during his time at hhs, mr. azar played key roles in implementing new policies including medicare part "d" and the medicare advantage program. he was also a leader in hhs's responses to the anthrax attacks shortly after 9/11 the sars and monkeypox crisis and hurricane katrina just to mention a few. if confirmed, mr. azar will be congress's prior contact on all matters relating to our nation's health care system, he will be responsible for the ongoing effort to bring down costs, provide greater access to care and give nations and patients more choices when it comes to coverage. whether we're talking about work to modernize programs like medicare and medicaid in order to preserve them for future generations, innovating the chip program or reforming the private market mr. azar will be the administration's primary policy driver. he has made clear his intentions to address the growing opioid epidemic and continues to ravage -- that continues to ravage communities across the country, including my home state of utah. t

an extraordinary resume for in hhs secretary. once again i believe he is more than capable of responding to what has so far been empty criticisms. by any standard he is well qualified to serve as secretary of hhs. my hope is we could have a highly productive hearing and support his nomination in short order. i think you once again for being willing to go through this and to appear here today. i want to thank you again for returning to the call to serve the american people. i personally look forward to your testimony. before turning to the senator, i would like to emphasize my support for the children's health insurance program and my commitment to making sure it gets reauthorized. it is one of the most important programs i forked on and got through. of course with the help of senator kennedy. and others. we have a bipartisan agreement that was reported on the committee and i believe in the long term. congress has passed patches and fixes but the time for a short-term solution is over. the chip needs to be extended and i will do a

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 shortly after 9/11, the monkeypox crisis, and hurricane katrina, just to mention a few. ar will beed, mr. az congress's prior contact. he will be integral in providing access to care and giving nations -- giving patients more choices with regard to coverage. when we are talking about modernizing programs like medicaid, innovating the chip program, and reforming the will bemarket, mr. azar the administration's primary policy driver. he has made clear his intentions to address the growing opioid that continues to ravage communities across the country, including in my home state of utah. this crisis is robbing families of loved ones, employers, and able workers, as well as securities of the safety they once enjoyed. this is an important issue to everyone in this issue, but particularly to me and other members. i look forward to workin

kadlec, you're the top official in charge of preparedness and response at hhs. what is the biggest thing you've learned from this situation in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands about how we need to strengthen our preparedness and response capabilities? >> thank you, ma'am. i think there are a couple levels to go here. one is improving the resilience of our innate hospital health care structure. that's one area. the other thing is really the resilience of our public health system, which is a separate piece but related piece. in puerto rico in particular there were an initial stages after that terrible devastation that literally devastated the whole island and every life was touched, it was very difficult for the local public health and medical infrastructure to stay. there's some incredible heroic stories of doctors, nurses, laboratoryions who basically responded, public health officials who left their families, left their houses in disarray and basically went to respond to help their neighbors and communities but i think that's one piece of this that needs

hhs responded and took care of 36,000 patients. many of those were va beneficiaries but some of those, many of those were family of va beneficiaries and a larger number were the general public. the va has capabilities that the relates to geriatric populations and that's one area became probably benefit from in terms of utilizing some of the expertise. >> thank you very much. >> thanks mr. chairman. doc or sub three and dr. gottlieb let's talk about the flu. this is the 100th anniversary of the 1980 influenza pandemic that killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide 600,000 in the united states. according to the center for disease control year in and year out between 12,000 an 56,000 americans die as a result of the seasonal flu. we heard last week in opioid hearing that opioids kill more americans than car accidents and those statistics that i just read would suggest in a severe year so could the flu. dr. collins ahead of the national institute of health has made the prediction before a committee that we keep up our investments

