to a dire situation. >> plus, a trade war may have been averted with canada. >> and mexico for now, but the situation with china is still up in the air. the country is responding to president trump's tariffs on chinese goods. >> live from jack london square. this is mornings on two. the nine. >> today is tuesday february 4th. and we are looking at the hills of the south bay. it has been raining throughout the region, as you know, and we have been le

>> well, since being tapped by donald trump to run the department of health and human services, kennedyving something to be desired for senators like cassidy. >> will you reassure mothers unequivocally and without qualification, that the measles and hepatitis b vaccines do not cause autism? >> senator, i am not going into the agency with any. >> kind of a yes or no question because. so if you're because the data is there and that's kind of a yes or no. and i don't mean to cut you off, but that really is a yes or no. >> if that. >> is there, i. will absolutely do that. >> now there is the data. just because i used to i used to do hepatitis b, as. >> i. >> said, i know the data is there. >> i guess sometimes it's handy to have a doctor in congress. so even as kennedy attempts to distance himself from his long history of anti-vaccination advocacy, it is not entirely working even with those in his own party. senator cassidy could prove to be a crucial swing vote for rfk jr, who can only afford to lose three republican votes in order to get confirmed. >> this is, poof, the. >> fastest growin

thank you and i just i had a question that i guess now sort of off budget because of the health department pulling any health for the citizens of san francisco who happen to live on t i or y b i and i think that's something that really needs to be looked at. there has to be some way to bring health care to the island. >> we're not you know, we're not that far away and we truly are citizens of the city and county. and so in by cutting off the service i feel that it it's really it's almost an insult but it's a health issue, a serious health issue. and somehow or another i do believe we need to convince the health department that they can find a way to open up at least on a day one day basis in bringing to people there there there really has to be a way i mean, again, it's sort of insulting to the residents here telling us that we are not citizens of the city even though we are. >> that's all. thank you. thank you. okay. okay. then what what i would like to thank first of all thank you, bob for having the spreadsheet large enough so that we can see it saves our eyes. it does help for us to un

kennedy is the pic to feed the department of health and human services.ans that all 100 senators will soon hold final votes. they can only afford to lose support from three republicans if every democrat and every independent senator votes against them. joining us now, capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, tracking this for us. ryan, let's begin with rfk, kennedy. despite skepticism from republicans, they voted for him. what was their reasoning and doesn't appear he will pass the senate vote? truck i will pass your -- i will answer your second question first. it appears likely that he will have the confirmation. these republican senators really worked to get to a place where they feel comfortable testing a yes vote for robert f. kennedy jr.. the senator from louisiana had real concerns about his stance on vaccines. he spent a lot of time talking to kennedy. he talked to the white house and the vice president. he got to a place where he feels as though enough guardrails are in place where vaccines will not be in danger if kennedy becomes the next health a

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cleared his first hurdle to lead the department of health and human services.enate finance committee has voted to advance his nomination for a full floor vote. all the republicans on the panel voted to advance his nomination. all the democrats opposed it. kennedy had faced some tough questions about his views on child vaccinations and other health issues. president trump again says he is making california safer by ordering unscheduled releases of water from two dams in the central valley aimed at helping the wildfire areas in southern california. the president has authority over the federal water system called the central valley project. experts say the newly released water, about 2.2 billion gallons from two reservoirs east of visalia, do not flow into southern california and is being wasted by being released during the wet winter season. >> so that water would normally come out in the summer or later in the fall. when we're growing a lot of crops and they really it's very hot and dry in that area, but it's got great soil, so the farmers need that water at tha

s nomination to lead the department of health and human services.f confirmed, kennedy would run the department that oversees more than $3 trillion in health care spending, including agencies such as the food and drug administration. during his confirmation hearing last week, kennedy junior faced scrutiny from some senators about his past comments criticizing vaccines. >> a local nonprofit had just weeks to find a new home. this time of year, the princess project silicon valley is normally focused on giving free prom dresses to teenagers in need. instead, they're scrambling to pack up and move. thousands come to the santa clara space every year, but now the nonprofit's building has new owners, and they've been asked to leave. >> this is why we exist is for the students, and so we're not going to let them down in some how, some way i'm going to make this work. we're meeting all our commitments. i'm going to make it work. i don't know where yet, but i'm going to make it work. >> for workers there. it's about more than just going to prom. they're making

