hss has no way to know it.more shocking, that official, steven wagner said, i believe we have this quote. i understand it is not the -- it has been hss' long interpretation of the law orr is not legally responsible for the well being of the unaccompanied immigrant children after they are released from orr care him now, hss said they are looking into that belief, but their position is once they turn them over to these sponsors, they are not responsible for what happens to them. now, to get to why this is getting some renewed attention. knack, again, speaking to the president's tweet the department of homeland security has now adopted a new policy that anyone that crosses the border illegally will be referred to prosecution. if those are family units, those parents will be separated for that process. so now we may be putting more children into this system that has clearly some issues already. >> thank you so much for all the clarity. all right, to discuss, i want to bring in an immigration analyst and cnn penalti

you. >> we also have another tenured employee who's been with the city for 23 years, and 13 years at hss, and that is vince makanurni, and he retired last week, on may 4. so we have a -- just sort of a steady stream of folks that are choosing to end their careers with the city in our office. so we wish them all the best. >> well, we want to thank both the staff member for his service to the system, and to our dear secretary, we've -- i hope that we as a board will have a more tangible way of thanking you at our next meeting. that is our plan. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> congratulations on your retirement. >> thank you. >> i threatened that prior to the meeting that we cancel her benefits, extended her age, and she didn't have enough service qualifying years, any number of things, and it was all untrue. so again, laini, thank you for all that you've done, and we look forward to our next meeting. >> thank you. >> director yant, is there anything else that we need to mention. >> just two quick things that i'd like to be on the record, given the fact that we started the meeting talk

hss is working on working with the president to focus on solving a number of problems plaguing drug markets, including high list prices, seniors in government programs overpaying for drugs, rising out-of-pocket costs for consumers, and foreign governments free writing off of american investment and innovation. we are currently working with the president on a strategy to solve these problems and will be building on the proposals that were already in the president's 2019 budget. the president wants to go further, much further. action is desperately needed. there is little difference for a sick patient between a cure that hasn't been discovered and one that is too expensive to use. we can help lower the cost of medicine while promoting research that will transform the future of health care. doing both is the only way forward. beyond the market power that we have, the federal government has a role to play in health care innovation. as the steward of the largest collection of the health care data on the planet, and the world's largest funder of biomedical research. last week, cms took a historic

the lead is hss. this has been an ongoing issue. we have worked with the bases, we have worked with local communities. oddurveyed 524 some installations in their water system. in places we have not been able weremedy the contaminants, have provided contingencies. bottled water, municipal links. getting that information out. that information is also provided in base newspapers and a website i'm happy to give you after this, what could be done to mitigate the pollution. general mckenzie, have you seen any change in behavior from the chinese in terms of forcing sanctions on their northern borders? lt. gen. mckenzie: no, i have not, but i do not have detailed information on that. i will have to come back to you on that. i think they have been consistent in the application of it but i do not think we have seen a change. >> we hear a lot about the maximum pressure campaign. did that include a military component, or is that just the sanctions side? ms. white: it is the whole of government approach. it is diplomatic, military. the maximum p

>> the child under law goes to hss. >> they will be separated from the parents. >> just as they are inted states every day. >> families had been held together in detention facilities. secretary nielsen did say that more needs to be done. >>> pennsylvania one of four states holding primaries tuesday along with idaho, nebraska and cnn projects lou barletta will take on incumbent democrat bob casey in november. the race is one of ten democratic held senate seats on the ballot this fall in states president trump won in 2016. the news not as good for republican state representative rick saccone who lost his second house race in three months. this time he was beaten in the primary for a seat in the deep red 14th district in western pennsylvania. >>> also in the house a big night for democratic women. seven are leading pennsylvania races with others too close to call. one republican woman also with a win. pennsylvania's congressional delegation right now all men with two men set to face off in november. that's certain to change. this is the first set of election contests though with new bound

as is the case with all tarp programs, hss is winding down. although congress authorized additional funding it many 2015, the program remains a -- funding in 2015, the program remains. 92% of the $9.6 billion obligated under hfs. they may issue new funding in 2020. most states have begun closing down programs. they will exhaust their available funds this year. these includes california and florida, two largest states in the program. treasury's outstanding commitments under tarp represents just 1% of the 470 billion authorized by congress. tarp winds down, treasury remains committed to robust oversights, monitoring of all its tarp programs. thank you again for the opportunity to testify today and welcome your questions. >> thank the gentleman for his testimony. chair recognizes ms romero for her testimony. >> chairman palmer and chairman meadows, ranking member raskin, connolly, members of the committee. i really thank you for the support you have given to tarp. think of the law enforcement agencies as well as the watchdog auditor. 416 defendan