"politico" butl she was fired by hhs. and hhs person disputed the account, saying that manning resigned. her departure after resignation was not unusual in any way. manning herself could not be reached for comment. she was previously worked for antiabortion groups, including the family research capital. eddie is on the line from rockwell, north carolina, our democrat line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i enjoy your show very much. trump, i don't call him president and i don't call him mr. i am a 70-year-old disabled vietnam veteran. he talks about the war and fire and fury. 1965 and 1975?om hiding come up with a spur in his foot. i have one and i served 16 years . i agree with the gentleman who called earlier. $3 million a weekend for him to go to florida, why does he have to use taxpayers' money for that? coursebeen on the golf 11 months more than obama in eight years. another thing, he does these campaigns using air force one. why don't you use his jet? we should not pay for his campaigns. , heas got the russian

gloria jarvin at hhs. we welcome you today and mr. douglas stern, the director of the office of import operations of the office of regulatory,a fairs at the fda. welcome to you both and thank you for being here today to help and to provide testimony, we look forward to the opportunity to discuss the fda's food recall process. you are aware that the committee is holding an investigative hearing and when so doing it has a practice of taking testimony under oath. do you have any objection to testifying under oath? >> both witnesses have indicated no. the chair then advises you that under the rules of the house and the rules of the committee you are entitled to be accompanied by counsel. do you desire to be accompanied by counsel during your testimony today? >> both witnesses have indicated no. in that case, if you would, please rise and raise your right hand, and i will swear you in. do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing, but the truth? thank you. you may both be seated. you are n

preparedness and response capabilities we will hear from the assistant secretary for preparedness and response hhs and the director of the office of public health preparedness and response for health at cdc and dr. gottlieb commissioner of the fda. this is the first of two hearings we plan to have on this topic. the second tuesday january 23. senator murray and i each have been openingng statements or any opening remarks they may haverk after that we will introduce our panel and hear their testimony then each minute -- member has up to five minutes for any remarks or questions. first welcome to the chairman for giving me the opportunity to have this hearing that discusses the topic critical to national security and has seen many years of bipartisan work in this committee and congress. we have developed strength in the name work with and other nuclear threats with the potential to jeopardize the health of all americans. this created a framework as we have learned. we should be proud of the accomplishments in the progress made over the last decade. resulting in strong partnerships with our states in

subcommittee oversight investigations how they hearing on the issue last week with representatives from hhs and the fda. [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee command center and entitled safety of the u.s. food supply continuing concerns over the food and drug administrations food recall process. disease outbreaks from tainted food are an ongoing public health challenge. the centers for disease control estimates feature one in six americans from a 40 million people get sick from foodborne elements as, 120,000 are hospitalized in 3000 died. the number of multistate food on the multistate food illness outbreaks of the increasing effect in greater numbers of americans and the number of vulnerable people over an immune compromised individuals is growing. the threat of foodborne illness process even though we've gotten better at detecting and investigating outbreaks and through the implementation of the hazard analysis and critical control point rules and trend data indicates major reductions of foodborne disease yet the problem remains significant. we've contaminated food the fda in the

he worked at hhs during hurricane katrina.ocrats are critical of his ties to the pharmaceutical industry. he was president of u.s. operations of eli lily. take a listen to this exchange. >> did you ever lower price, ever, of a lily drug sold in the united states? >> drug prices are too high, senator. i said that when i was at lily. >> that is not the question. did you ever lower the price. >> i don't know that there is any drug price of a branded product that has ever gone down from any company on any drug in the united states because every incentive in the system is towards higher prices. >> it hasn't come up yet, but likely will, this report that while azar was at eli lily they tested cialis for erectile dysfunction on children. many saw it as a way, a strategy to extend the patent which was about to expire on this very lucrative drug. it hasn't come up yet, but i'm sure it will. >> we will be backing for that. the president is meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers behind closed doors. the goal is to come to an agreem

what efficiency identified in the report does the hhs/oig view as the most serious and why? >> as you know, there were several deficiencies identified. but we felt like it's so important that there's better control over over sight of firm's initial recalls and that the health hazard evaluations are done sooner because we have several examples in our report where the health hazard evaluations weren't done until, you know, in some cases over 100 days. i think on average it said fifrt -- 57 days. it's important that's done so there's better information fda would have of the harm of products. we think that's most important. >> the oig report stated that this review was conducted to determine whether fda's fulfilling its responsibility in safeguarding the nation's food supply now now that it has the authority to conduct mandatory recalls. does the oig see any evidence that the mandatory recall authority has been helpful to fda's ability to carry out its mission to protect the u.s. food supply? >> we are encouraged by the progression that fda has made. we see that there has been p