kennedy jr., who is donald trump's nominee to lead the department of health and human services, as well as tulsi gabbard, his pick to be his director of national intelligence. both of them faced very sharp questioning from democrats and republicans alike on capitol hill this week. but according to my conversations with sources familiar with how the president's team is looking at this, they are most concerned. now, i'm told about gabbard confirmation chances, and that comes as she was pressed very hard again by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about whether or not she believed that the acts of edward snowden were traitors to the united states. now, edward snowden is a former national security agency contractor who, back in 2013, had revealed the existence of a bulk collection of american phone records by the nsa before fleeing to russia. now we know that gabbard has said previously that she believed snowden should not face any sort of prosecution back in the united states, but she wasn't very clear when asked directly by lawmakers if she believed that still to be the case, or whether

department, philadelphia department of licenses and inspections, philadelphia streets department, peco, philadelphia gas. >> works. >> philadelphia department. >> of public. >> healthadelphia. >> department of aviation. >> the school district. >> of philadelphia, philadelphia parks and recreation, philadelphia commerce department, delaware valley intelligence center, free library of philadelphia. >> we will continue to update you with any new developments. now back to politics. we're following breaking news this afternoon. as promised, the trump administration has signed three separate executive orders this evening, enacting tariffs on canada, mexico and china. they include 25% tariffs on imports from mexico and canada, excluding canadian energy products from there, and which will be tariffed at 10%. chinese imports will face a 10% tariff. the orders also include a retaliation clause promising further action if those countries respond with tariffs on their own. meantime, it's been a busy week on capitol hill as several of trump's most controversial cabinet nominees appeared before the senate for their confirmation hearings. so far, the new administration has faced

rfk jr., who's an anti-vaxxer to run the department of health. and the only time he puts someone in charge who actually knows what they're doing and has actually been in a position where they've they've been at the top of the agency, is after these planes fall out of the sky. he then puts an faa veteran in charge of the faa. >> you know what's sad? you know, the the the helicopter crew that trump has repeatedly blamed before any investigation has happened? we don't know yet all the causes, because it won't just be one thing. one of the families doesn't want that person's name released. and it seems, based on their statement that that third person who was in the on the helicopter was a woman, because they are looking for a scapegoat who is a woman or a black person or whatever, like they're looking for people. >> on the right and i call it the woke right on the right who are were literally saying that i think the male pilot had 1000 hours. the female, this phantom female pilot had 500 hours of training time. they don't know anything about what the

who would get more qualified to run the department of health and human services than rfk jr.? body in this country. whether you are a tiktok content creator, a blogger, a podcaster. >> seth: we know that president trump likes to work out of the oval office in mar-a-lago. but what is his least favorite place to operate? >> within the confines of the law. >> seth: oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. [ laughter and applause ] all right, ready, ready? i -- karoline, i've got a riddle for you. are you ready? great. [ laughter ] got your riddle face on. here we go. what do you call it when the incredible hulk introduces a new crypto coin? >> the green new scam. >> seth: yeah, you got it. [ laughter ] has president trump decided on any plans for his sons eric and don jr.? >> he is open to deporting them. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: what do you -- karoline, what do you think colonel sanders will be remembered for? >> theass killing of more than 100 million chickens. [ light laughter ] >> seth: can you explain how the president's ukraine policy will help bring stability to europe? >> president

. >> the department. >> of health and human. >> services is troubling. >> as robert kennedy jr's. were. >> but and so that. >> i think. >> poses the biggest hurdle. >> is. >> that this is. >> about national security. it's about the director of national intelligence. and that is a different. >> level of concern for a group. >> of republicans. >> so we'll see. >> i just heard tom cotton came out of that room and he says, indeed, the vote has been taken and they have voted to report out tulsi gabbard's nomination to the full senate. how significant do you think the threats of primarying some of these folks who are going to be up for reelection in just two years have been. and how significant might they be when it comes to a full vote? >> well, i think. >> as we have been able. >> to see. >> that it is. >> playing a the. >> threat of. >> a primary is. playing a. >> tremendous role in having an impact on decision making. that's going on. >> with senators. >> with respect. >> to these nominations. >> but we have a long road. >> ahead of us, and republicans. >> are going to have to. >> ma