that is a solemn charge.>> hr is a formal -- the man is a former drug company person. >> the new hhstary is going to be fighting the opioid epidemic. i reporter has the this new effort to combat drug abuse in america.>> reporter: president donald trump is putting the new hhs secretary in charge of confronting the opioid crisis. >> he will help lead our efforts to confront the national emergency of addiction and death do two opioids. >> reporter: this link to opioids have been on the rise with more than 40,000 people dying from overdoses in 2016. the former drug company executive said he is ready to take on the challenge.>> we have to tackle the opioid crisis and we will bring down prescription prices. >> reporter: he is replacing tom price over controversy of his use of public jets costing taxpayers millions of dollars. speaking monday at the courthouse in pittsburgh, this epidemic was called the worst drug crisis in american history . >> in 2017, it appears the death toll will be even higher.>> reporter: the crisis is not just hitting big cities, but the country as well. on average,

we do provide the information to hhs when we have it and once we turn them over to hhs. no, sir, it is a problem. we need to look at removeability in general to make sure we can address the gang problems. we see gangs all the way up to new york recruiting illegal immigrants and children to come across the border for the purposes of joining ms-13. >> i know when we talk about unaccompanied children people think about very young children, children of tender age, they don't think about a 17-year-old member of a criminal gang like ms-13, which is exploiting this very same vulnerability. i have every confidence that you and the trump administration is going to do what you say you are going to do when it comes to border security and i believe it's our responsibility as members of congress to provide you the resources and tools and make the appropriate changes in the law so that you can do what needs to be done. i know there have been requirements for border assessments in the past but do you have any objection to congress perhaps as part of this negotiated border security part

which hhs notes, quote, are just empty words on paper if they are not enforced.tizens civil right is another's injustice. one abortion rights group said under this new office, hhs is a place, quote, where backwards ideology rules and science, ethics and concern for the well being of all americans are nonexistent. the aclu said trump's executive order would, quote, permit discrimination and called it a broad side to our country's hropb standing commitment to the separation of church an state. dana, we've got the huge differences of opinion on this matter. >> dana: might there be some unintended consequences here, though >> reporter: yeah. keep in mind in that regard just what the first phrase of the first amendment says. it says, quote, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment about religious or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. we'll see how this all plays out. there will no doubt be many court challenges. if the administration sticks to a firm interpretation of the first amendment, you can see all kinds of religious accommodations for beliefs

azar is also an attorney who was general counsel in hhs during the george w. bush administration. according to the news organization axios, democrats are likely to fix their questions on the affordable care act and whether mr. azar if confirmed would try to weaken enrollment in obamacare health insurance plans. democrats also expected to ask about president trump's past promises to lower prescription drug prices and mr. azar's role in increasing drug prices when he worked at eli lilly. this hearing is expected to get under by that a couple moments. utah senator orrin hatch is chair of the finance committee. the committee's top democrat is senator ron widen of oregon. [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] >> you can come up here. >> that's all right. [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] [ indistinct audio ] >>> the committee will come to order. welcome, everybody, to this morning's hearing. today the committ

and on c-span3 the nominee to be hhs secretary testifies at a confirmation hearing at canadian and washington state governor j insulate continues his state of the state address at 3 p.m. >> the c-span bus continues its 50 capitals to work this month stops in raleigh columbia, atlanta and montgomery. on each visit will speak with state officials during our live "washington journal" program. follow the tour and join us on tuesday january 16 at 9:30 a.m. eastern for our stop in raleigh north carolina, went on "washington journal" guest is north carolina attorney general josh stein. >> next fda commissioner scott gottlieb and nih director francis collins testified about some of the latest medical innovation and research. topics before the senate h.e.l.p. committee included opioid epidemic research, stem cell innovation, and rare disease funding.

first, reauthorize and strengthen the hhs national advisory committee on children and disasters with subject matter experts from the public and private sector. there provided code recommendations for health care prepared for children. two, authorized the cdc preparedness unit which has proved to be an invaluable resource to the pediatrician community and other child serving institutions. this unit is a best practice example of an effect of public and private sector partnership that has brought tremendous value to preparedness. finally, to reiterate comments already made, let's maintain the grant programs, those are distinct programs with strong pediatric performance measures and with increased funding. as disasters and universal risks can occur anywhere in the nation , it is essential all jurisdictions have a baseline level of preparedness needed by each of these programs. i want to thank the committee for the opportunity to testify and a look forward to your questions. >> as evidenced by the fact that i'm not sure in the past had a pediatrician on the floor for these related hearing

and hh hha. so if this was an emergency 18 months ago, i just can't move forward with this today. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor farrell? >> supervisor farrell: thank you, supervisor breed, and thank you, supervisor kim. i appreciate all that you've said about learning some new facts along the way, and i definitely want to be supportive of you as a district supervisor for a continuance. through the chair, understanding your thought process, i understand that also working with this department, i understand that there's stranger emergency things here. i was with you when we allocated the funds a long time ago, but i do think it's something that should be built ultimately. just through the chair, it's something over the next few weeks, you work with the community to see if you can get there. i would be frustrated if i'm in your hsus, as well, and i want to be sure that this is moving on down the line to vote on it hopefully in a positive manner three weeks from now. >> sup

i also would like to thank the 79,000 men and women of hhs who is now my great honor to lead.now these -- these people, i know this team, and the deep commitment that they have to the mission of hhs to enhance and protect the well-being and health of all americans. that is a solemn charge. it is a charge that i am committed to. and as you heard from the president today, it is a charge that includes his personal direction to me that we have to tackle the scourge of the opiate crisis and bring down prescription drug prices. i look forward to that mission, to the work ahead and now it is time to get to work. thank you, all, very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, everybody. it is going to be good. we worked on it hard. covered a lot of territory including the success with the markets and the tax cut. and it is a big speech, important speech, we cover immigration and for many years, to many, many years they have been talking immigration and never got anything done. we're going to get something done. we hope. it has got to be bipartisan. the republicans really don't have the votes to

to hhs. to your larger question, what we focus on in terms of enforcement priorities are those who have committed crimes and those with final orders of removal. our statistics show that that is in fact what we're doing. last year 92% of those that were arrested and taken into custody by ice were criminals. i understand that there will always be exceptions, there is a lot of misunderstandings in the press. i would be happy to work with you at anytime if there is a case of concern to make sure that we understand -- >> on that, we do ask questions of your department. and on occasion, on occasion, we have gotten answers. let's try to get answers to all of them. you know the president says he wants to build a big, beautiful wall, and mexico pay for it. the president's promise mexico to pay for it. and we open an account that mexico can put the money into to pay for it, what -- i'm sure the president wouldn't make that promise if he -- and not tell the truth. what arrangements do we have with mexic

in addition to this law, previous audits by both the hhs, office of inspector general, and the government accountability office, made recommendations to fda to improve its food recall program. how has fda performed with food recalls in recent years with the new law and these recommendations? over the last two years, the hhs, oig looked at this question and last month released a report that contains findings and recommendations for fda. the oig report looked at 30 volumtoll tier recalls. the fda used mandatory recall authority only two times since enactment of physicfizz ma and all over the last four years. in some cases fda was slow to evaluate health hazards. took fda average of 47 days to complete an evaluation after learning of a planned food recall. the oig found that fda was slow in starting recalls. average leebt between recall began once fda new of the safety issue was 57 days. the report also raises questions about the fda's ability to cope with uncooperative companies. in one company it took ten months after fda issued a warning letter about unlisted ingredients before the firm f