. >> reporter: kennedy, trump's pick to run the department of health and human services pressed on everythingbracing medical conspiracy theories to pushing falsehoods about vaccines. republican senator bill cassidy, a doctor and potential hurdle for his confirmation chances saying he's struggling with the nomination. >> will you reassure mothers, without qualification that the measles and hepatitis b vaccines do not cause autism? >> i'm not going into the agency with any -- >> that's kind of a yes or no question. >> if the data is there, i will absolutely do that. >> reporter: and some republicans about gabbard tapped to lead national intelligence. >> i have no love for assad or gaddafi or any dictator. >> reporter: now under scrutiny for mimicking russian talking points on issues like ukraine and praying whistle-blower edward snowden. >> is edward snowden a traitor to the united states of america? that is not a hard question to answer when the stakes are this high. >> senator, as someone who has served in -- >> it's a yes or no. >> reporter: despite some republicans rallying to their defense

secretary of the department of health. >> and. >> human services. >> it comes. >> after republican senator. >> bill. >> cassidy. >> a. >> doctor, signaled he. >> had reservations over kennedy's qualifications, citing his past as a vaccine skeptic. >> but in. >> the. >> end. >> cassidy voted yes after citing the opportunity to work together on other issues. >> kennedy's nomination will now face a full senate vote. joining us now. co-founder of punchbowl news. jake sherman, also an msnbc contributor. >> so, jake. >> good morning. this was well, people were wondering how it was going to turn out. it could have turned out the other way. all on really one vote. >> that's right. i mean. >> listen. >> we have to remember, jose, that when it comes to a president's cabinet. nine and a half times out of ten, the president's party is going to support that nominee. i don't say this as a about trump or about any other. this is a totality that presidents parties tend to support their cabinet nominee. we saw that with rfk today. we saw that when todd young came out and said that he would support tulsi ga

the department of health and human services overseas and nation's largest health care programs, providing coverage for nearly two in every five americans, the medicare, medicaid and chip among other initiatives presents challenges, especially in the face of a rapidly aging population, stubbornly high cost and persistent barriers to access. however, this also provides us the opportunity to deliver bold, transformative solutions. as a committee, we share a commitment to advancing common sense, bipartisan policies that improve the delivery of health care in this country. this committee has worked to realign incentives and the prescription drugs by chain, to enhance access in rural communities, to expand the availability of telehealth and improve the broken clinician payment structure. across these and other issues i look forward to working with the administration to continue pursuing meaningful reforms that serve the american people more effectively and more efficiently. too often, patients encounter a health-care system that is disjointed and is a dysfunctional maze. complex and bureaucrati

s nomination to lead the department of health and human services. he now that goes from the committee onto the floor of the senate. that announcement today, despite initial significant expressed vocal reservations from senator cassidy, who's a doctor who objected to kennedy's decades of false claims against vaccines, claiming without evidence, without real evidence that autism is caused by vaccines. for example. today, kennedy and tulsi gabbard, president trump's pick for director of national intelligence, passed their committee votes on party lines, setting up both for a full senate vote and setting up both to likely be confirmed. i am joined now by democratic senator andy kim of new jersey. are you surprised that senator slash doctor cassidy voted for kennedy? he had been expressing serious concerns for a long time. >> i had hoped for a different outcome. >> you know, i. listened to, you know, he was the chairman of the health committee when we had mister kennedy before us last week, and he raised very significant concerns about the vaccines and co

pd with officials from the department of public health and the office of the chief medical examiner to preview the monthly report on how many people died of drug overdoses the month before and month after month. i looked at a number knowing i am one bad decision away from being there and at a time when everybody was paying attention to covid and nobody was paying attention to a drug overdose crisis that was literally twice as deadly, that was why i asked for a role on the board of supervisors in city hall. and i am so grateful that city hall and mayor lori are paying attention today and bringing solutions as big as the problem. and i am proud to be a co-sponsor and i want to express my gratitude to mayor lori. thank you so much for your leadership and also to my co sponsors, supervisors and cardio. cheryl mahmoud and who am i missing for? >> and all the other groups in my own will also want to give a shout out to the laborers local 261 who do the work to keep our city safe and clean. and as we talk about doing what we can for drug free sidewalks and ending the phenomenon of public drug