to hhs. to your larger question, what we focus on in terms of enforcement priorities are those who have committed crimes and those with final orders of removal. our statistics show that is, if fact, what we're doing. last year, 92% of those that were arrested and taken into custody by ice were criminals. so i understand that there will always be exceptions. there's a lot of misunderstandings in the press. i'd be happy to work with you at any time, if there is a case of concern, to make sure that we understand -- >> on that, we do ask questions of your department. on occasion, on occasion, we've gotten answers. let's try to get answers to all of them. you know the president says he wants to build a big, beautiful wall, have mexico pay for it. the president's promised mexico will pay for it. we open an account that mexico can put money in to pay for it. i'm sure the president wouldn't make that promise if he -- and not tell the truth. what arrangements do we have with mexico to pay for it? >> s

subcommittee oversight investigations how they hearing on the issue last week with representatives from hhs and the fda. [inaudible conversations]

in a moment, president trump formally swears in alex lazar as the new hhs secretary.back from session lows. we are only down 90-point spread we had been down 140. we will be back in a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ any moment now president trump will be formally assigning his new hhs secretary. he will come through that door to do the signing. will he say anything? if he does, you will know about it real fast. let's move on quickly. we have checked the big board, stocks are barely off their low of the day. we were down 140. now we are down 120. who better to bring in at this moment that charles payne, the man of the hour. welcome. interest rates up to 71. the treasury, stocks down, is that the connection. >> i don't see it yet. having maybe a three and half percent. right now i see rotation out of bounds and into equity. i'm not worried about this slight slip in yield. >> you very been big on what's bubbling away beneath the surface. >> through the roof. people are spending money big time. incomes are starting to go up. that's the economic driver. we are seeing it in the retail

if we have the information provided by hhs, and we have them once we turn them over, but it is a problem. we need to look at removeability in general to make sure we can address the gang problem. we see gangs all the way from your recruiting illegal immigrants and children to come across the border for the purposes of joining ms 13. en. cornyn: when we talk about unaccompanied children, people hink about very young children of tender age. they do not think about a 17-year-old member of a criminal gang like ms 13 exploiting this very same vulnerability. i have every confidence that you and the trump administration is going to do what you say you were going to do when it comes to border ecurity. i believe it is our responsibility as members of congress to provide you the resources and tools, and make the appropriate changes in the law so that you can do what needs to be done. i know there have been requirements for border assessments in the past, but do you have any objection to congress as part of this negotiated order security part of the daca fix, so-called, mandating that the departmen

i'm privileged to serve on federal advisory committees and chaired the hhs national bio defense science board. my comments today are as a private citizen and member death i applaud the work of this committee for strengthening and improving our nation's public health for medical preparedness with the pandemic reauthorization act. i will thank you for the first-ever provisions for children in the last reauthorization. those changes of help to make the needs of children a much higher priority in emergency planning and response. from heard last week leadership, each agency has a distinct role to play in ensuring our health care system is better prepared to meet the needs of all americans, including children, during and after -- natural disaster. the leaders of these federal agencies and countless reallyrking employees are the backbone of our nations 24/7 federal emergency readiness response capacity. costrequency, severity and of disasters and emergencies are increasing meaning they will remain a significant threat to the health and safety of our community and nation. maintaining and expand

the senate continues work on judicial nominations at 10:00 a.m., and on c-span 3, the nominee to be hhs secretary testifies at a confirmation hearing at 10:00 a.m., and washington's state governor delivers his state of the state. >> the deadline for c-span's studentcam 2018 video competition is right around the corner. it is january 18. we are asking students to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and create a video it is starting -- video illustrating why it is important to you. students are sharing their experience with us through twitter. many participated in the studentcam film festival, which give us an interview on climate change. this student is learning a lot and having fun while editing. our competition is open to all middle school and high school students, grades six through 12. $100,000 will be awarded in cash prizes, and the ground prize of $5,000 will go to the student or team with the best overall injury. for more information, go to our website, studentcam.org. >> now, a look at the global threats of isis, north korea, in syria, and how the trump administration is

and they add this: the fact that the administration has said under hhs, the civil rights portion, theyre going to have a protection and religious freedom protection group that's going to enforce the law when it comes to folks, for instance a nurse who says i don't want to take part in an abortion but i don't want to lose my job. >> in this poll, 76% of americans support limitations on abortion. when we look at what hhs is doing, this office of civil rights announced today, we can see their simply going to enforce existing law. they are not crating new law and saying no american should be forced to lose their job because of their convictions, and abortion shouldn't be a litmus test to be able to participate in the marketplace. it's a reasonable approach. it's just enforcing existing law which the obama administration did not do. >> shannon: i want to ask you, do you feel like the march gets a fair coverage? >> is a very large group. it's most often ignored by the national media. >> shannon: do you think that's different tomorrow? >> i hope it will be different. if most people can see th

bush, supervising all of hhs operations and he's manned the $1 trillion budget and then he went on toesident of lilly usa, the largest division of eli lilly and general council. he clerked for justice scalia and went to dartmouth college. congrats. that is us for -- that is it for us tonight. shannon bream takes it. >> shannon: pretty impressive. >> laura: take care. >> shannon: here is what we have coming up tonight. president trump said he's looking forward to speaking with robert mueller's team under oath. ed henry is tracking the latest developments, as concerns grow about a so-called secret society of top fbi and dod officials. some believe are committed to bringing down the president. plus illegal immigrants tell chuck schumer. colorado republican senate cory gardner a key member of the negotiation joins us live with the debate over

. >> the new division of hhs will make it easier for doctors, nurses and other providers to opt out of services that violate their moral or religious beliefs and will ensure hospitals, clinics and other centers accommodate religious beliefs. that may be problematic in such a polarized country where one citizen's civil rights are often seen as another's injustice. >> what we all know is that they have set up a new agency to discriminate against lgbt people and women. this is about pediatricians refusing to treat children because they have parents -- gay parents. transgender people being turned away from emergency rooms. >> national abortion rights action league calling the hhs where concern for the well-being of americans is not existent. evangelicals approve of the job he's doing, 63%. down 3% from october. >> the timing of today's announcement is not a coincidence. president trump will speak to the march for life crowd. speaker ryan will address the markers in person. >> bret: do you think the creation of the religious freedom office is a good thing? let me know on twitter @bretbaier.

as one of the directors of the hhs office says to reporters on a call today. it's not about denying anybody health care to which they are entitled to but protecting the right of people to provide services in accordance with religious beliefs and moral conviction. obviously groups such as planned parenthood have rejected that kind of stance saying that infringes upon a woman's right to choose. but overall, this is a stance you see in the trump administration take. they've taken a very strong pro-religious liberty, pro-abortion -- pr pro anti-abortion rights. that's one more step coming on the morning of the march for life. >> ali vitaly there for the march for life, reporting on the march for life. a scramble in the senate is under way. just hours away from a potential government shutdown. senate democratic leader chuck schumer is meeting with president trump in the white house right now. we're keeping tabs on that meeting and we're going to fact check the president's claims about how a shutdown would affect the military. in plus, a party for the president. the

the hhs secretary could take without having to wait for a repeal. the list included cutting the signup period in half. and giving states more authority to decide what are essential health benefits. no response from the white house yet. but democratic senator bob casey of pennsylvania is one of the three senators who obtained the plan from the department of health and human services. this senator joins me now. senator, good morning. you worked for months to get this. what was the most shocking that you believe was on the administration's list of changes? >> well, certainly, when you had an effort, sabotage of people's health care by the administration, premeditated actions to take away health care from people by removing protections. for the first time, we had protections in place that people could avail themselves of against the actions of insurance companies. the administration was trying to take that away. to put people at a disadvantage again or to erect barriers for in front of them in terms of getting health care. so this is sabotage. if they c

springford, 69 days until spring begins at equinox, and then, 84, 85 days and change here until the average hh will hit 60 and phillies home opener, begins. miami, is that who they are taking off, miami, phillies home opener. >> that is a good question. >> twitter knows. >> i know, my memory, i'm in the sure if my memory is serving me. lets look at, storm scan, things are generally clear storm system working in the inner hundred tane west. we will be dealing with our own storm system tail end of the week and that storm system is gng to bring especially friday some rain to the area. here's the issue that comes with that. we tend to see this with spring-weather and first big rainfall that comes in the wake of any snow. potential for flash flooding, it is a concern f this rain comes down as heavy as models indicate very strong likelihood of that happening and we have continuous snow melt there could be issues. most of friday is just rain but it is mild, storm then gets out, come saturday, and depending on how quickly it retreats and cold air moves in we may see, may see snow or ice mix in far nor

so there are many different ways to go about this recently hhs gave clarification to mitigate unfortunate circumstances we have encountered so many families that say there son or daughter or recess attended but the parents did not even know they had a problem. i know those stories are with us today and thank you for your courage to be on the front line. [applause] >> there is a circumstance to give healthcare providers to share information in a crisis situation. so it has been incredibly helpful we don't want the next facility to cannot get medicaid reimbursement if you have more than 17 bed and also with the groundbreaking work with the non- addicted opioids. but for many americans they do rely on pain medication. it talks about sports injury it is offered a 30 day supply and it doesn't necessarily meet that but it comes a gateway to other behaviors. we also recognize many people are already in treatment so we need that education prevention piece as well. lastly, we have been incredibly heartened from responses all over the country from people who did not vote for the president or did no

. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, author and wall street journal contributor hh boehm with his book the accidental president, harry s truman and the four months that change the world. >> roosevelt's funeral was saturday and sunday. truman wasn't terrified to give the speech. he talks about it the night before he laid in his bed prayed to god that he would not mess it up. he climbed the stairs, for stairs to the public, it looks out and sees his wife in the crowd and she is crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead, the nation is in shock, and she never wanted to be the first lady and never wanted her husband to be president. she is frightened and fight for him. meanwhile, he is to g

under hhs tom coles leadership, the 2018 bill was enacted. it was passed in september of this year including the $400 million increase for millions disease research at the national institutes of health. this would bring total funding to $1.8 billion. currently funded at 1.4 billion. n.i.h. spending on alzheimer's research is almost tripled since fiscal year 2015 when 589 million was allocated for such research. shockingly the majority of people with alzheimer's or other forms of dementia have not received a diagnosis so they are unable to access the care and the treatment of symptoms that they so desperately need. this is true in the developed world but it's intruer in the developing world. michael sflan points out in his testimony today that detection and diagnosis are a stubborn problem everywhere. research shows that most people currently living with dementia have not received a formal diagnosis. he will testify and high income countries, 20% to 50% of denvementia cases are recognized and documented in primary care. this treatment gap is c

. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, author and wall street journal contributor hh boehm with his book the accidental president, harry s truman and the four months that change the world. >> roosevelt's funeral was saturday and sunday. truman wasn't terrified to give the speech. he talks about it the night before he laid in his bed prayed to god that he would not mess it up. he climbed the stairs, for stairs to the public, it looks out and sees his wife in the crowd and she is crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead, the nation is in shock, and she never wanted to be the first lady and never wanted her husband to be president. she is frightened and fight for him. meanwhile, he is to get up there and inspire confidence in his administration of the world. the whole world pass to understand that america will continue and that the war will continue. >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> the new russian investigative journalist has written a soon to be published book on government-sponsored hackers. he talks about russian hackers and their cyber attacks at the wilson center in washingto

because of that hhs declared this a public health emergency. it has allowed us to take immediate action. were trying to make it easier for states to provide treatments to individuals with opiate addiction. when people are ready for treatment we want to make sure the treatment is available. they don't want to hear there's a waiting list or there's not a bed available. we have gotten rid of allowing states to pay -- it was heartwarming to go to the state of utah to allow for individuals on medicaid to have treatment. there is construction going on and they know that they conserve individuals don't have to worry about a 16 bed limit. i traveled to new jersey where i met a woman named vanessa. she was facing addiction, she could not get treatment because of the imd exclusion that she ended up in jail. ultimately she got out, got clean, was able to get treatment she is now spending her time helping individuals get services they need in providing resource and support. victory is on the horizon and we know we can address the issue their stories like v